Jayson Jenkins
Mississippi State Bulldogs
80
Good

Jayson Jenkins

Mississippi State BulldogsContender
DEDefenseGoodTRANSFER · Florida State
2nd String / Backup

Is Jayson Jenkins starting?

Jayson Jenkins is listed 2nd string at DE for Mississippi State Bulldogs.

Jayson Jenkins is listed DE #2 for Mississippi State at 80 OVR.

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Depth at DE · Mississippi State Bulldogs

  1. 14381Will WhitsonStarter
  2. 29780Jayson JenkinsYou

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Notre Dame, ranked #1,221 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 17 tackles, 2 TFL, 1.5 sacks. That's 3% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 80 overall (Good tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,221 NatlTeam Share3%
Bordentown, NJ
Jersey
#97
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'6"
Weight
280 lbs
Transfer
Florida State

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—1721.5

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8519
National Rank
#1221
High School
Notre Dame
Hometown
Lawrenceville, NJ

Why this rating?

On a 82-rated defense; 71th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.92 for competition level) put them +4 vs unit starters → 80.

Team defense (SP+)
82
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 71% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 20% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.92)
Depth-chart adjustment
+4 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Sep 12WMINNTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 38-13

Sep 5WULMTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 62-13

Jayson Jenkins's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

17 tkl · 2 TFL · 1.5 sacks
Usage / Involvement75%
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Overall ratings blend team strength (SP+), on-field production, and recruiting. Higher = more impactful.