Corey Jenkins
{{Short description|American football player (born 1976)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
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| name = Corey Jenkins
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| number = 53, 57
| position = Linebacker
Quarterback
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|8|25}}
| birth_place = Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
| death_date =
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| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 220
| high_school = Dreher (SC)
| college = South Carolina
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| draftyear = 2003
| draftround = 6
| draftpick = 181
| pastteams =
- Miami Dolphins ({{NFL Year|2003}}–{{NFL Year|2004}})
- Chicago Bears ({{NFL Year|2004}})
- Miami Dolphins (2004)
- Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|2005}})*
- Carolina Panthers ({{NFL Year|2006}})*
- Winnipeg Blue Bombers ({{CFL Year|2007}})
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| statlabel1 = Tackles
| statvalue1 = 9
| cflstatlabel1 = Tackles
| cflstatvalue1 = 30
| cflstatlabel2 = Interceptions
| cflstatvalue2 = 1
| cflstatlabel3 = Forced fumbles
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| pfr = JenkCo20
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Corey Jenkins (born August 25, 1976) is an American former professional football player. He played quarterback at the University of South Carolina and was selected by the Miami Dolphins. He saw limited playing time in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL).
Career
Jenkins was a standout athlete at Columbia, South Carolina's Dreher High School, where he was a three sport star.
=Baseball=
Jenkins was drafted in the first round (24th overall selection) of the 1995 MLB draft by the Boston Red Sox. He played four seasons in Boston's minor league system before he was traded to the Chicago White Sox. He made it to the Double-A level before getting released in 1999.
=Football=
Jenkins next played football at Garden City Community College where he was a two-time All-American. He was then recruited to play football under Lou Holtz at the University of South Carolina. After two seasons with the Gamecocks, Jenkins was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the sixth round of the 2003 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=2003 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2003/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He played two seasons with Miami and one with the Chicago Bears.
Coaching career
Jenkins is currently the head coach of the Dreher High School (Columbia, South Carolina)|] football team in Columbia, South Carolina.{{cite web|last1=Anderson|first1=Reggie|title=Cardinal Newman hires former USC quarterback, S.C. State assistant|url=https://www.wltx.com/article/sports/high-school/cardinal-newman-adds-former-usc-qb-sc-state-assistant/101-cef6c2c9-37dc-447e-9ce5-2e35310f0571|website=wltx.com|date=25 August 2020 |accessdate=October 12, 2020}}
Personal life
Corey Jenkins is married to Monica Jenkins, with 3 children Jasiah, Natalia and Kenzo Jenkins. Jenkins had an article written about him in the May 2011 issue of ESPN The Magazine about a Ponzi Scheme that he was a victim of back in the 1990s at the start of his baseball career.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JenkCo20.htm Pro Football Reference stats]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20030720084140/http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=6517 ESPN Sports bio]
- [http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/111302aaa.html Gamecocks football report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725151754/http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/111302aaa.html |date=2011-07-25 }}
{{1995 MLB Draft}}
{{Boston Red Sox first-round draft picks}}
{{South Carolina Gamecocks quarterback navbox}}
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