| Purdue Boilermakers–No. 4 | |
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| Position | Defensive end/Linebacker |
| Class | Senior |
| Major | Selling and Sales Management |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | July 3, 2002 Louisville, GA |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 256 lb (116 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | Jefferson County (Louisville, Georgia) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Kydran Jenkins (born July 3, 2002) is an American college football defensive end and linebacker for the Purdue Boilermakers.
Jenkins attended Jefferson County High School in Louisville, Georgia. He was rated as a three-star recruit and committed to play college football for the Purdue Boilermakers over offers from schools such as Missouri, Western Kentucky, South Florida, Navy, Liberty and Tulane. [1]
In 2021, Jenkins tallied 35 tackles with eight being for a loss, five sacks, and a pass deflections. In 2022, he recorded 32 tackles with eight being for a loss, four sacks, a pass deflection, and a forced fumble. [2] [3] [4] In week 8 of the 2023 season, Jenkins recorded his first career collegiate touchdown off a fumble recovery versus Nebraska. [5] He finished the season with 57 tackles with 15.5 being for a loss, seven and a half sacks, a pass deflection, two fumble recoveries, a forced fumble, and a touchdown, [6] [7] earning an all-Big Ten Conference honorable mention. [8]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | ||
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| 5 ft 11+3⁄4 in (1.82 m) | 256 lb (116 kg) | 31+1⁄2 in (0.80 m) | 9+1⁄2 in (0.24 m) | 4.60 s | 1.65 s | 2.75 s | 4.41 s | 7.32 s | 28.0 in (0.71 m) | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) | ||
| All values from Pro Day [9] [10] | ||||||||||||