Senior tight end for Liberty. 2025: 14 catches, 191 receiving yards, 2 TD.
6′3″ · 235 lb · Hoover, AL
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
How he plays
Creates mismatches lined up all over the formation.
Yards / catch: 88th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
receiving yards · 2025
14 catches · 2 TD · 13.6 per catch
Best game: 3 rec, 83 yds, 1 TD, vs Delaware
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 tight end for Liberty. 2025: 14 catches, 191 receiving yards, 2 TD.
His career, year by yearJacob Jenkins
Creates mismatches lined up all over the formation. Two head coaches in three seasons, at two different programs. His first career honor landed in 2022: All-Sun Belt. One game to point at: 83 rec yds, 3 receptions against Delaware — Week 10, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT
All-Sun Belt mention (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Hugh Freeze → Jamey Chadwell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: yards / catch (88th percentile). Concern: receptions (14th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)
Third-down role
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.3 | 38.0 | 14.7 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 1.2 | 12.8 | 10.6 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.2 | 12.2 | 9.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.0 | 32.5 | 15.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jamey Chadwell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-Conference USA
Based on 2025: #9 of 10 Conference USA TEs
35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Liberty | 14 | 191 | 13.6 | 2 | -- |
| 2024 | Liberty | 10 | 99 | 9.9 | 2 | -- |
| 2022 | Coastal Carolina | 11 | 149 | 13.5 | 5 | -- |
| Career | 35 | 439 | 12.5 | 9 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 24-34@ Jacksonville State | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 3 | L 13-23@ Bowling Green | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-31vs James Madison | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-21@ Old Dominion | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 7 | W 19-8@ UTEP | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 10 | W 59-30vs Delaware | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 1 | 43 | Season-high 83 yds |
| Wk 11 | L 17-21vs Missouri State | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 12 | L 27-34@ Florida International | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 13 | L 28-34@ Louisiana Tech | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Total | 14 | 191 | 11.9 | 2 | 43 |
Play style
Lined up out wide as often as inline. Creates mismatches downfield.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Liberty
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · Liberty
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Liberty · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #79 · 2026 recruiting class #109
Player DNA
Lined up out wide as often as inline. Creates mismatches downfield.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kadinn Morris’s 2025 season.
Matches Kadinn on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Devin Culp's senior season at Washington (2023).
Matches Devin on
Player DNA