A.J. Jenkins in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Illinois, 2008–⁠11

A.J. Jenkins

Number
No. 8
Height
6′0″
Hometown
Jacksonville, FL
Born
Sep 30, 1989

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A.J. Jenkins played receiver at Illinois (2008–⁠11). The San Francisco 49ers took Jenkins in the first round, No. 30 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,276
Receiving yards, 2011 (Illinois, 7–⁠6)
Best game
268 yards
Vs. Northwestern, week 5, 2011: No. 1 receiving game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 30
Overall, 2012 NFL Draft (San Francisco 49ers)

Career highs

12catches, career highvs. Northwestern, 2011268receiving yards, career highvs. Northwestern, 20113receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Northwestern, 2011

Honors

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2008*Illinois1128726.1354
2009Illinois1012312.3130
2010Illinois5674613.3754
2011Illinois901,27614.2877
Career1672,43214.61977

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2009Illinois112040100
2011Illinois5790–––
Career162830100

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2008Illinois8WR
2009Illinois8WR
2010Illinois8WR
2011Illinois8WR6′0″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2011 Illinois 13 games, 90 catches, 1,276 yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 3vs.Arkansas StateW 33–⁠1511148172–
Sep 10vs.South Dakota StateW 56–⁠3571034–
Sep 17vs.Arizona StateW 17–⁠146103145–
Sep 24vs.Western MichiganW 23–⁠20643011–
Oct 1vs.NorthwesternW 38–⁠3512268350–
Oct 8atIndianaW 41–⁠206182277–
Oct 15vs.Ohio StateL 7–⁠17880021–
Oct 22atPurdueL 14–⁠21892020–
Oct 29atPenn StateL 7–⁠10643020−3
Nov 12vs.MichiganL 14–⁠318103032–
Nov 19vs.WisconsinL 17–⁠2843301813
Nov 26atMinnesotaL 7–⁠27430014–
Dec 31 ✦vs.UCLAW 20–⁠1468016016
2010 Illinois 13 games, 56 catches, 746 yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 4vs.MissouriL 13–⁠23333113–
Sep 11vs.Southern IllinoisW 35–⁠35114154–
Sep 18vs.Northern IllinoisW 28–⁠22443014–
Oct 2vs.Ohio StateL 13–⁠24116016–
Oct 9atPenn StateW 33–⁠13776118–
Oct 16atMichigan StateL 6–⁠26464042–
Oct 23vs.IndianaW 43–⁠13317015–
Oct 30vs.PurdueW 44–⁠10446117–
Nov 6atMichiganL 65–⁠67349034–
Nov 13vs.MinnesotaL 34–⁠386137138–
Nov 20vs.NorthwesternW 48–⁠27424110–
Dec 3atFresno StateL 23–⁠25675123–
Dec 29 ✦vs.BaylorW 38–⁠14652013–
2009 Illinois 7 games, 10 catches, 123 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 5vs.MissouriL 9–⁠37–––––
Sep 26atOhio StateL 0–⁠30–––––
Oct 3vs.Penn StateL 17–⁠35217010–
Oct 10vs.Michigan StateL 14–⁠241606–
Oct 17atIndianaL 14–⁠27477130–
Oct 24atPurdueL 14–⁠24115015–
Oct 31vs.MichiganW 38–⁠132804−1
2008 Illinois 6 games, 11 catches, 287 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Oct 4atMichiganW 45–⁠201606–
Oct 11vs.MinnesotaL 20–⁠273117254–
Oct 25atWisconsinL 17–⁠27361127–
Nov 8vs.Western MichiganL 17–⁠23154054–
Nov 15vs.Ohio StateL 20–⁠30232024–
Nov 22atNorthwesternL 10–⁠27117017–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2012 Senior Bowl (South team, lost 13–⁠23); played in the 2012 East–West Shrine Game (East team, lost 17–⁠24).

DrillCombine 2012Combine or pro day 2012
Height6′0¼″
Weight190 lb
Arm length32¾″
Hand size9½″
40-yard dash4.39 s
10-yard split1.57 sW
Vertical jump38½″
Broad jump10′4″
Bench press12 reps
3-cone drill6.73 s
20-yard shuttle4.12 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

3 seasons, 15 games with a stat; latest team: Kansas City Chiefs.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2012San Francisco 49ers1000
2013Kansas City Chiefs781300
2014Kansas City Chiefs79930
NFL career15172230

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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