#94

Kris Jenkins

Former defensive lineman at Michigan. 2023: 2 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 34 tackles.

DL · Michigan · Sr. · #94

6′3″ · 305 lb · Olney, MD

CFB Index 84 · #22 of 302 interior linemenLow confidenceAll-ConferenceCincinnati — drafted 2024, Rd 2, Pick 17, #49 overall

Recruiting

3★

SDE recruit

No. 502 nationally · Signed with Michigan

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Michigan. 2023: 2 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 34 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Michigan in 2020.
Drafted round 2 by the Cincinnati in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Michigan, 4 sacks — drafted at #49 overall by Cincinnati.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2020

Signed with Michigan3-star out of Our Lady of Good Counsel HS

202314 games

All-Big Tensecond

2024

Drafted by Cincinnatiround 2, pick 49

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#502 national

CFB

College

Michigan

2021–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #49

Cincinnati · 2024

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-BIG TEN · 2ND TEAM

All-Big Ten 2nd team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2023

1 coach

2021–2023

Jim Harbaugh

Michigan

Played his entire career under Jim Harbaugh.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

CincinnatiEntering 3rd NFL season

#49Rd 2 · Pick 17

CincinnatiEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Jim Harbaugh — 40-3 over that span.

2021Michigan12-2HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-leaning

2022Michigan13-1HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy

2023Michigan15-0HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

84All-Conference level #22 of 302?

Low confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (83rd percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

QB hurries#369 / 2842 · 83rd pct

Sacks#517 / 2842 · 78th pct

2.0

Tackles for loss#752 / 2842 · 71st pct

4.0

Tackles#1113 / 2842 · 60th pct

Solo tackles#1319 / 2842 · 52nd pct

Forced fumbles#54 / 710 · 46th pct

Interceptions#323 / 827 · 31st pct

Passes defended#1751 / 2842 · 19th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	2.4	0.5	0.2	0.0
Road6g	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	2.1	0.4	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.8	0.1	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kyle Whittingham

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

84 · #22 of 302 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #22 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Michigan	34	16	4.0	2.0	--	1	--
2022	Michigan	48	26	3.5	2.0	--	--	--
2021	Michigan	22	8	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		104	50	8.0	4.0	--	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2023

W 30–24

vs Ohio State

5 TOT · 3 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 at home.

With J. McCarthy — 148 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 94.5 · 17 rush yds (4 car) · T. Doman — 52 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 71 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 30-3vs East Carolina	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 35-7vs UNLV	5	3	0.5	0.5	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 3	W 31-6vs Bowling Green	2	1	1.0	0.0	1
Wk 4	W 31-7vs Rutgers	3	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 45-7@ Nebraska	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 52-10@ Minnesota	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 52-7vs Indiana	0	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 49-0@ Michigan State	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 41-13vs Purdue	1	0	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 11	W 24-15@ Penn State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 31-24@ Maryland	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 30-24vs Ohio State	5	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	W 26-0@ Iowa	4	1	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	W 27-20vs Alabama	2	2	1.0	1.0	—
Total		34	16	4.0	2.0	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology