Eric Jenkins: DB · North Texas · #2.
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Eric Jenkins
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Two seasons in the North Texas secondary to date. One game to point at: 7 tackles against UTSA — Week 7, 2017.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
49 tackles. 7 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 1 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
University of North Texas Athletics Oct 20
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| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | North Texas | 49 | 37 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 2016 | North Texas | 18 | 13 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 10 | 3 | -- |
| Career | 67 | 50 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 17 | 5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-14vs Lamar | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-31@ Iowa | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 46-43vs UAB | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 5 | W 43-28@ Southern Miss | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 29-26vs UTSA | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 31-69@ Florida Atlantic | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 45-38vs Old Dominion | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-23@ Louisiana Tech | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-10vs UTEP | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 30-14@ Rice | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-41@ Florida Atlantic | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 30-50vs Troy | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 49 | 37 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7 |
Week 9 · 2017
W 45-38
vs Old Dominion
1 interception · 1 tackle for loss · 7 tackles
Edged out Old Dominion at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
14%7 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
49tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL49 tackles · 1 for loss · 7 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
2 seasons under Seth Littrell, all balanced offenses — 14-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road6g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Seth Littrell
Pass share
50.3%
516 pass / 509 run
Plays / game
73.2
14 games
Team sack rate
6.8%
555 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at North Texas, 67 tackles — the college career is complete.
