Jacob Jenkins

Position:
Defensive End
Height:
6-3
Weight:
225
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Anthony, Kan.
High School:
Chaparral

2018: Played in all 12 games, primarily on special teams… Finished second on the team with seven special teams tackles, all coming on kickoff coverage… Had a career-high three stops against UTSA – including one defensive stop – and single tackles against South Dakota, West Virginia, Texas, Baylor and Iowa State.

2017: Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Chaparral under head coach Justin Burke… Picked up first team all-state honors as a senior from the Topeka Capital-Journal and Wichita Eagle, while he was an honorable mention pick as a junior… Named the 2016 Central Plains League Defensive MVP honor… Also wrestled in high school, winning the state championship as a senior after third-place honors as a junior.

PERSONAL: Jacob Martin Jenkins was born April 22, 1999… Son of Joey and Brittany Siale… Has three siblings, Joey, John and Amelia… Majoring in business administration.