Patrick Jenkins: DL · Tulane.
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Patrick Jenkins
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for four head coaches at two programs in five seasons: Gary Patterson, Willie Fritz, Slade Nagle and Jon Sumrall. All-AAC in 2024 made it three straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 7 tackles against Army — Week 15, 2024.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
33 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6.5 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.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-0vs SE Louisiana | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 27-34vs No. 17 Kansas State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 19-34@ No. 15 Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-33@ Louisiana | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-10vs South Florida | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 71-20@ UAB | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-10vs Rice | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 34-3@ Charlotte | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 52-6vs Temple | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 35-0@ Navy | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 24-34vs Memphis | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 15 | L 14-35@ No. 24 Army | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
 Bowl | L 8-33vs Florida | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 15 | 6.5 | 4.5 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
20%6 TFLSack rate
14%4 sacksHurry rate
6%2 hurries33 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jon Sumrall
Pass share
37.3%
329 pass / 554 run
Plays / game
63.1
14 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
349 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2024
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #83 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at TCU and Tulane, 14 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — the college career is complete.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM
All-AAC 1st team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: Gary Patterson, Jerry Kill, Willie Fritz and Jon Sumrall.
