'22 NJ SDE Jayson Jenkins (Tennessee commit)

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Jenkins is giving Tennessee the last shot at him after originally having Missouri planned for this weekend. Tennessee worked hard to get the last shot and they were up there to see him on Wednesday morning before he comes to Knoxville for this weekend. Everything is trending orange in this one.
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Looking at the offers. If your only looking at school names you may brush them off but if you think of their Head Coaches or defensive staffs it tells you the kid has a skill set several defensive minds are interested in.

Pitt - Narduzzi one of the best Def minds in football
BC - their Hc was a stud DC and a rising star
Mizzu - defense sucked but their DC is Wilks who was a solid NFL DC
Florida - their Def staff is loaded and DC is a rising star
Indiana - Allen normally fields top defenses through his career
TN - Garner
 
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With National Signing Day now less than a week away, Jayson Jenkins primarily has narrowed his focus to a pair of schools and expects to pick one of them in the coming days. He has one more stop to make before he can decide.

The Class of 2022 defensive lineman from Notre Dame High School in Lawrenceville, N.J., is scheduled to travel to Tennessee on Friday for an official visit with the Vols this weekend. He said he plans to choose between “just Tennessee and West Virginia,” which hosted him on an official visit the weekend of Jan. 14.

The 6-foot-6, 260-pound Jenkins also took an official visit to Florida last weekend, but he’s still awaiting a scholarship offer from the Gators. He went to Boston College and Pittsburgh on official visits last month, but he’s no longer considering the Eagles and Panthers.

Jenkins said he believes he will be “ready to make a decision” not long after he makes the trip to Tennessee this weekend. He added that he will “definitely not” be waiting until National Signing Day on Wednesday to announce his choice.

He’s ready to see for himself what the Vols have to offer. He said he has heard plenty from them since getting an offer from Tennessee on Jan. 4.

“It’s going to be my first time in Knoxville, so (I will be) pretty much just seeing what the area’s like, seeing campus and just, overall, getting the vibe that they have over there,” said Jenkins, who’s ranked the No. 173 defensive lineman in the 2022 class, according to the industry-generated 247Sports Composite. “I’m pretty much just looking forward to what the weekend has to hold.”

Vols defensive coordinator Tim Banks and defensive line coach Rodney Garner traveled to New Jersey more than a week ago to visit with Jenkins coming off his visit to West Virginia. On Wednesday, Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel joined Garner in traveling to Jenkins’ school to see him ahead of his trip to Knoxville.

“Their message to me was just basically that they really, really like me over at Tennessee, and that there’s not only a want for me — there’s a need for me at that position,” said Jenkins, who received his first Division I offer in October from Boston College.

“They’re just happy and excited for me to be coming down there for an official and to see what Tennessee has to offer.”

The Vols have told him, he said, that they envision him being able to line up “pretty much anywhere on the defensive line.” He has picked up offers from more than a dozen schools, including Missouri, Indiana, Syracuse and Virginia.

Jenkins, who has family in the Memphis, Tenn., area, said the opportunity to play in the SEC is one of the reasons he’s intrigued by Tennessee.

“Not only just the chance to play at the highest level in college football, but also just the fact that the coaching staff and everybody there has been so inclusive in recruiting me,” he said. “I really get that family feel from them, and that’s what I like — an all-inclusive program. That’s what pretty much draws me to them, and I’m just really excited to go down to Knoxville this weekend.”
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Nashvegas31 said:
Looking at the offers. If your only looking at school names you may brush them off but if you think of their Head Coaches or defensive staffs it tells you the kid has a skill set several defensive minds are interested in.

Pitt - Narduzzi one of the best Def minds in football
BC - their Hc was a stud DC and a rising star
Mizzu - defense sucked but their DC is Wilks who was a solid NFL DC
Florida - their Def staff is loaded and DC is a rising star
Indiana - Allen normally fields top defenses through his career
TN - Garner
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Absolutely

6’6 260lb is a damn good starting point for a guy like Garner and the Strength staff.

Also just flip on his highlight film that’s on 247 and just simply look at the way this kid moves at his size. Tons of potential.
 
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Nashvegas31 said:
Looking at the offers. If your only looking at school names you may brush them off but if you think of their Head Coaches or defensive staffs it tells you the kid has a skill set several defensive minds are interested in.

Pitt - Narduzzi one of the best Def minds in football
BC - their Hc was a stud DC and a rising star
Mizzu - defense sucked but their DC is Wilks who was a solid NFL DC
Florida - their Def staff is loaded and DC is a rising star
Indiana - Allen normally fields top defenses through his career
TN - Garner
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At this point we’ll take what we can get. I hope we land him. Garner will coach him up.
 
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I feel like his film is just ok....there are a lot of times he gets out muscled, & looks like a guy that wouldn't contribute for years.
 
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allvolrecruiting said:
Going to be hard to get this kid up on a visit, already has 3 visits scheduled the 3 weekends of January, then you got Feb. signing day before any other weekend visits can happen. He's heavily considering visiting us and we are in his top 4 that he told me, but unless he squeezes us in between 2 visits in the middle of the week, I don't know if he's coming up on a visit.
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So....who are you?
 
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VolzMan53 said:
Given this staff offered, it must be a “project” worth pursuing for the GOAT Garner and Banks !
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Or a guy to fill out the class because they aren’t in on anyone else. If we are taking the hit on scholarships this year because the bird lady on the hill bent the knee to the NCAA, why waste scholarships that can be offered next cycle
 
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Mr French said:
Well, it is a Dlinemen. Typically that's a developmental position just like Oline. Few kids come in ready to contribute off the rip.
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I think people tend to forget that most freshman aren't immediate impact players. We need depth everywhere but would be nice to have some breakout sophomores or impactful freshman but this is big boy football and it takes time.
 
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dcm3w said:
I think people tend to forget that most freshman aren't immediate impact players.
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That's been an issue as long as I've followed recruiting. Many fans think recruits are like NFL free agents who should make the team better the day they first suit up, and then those fans bail on the recruits (and the coaches) when they don't.

I've learned to think of recruits more like Double-A baseball players that need time and seasoning and should help in 2 or 3 years. Nigel Warrior, Theo Jackson, Cedric Tillman, and Matthew Butler from recent years are great examples. When our program gets healthy again, we might relearn this lesson as a fanbase...
 
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