Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Florida State
Jayson Jenkins
DL • 6'6" • 270 lbs • Bordentown, NJ, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jayson Jenkins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
32
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
25
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
56
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Tennessee
22232425
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Tennessee • Florida State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Stanford
Player Story
Jayson Jenkins built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Bordentown, NJ wearing No. 97, spending time with Florida State and Tennessee. The clearest part of Jayson Jenkins' career...
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- Committed To
- Tennessee
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Jayson Jenkins, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Tennessee. Jayson Jenkins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 32
- TFL
- 6.5
- Sacks
- 3.5
Quick Answers
Jayson Jenkins quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Florida State · DL
- Career Tackles
- 32
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 20 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Tennessee
- Top game
- Stanford
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Notre Dame · Tennessee
- High school pipeline
- Notre Dame · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 97 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 17 tackles · DL 430th (top 40%) · ACC 296th (top 38%) · National 2,276th (top 37%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Tennessee | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Tennessee | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 10.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Tennessee | 6 | 9 | 3.5 | 2 | - | - | 0 | 48.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Florida State | 9 | 17 | 2 | 1.5 | - | - | 0 | 28.3 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tennessee to Florida State | P4 to P4 | 87.9 | Jan 5, 2025 |
| 2024 | Tennessee to Unlisted | P4 to Unlisted | 21.2 | Apr 22, 2024 |
Jayson Jenkins played DL for Tennessee and Florida State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jayson Jenkins recorded 32 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Florida State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Tennessee paired 5.5 primary output with 15.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 11.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Tennessee, Florida State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Stanford
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Florida State
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
11.8
Usage
3.2
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Stanford
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 0. East Texas A&M: 1. Kent State: 0. Virginia: 0. Pittsburgh: 0. Stanford: 2. Clemson: 0. Virginia Tech: 0. Florida: 0.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama: 1 by 4.2. East Texas A&M: 2 by 18.3. Kent State: 1 by 4.2. Virginia: 2 by 8.3. Pittsburgh: 1 by 4.2. Stanford: 3 by 32.5. Clemson: 3 by 12.5. Virginia Tech: 1 by 4.2. Florida: 3 by 17.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 5 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Stanford
Best efficiency game
32.5 vs Stanford
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ Florida | L 21-40 | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | vs Virginia Tech | W 34-14 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | @ Clemson | L 10-24 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/19 | @ StanfordSplash game | L 13-20 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Pittsburgh | L 31-34 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/26 | @ Virginia | L 38-46 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Kent State | W 66-10 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs East Texas A&M | W 77-3 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Alabama | W 31-17 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jayson Jenkins story
Jayson Jenkins built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Bordentown, NJ wearing No. 97, spending time with Florida State and Tennessee. The clearest part of Jayson Jenkins' career was his defensive production: 32 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, and 3.5 sacks across 20 career games in the available record. That gives Jayson Jenkins' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Tennessee
2022-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Florida State
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | 8.3 | 1.3 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Tennessee | 1 | 6.7 | 1.2 | 1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Tennessee | 5.5 | 15.4 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Florida State | 3.5 | 11.8 | 3.2 | -2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 112 Stanford
Week 8 · L 13-20 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#2
@ Oklahoma
Week 4 · W 25-15 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
63 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63 takeover score.
#3
vs Mississippi State
Week 11 · W 33-14 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
59.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 59.2 takeover score.
#4
vs Austin Peay
Week 2 · W 30-13
1
Havoc Plays
46.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.1 takeover score.
#5
vs East Texas A&M
Week 2 · W 77-3
1
Havoc Plays
39.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Tennessee
5.5 primary output · 15.4 efficiency · 3.8 usage
48.5
#2
2022 Regular Season · Tennessee
39.7
0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.3 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Florida State
28.3
3.5 primary · 11.8 efficiency · 3.2 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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