Steve Jenkins

Junior wide receiver for UNLV. 2021: 46 catches, 694 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · UNLV · Jr. · #6

6′0″ · 175 lb · Los Angeles, CA

CFB Index 58 · #127 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceUNLV 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 2117 nationally · Signed with UNLV

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 wide receiver for UNLV. 2021: 46 catches, 694 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to UNLV in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at UNLV, 1,159 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 176 yds vs San Diego State.San Diego State · L 20-282021

20199 games

Signed with UNLV3-star out of Narbonne

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2117 national

CFB

College

UNLV

2019–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2021

2 coaches

2019

Tony Sanchez

UNLV

2020–2021

Marcus Arroyo

UNLV

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Tony Sanchez → Marcus Arroyo. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019UNLV4-8HC: Tony Sanchez · Run-leaning

2020UNLV0-6HC: Marcus Arroyo · Run-leaning

2021UNLV2-10HC: Marcus Arroyo · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

58Quality starter #127 of 468?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long catch (96th percentile). Strength: rec yards (82nd percentile). Concern: catch rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#133 / 655 · 80th pct

15.1

TD rate#305 / 655 · 53rd pct

6.3%

Explosive rate#349 / 655 · 47th pct

12.7%

EPA / target#356 / 655 · 46th pct

0.61

Catch rate#535 / 655 · 18th pct

65.1%

Box-score rates (8)

Long catch#22 / 557 · 96th pct

Rec yards#103 / 557 · 82nd pct

694

Receptions#121 / 557 · 77th pct

Yards / catch#146 / 557 · 73rd pct

15.1

Rec TDs#145 / 557 · 70th pct

Rush TDs#57 / 273 · 40th pct

Fumbles lost#89 / 223 · 36th pct

Rush yards#189 / 273 · 30th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.4	66.4	17.0	0.2
Road6g	4.8	60.3	11.6	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.8	43.4	12.8	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	5.3	79.5	15.1	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dan Mullen

Pass share

41.6%

87 pass / 122 run

Plays / game

69.7

3 games

Team sack rate

9.3%

108 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

58 · #127 of 468 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #127 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	UNLV	46	694	15.1	4	--
2020	UNLV	9	79	8.8	2	--
2019	UNLV	23	386	16.8	2	--
Career		78	1,159	14.9	8	--

Season	Team
2021	UNLV	2	5	106	21	--
2020	UNLV	--	--	--	--	--
2019	UNLV	1	7	--	--	--
Career		3	12	106	21	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2021

W 27–13

vs Hawai'i

3 rec · 67 yds

With C. Williams — 266 rush yds (38 car) · 3 TD · C. Friel — 172 yds · 0 TD · 2 INT · QBR 12.8 · 15 rush yds (5 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · UTSA · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +5.05Cameron Friel pass complete to Steve Jenkins for 63 yds for a TD (Daniel Gutierrez KICK)
Week 12 · San Diego State · 3&2 · Q3 · EPA +4.91Justin Rogers pass complete to Steve Jenkins for 80 yds to the SDSt 6 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Hawai'i · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.31C.Friel pass complete to UNLV 26. Catch made by S.Jenkins at UNLV 26. Gain of 49 yards. Tackled by C.Davis at HAW 25.
Week 4 · Fresno State · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.94Doug Brumfield pass complete to Steve Jenkins for 10 yds for a TD, (Daniel Gutierrez KICK)
Week 10 · New Mexico · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.93Cameron Friel pass complete to Steve Jenkins for 12 yds to the NMex 49 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Nevada · 4&4 · Q3 · EPA +2.71Cameron Friel pass complete to Steve Jenkins for 14 yds to the Nevad 27 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Nevada · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.59Cameron Friel pass complete to Steve Jenkins for 18 yds for a TD, (Two-Point Conversion failed )
Week 4 · Fresno State · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.52Doug Brumfield pass complete to Steve Jenkins for 13 yds to the UNLV 44 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Nevada · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.38Cameron Friel pass complete to Steve Jenkins for 16 yds to the Nevad 41 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Nevada · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.89Cameron Friel pass complete to Steve Jenkins for 21 yds to the UNLV 46 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 33-35vs Eastern Washington	2	6	3.0	0	5
Wk 2	L 10-37@ Arizona State	2	16	8.0	0	14
Wk 3	L 3-48vs Iowa State	1	13	13.0	0	13
Wk 4	L 30-38@ Fresno State	4	68	17.0	1	44
Wk 5	L 17-24@ UTSA	5	114	22.8	1	63
Wk 8	L 20-27vs San José State	6	70	11.7	1	22
Wk 9	L 20-51@ Nevada	12	133	11.1	1	21	133-yard receiving day
Wk 10	W 31-17@ New Mexico	4	20	5.0	0	12
Wk 11	W 27-13vs Hawai'i	3	67	22.3	0	49
Wk 12	L 20-28vs San Diego State	5	176	35.2	0	80	Season-high 176 yds
Wk 13	L 14-48@ Air Force	2	11	5.5	0	7
Total		46	694	14.1	4	80

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

Steve Jenkins

20199 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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