Malcolm Jenkins

Malcolm Jenkins

No. 27     New Orleans Saints
Free Safety
Personal information
Date of birth: December 20, 1987 (1987-12-20) (age 23)
Place of birth: Piscataway, New Jersey
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Weight: 204 lb (93 kg)
Career information
College: Ohio State
NFL Draft: 2009 / Round: 1 / Pick: 14
Debuted in 2009 for the New Orleans Saints
Career history
New Orleans Saints (2009–present)
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Consensus First-team All-Big Ten (2006) Consensus First-team All-Big Ten (2007) Second-team All-American (2007) Thorpe Award semifinalist (2007) Consensus First-team All-Big Ten (2008) First-team All-American (2008) Thorpe Award winner (2008) 1× Second Team All-Pro selection (2010) Super Bowl Champion (XLIV)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 15, 2010
Tackles	116
Sacks	1.0
INTs	3
Forced Fumbles	3
Stats at NFL.com

Malcolm Jenkins (born December 20, 1987) is an American football safety for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Saints 14th overall in the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State.

Early years

Jenkins played high school football at Piscataway Township High School in Piscataway Township, New Jersey, where he helped lead his team to three consecutive state championships. He played both wide receiver and defensive back. He also excelled at track, winning the state title in the 400 metres as a junior.^[1]

Considered a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, Jenkins was listed as No. 61 cornerback prospect in the nation in 2005.^[2]

College career

During his freshman season at Ohio State Jenkins spent most of his time at nickelback. He finished the season with 37 tackles in 10 games. In 2006 he started all 13 games at corner and was a consensus first-team All-Big Ten. He finished '06 with 55 tackles and four interceptions. As a junior in 2007 Jenkins recorded 47 tackles and four interceptions and was named a first team All-American by Pro Football Weekly and a first team All-Big Ten for the second consecutive year. As a senior in 2008 he won the Jim Thorpe Award, which is given to the nation's best defensive back, after recording 57 tackles and three interceptions.^[3]

Jenkins is a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity. He was vice president, stepmaster,^[4] and chaplain of the Ohio State chapter; he has a prominent fraternity brand on his upper left arm,^[5] and another one on his chest.^[6]

Professional career

2009 NFL Draft

Jenkins was considered one of the top-2 defensive backs available in the draft (alongside Vontae Davis),^[7] and drew comparisons to Terence Newman.^[8] However, after Jenkins ran a comparably slow 40 yard dash, some scouts considered him better suited for the safety position.^[9] He was drafted by the Saints, 14th overall.

Pre-draft measureables

Ht	Wt	40-yd dash	10-yd split	20-yd split	20-ss	3-cone	Vert	Broad	BP	Wonderlic
6 ft 0 in	204 lb	4.53 s	1.47 s	2.62 s	4.07 s	6.59 s	33 in	10 ft 4 in	15 rep	23
All values from NFL Combine

New Orleans Saints

Jenkins was the first cornerback to be taken by the Saints in the first round since Oregon's Alex Molden went at No. 11 in the 1996 NFL Draft.^[10] On August 9, 2009 the Saints agreed to terms with Jenkins on a five-year, $19 million contract.^[11]

Jenkins started his first career game due to injuries to Jabari Greer and Tracy Porter during week 11 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He finished the game recording seven tackles and his first career interception off of Buccaneers quarterback Josh Freeman.

Jenkins was moved to free safety for the 2010 season, originally with the intent of backing up starting free safety Darren Sharper; he became a starter after Sharper was placed on the Physically Unable to Perform ("PUP") list to start the season, and continued to receive substantial playing time even after Sharper returned from his injury.

In the fourth quarter of a 2010 Thanksgiving Classic game versus the Dallas Cowboys, Jenkins came from behind to strip the ball from Cowboys receiver Roy Williams. The Saints were losing at that point of the game, but came back to win the game, 30-27. Saints coach Sean Payton said Jenkins performed "one of those plays that inspires everybody on the team".^[12] Jenkins was named NFC Defensive Player of the Week for his performance.^[13] Two weeks later, Jenkins intercepted two passes from St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford, returning one of them 96 yards for his first NFL touchdown. Jenkins was again named NFC Defensive Player of the Week.^[14]

References

1. ^ Malcolm Jenkins-Rivals.com
2. ^ Rivals.com Cornerbacks 2005
3. ^ Jenkins named top defensive back
4. ^ Dave Campbell, "OSU's Jenkins knows steps to success", Cleveland.com, October 24, 2008.
5. ^ Ken Gordon, "Meet a Buckeye: CB Malcolm Jenkins", Columbus Dispatch, September 13, 2008.
6. ^ Malcolm Jenkins, "Player draft diary: Ohio State CB Malcolm Jenkins", Sporting News, March 5, 2009.
7. ^ "Vontae Davis, Malcolm Jenkins are top DB prospects for NFL Draft", Sports Illustrated, February 19, 2009, http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/bucky_brooks/02/19/dbs/index.html, retrieved May 12, 2010 
8. ^ SportingNews.com - Pro Football War Room
9. ^ Carucci, Vic, Jenkins-to-safety talk heats up after cold times in 40-yard dash, http://www.nfl.com/combine/story?id=09000d5d80eeb5f5 
10. ^ Allee-Walsh, Brian (April 25, 2009), "New Orleans Saints snatch gifted cornerback Malcolm Jenkins in first round of NFL draft", The Times-Picayune, http://blog.nola.com/saintsbeat/2009/04/new_orleans_saints_snatch_gift.html 
11. ^ Allee-Walsh, Brian (August 9, 2009), "First-round pick Malcolm Jenkins agrees to terms with New Orleans Saints", The Times-Picayune, http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2009/08/post_17.html 
12. ^ "Bad play turns good for Saints in win over Cowboys". Associated Press. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i148gKtf5BnWclZqXDb3r2epqqcA?docId=689cc1bf2a4a4d4d88f680b089b354bc. Retrieved 26 November 2010. 
13. ^ Triplett, Mike (December 1, 2010). "New Orleans Saints safety Malcolm Jenkins has been named NFC Defensive Player of the Week". Times-Picayune. http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2010/12/new_orleans_saints_defensive_b_13.html. Retrieved 2010-12-01. 
14. ^ Allee-Walsh, Brian (December 14, 2010). "Jenkins earns 2nd NFC weekly defensive honor of season". neworleans.com. http://www.neworleans.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=549422&Itemid=578. Retrieved 2010-12-15. 

External links

• New Orleans Saints bio
• Ohio State Buckeyes bio
• Saints switch Jenkins to free safety while Sharper rehabs left knee

Persondata
Name	Jenkins, Malcolm
Alternative names
Short description	American football safety
Date of birth	December 20, 1987
Place of birth	Piscataway, New Jersey
Date of death
Place of death