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Jaheim Jenkins

CB · Jacksonville State · Sr · #22

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

21 TACKLES · 0 SACKS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Jacksonville State for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Jacksonville State for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Cornerback · Jacksonville State

Returning around him

  • 84% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
  • Transfer portal: +7 net (20 in / 13 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Jacksonville State · Last season: 9-5 · Talent rank #111 · 2026 recruiting class #110

CB · JACKSONVILLE STATE · CONFERENCE USA

Jaheim Jenkins

  • 4
  • #22
  • 6-2 | 190 lb
  • Bainbridge, GA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

35

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by passes defended at the 91st percentile.

Heisman Heat

#12898

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP DB AWARD

Jim Thorpe

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R05 · Part-time starter

Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#178 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2023–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionCB
Class4
Jersey22
Measurements6-2 | 190 lb
HometownBainbridge, GA
Primary teamJacksonville State

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 3-star No. 178 recruit
Composite rating 0.8006 JUCO
Signed with Eastern Michigan 2023
Origin Iowa Western C.C. Bainbridge, GA, USA
Class Profile Context
2023 3-star | 0.8006 No. 178 recruit | JUCO | Eastern Michigan

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#12898Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#12632Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★☆☆

to Eastern Michigan

Composite

0.8006

#178 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Jaheim Jenkins

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Jaheim Jenkins

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the defensive totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 8g
21Tackles
0Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Per game
3Tackles
0Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Projected (13g)
34Tackles
0Tackles for loss
0Sacks

To hit 80-tackle season (currently 21): needs 11.8/game over remaining 5.

To hit 100-tackle season (currently 21): needs 15.8/game over remaining 5.

To hit 6-sack season (currently 0): needs 1.2/game over remaining 5.

To hit 10-sack season (currently 0): needs 2/game over remaining 5.

Why this is a rare defensive case

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Jaheim Jenkins is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Jacksonville State's defense, with 0.0 sacks, 0.0 tackles for loss, and -- interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.

Current place #12898 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Transfer path 0 portal moves

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

DEF season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Total tackles 21 12 solo | #1929/4942 (61st pct)
TFL 0.0 Backfield disruption | #3020/4972 (39th pct)
Sacks 0.0 Pass-rush finish | #1762/4972 (65th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Coverage splash against FBS defenders.

Coverage splash

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
21 61st
SOLO
12 62nd
TFL
0.0 39th
SACK
0.0 65th

Coverage & Takeaways

PD
5 90th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 1L 10-17@ UCF210.00.01Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 2W 34-24vs Liberty210.00.00
Wk 3L 34-41@ Georgia Southern210.00.00
Wk 4W 45-10vs Murray State110.00.00
Wk 7W 29-27@ Sam Houston210.00.00
Wk 8W 38-25vs Delaware320.00.02
Wk 10W 24-21@ Middle Tennessee420.00.01
BowlW 17-13vs Troy530.00.01
Total21120.00.05
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2023Eastern Michigan6-7HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2025Jacksonville State9-5HC: Charles Kelly · Run-heavy
SeasonTeam
2025Jacksonville State21120.00.05----
2023Eastern Michigan2--0.00.0------
Career2 loaded seasons23120.00.05----
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Disruption stats

TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.

Coverage splash

Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

INT -- -- pick-six TD
Pass breakups 5 Coverage disruption | #218/2184 (90th pct)
QB pressures 0 Quarterback hurries
Open full stat explorer
0 metrics visible Showing all metrics
Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 21 #1929/4942 61st pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 0.0 #3020/4972 39th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 0.0 #1762/4972 65th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Pass breakups 5 #218/2184 90th pct Coveragevs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 12 #1735/4584 62nd pct Volumevs FBS DEF

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

The Thorpe award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Home4g2.80.00.00.8
Road4g2.50.00.00.5

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins6g2.80.00.00.7
Losses2g2.00.00.00.5

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-76g2.30.00.00.3
Weeks 8+2g3.50.00.01.5

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the CB cohort

35Below cohort
6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (90th). Concern: tackles for loss (7th).

Passes defended#218 / 2975 · 91st pct
5defe
Solo tackles#1735 / 2975 · 40th pct
12defe
Tackles#1929 / 2975 · 34th pct
21defe
Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct
0.0defe
QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct
0defe
Tackles for loss#2548 / 2975 · 7th pct
0.0defe

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · CB · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 6 metrics
Jaheim JenkinsJacksonville StateTyler MartinMassachusetts· 59% simTahj Ra-ElPurdue· 59% simDalton JohnsonArizona· 58% sim
Passes defended
91
Jenkins
67
Martin
91
Ra-El
96
Johnson
Solo tackles
40
Jenkins
87
Martin
100
Ra-El
97
Johnson
Tackles
34
Jenkins
98
Martin
99
Ra-El
98
Johnson
Sacks
24
Jenkins
24
Martin
24
Ra-El
63
Johnson
QB hurries
22
Jenkins
22
Martin
22
Ra-El
22
Johnson
Tackles for loss
7
Jenkins
63
Martin
56
Ra-El
47
Johnson

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The Ball Hawk

Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.

CB

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Blake Cotton’s 2025 season.

Blake Cotton

87%match

Utah · 2025

#2

Zahran Manley

Stanford · 2024

85%
#3

Allan George

Vanderbilt · 2021

83%
#4

Abdul Muhammad

Middle Tennessee · 2025

80%
#5

Ben Osueke

Temple · 2025

All-AAC
80%

Matches Blake on

Class year
Height
Weight

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Nahshon Wright's junior season at Oregon State (2022).

Nahshon Wright

88%match

Oregon State · 2022

NFL Rd 3 · Pk 36
#2

T.J. Tampa

Iowa State · 2022

NFL Rd 4
86%
#3

Mory Bamba

BYU · 2024

85%
#4

Virdel Edwards II

Hawai'i · 2023

85%
#5

Brandon Turnage

Tennessee · 2022

85%

Matches Nahshon on

Class year
Height
PD rate

Differs from Nahshon on

Tackle volume (lower)

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Charles Kelly

Pass share

33.8%

328 pass / 642 run

Plays / game

69.3

14 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

7.8%

243 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025

2 coaches
2023
Rich Rodriguez
Jacksonville State
2025
Charles Kelly
Jacksonville State
era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Rich Rodriguez → Charles Kelly. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownBainbridge, GA
Height6'2"
Weight190 lb
Class4
PositionCB
Jersey22

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

No formal honors on the ledger yet

All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned.

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Eastern Michigan CB4 #12898 #12632 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Mid-American
2023 Eastern Michigan CB4 #13189 #13160 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Mid-American

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Jacksonville State Conference USA CB 4 No. 22 | 6-2 | 190 lb | Bainbridge, GA
2024 Eastern Michigan Mid-American CB 4 No. 22 | 6-2 | 190 lb | Bainbridge, GA
2023 Eastern Michigan Mid-American CB 4 No. 22 | 6-2 | 190 lb | Bainbridge, GA