CAREER
· Outstanding receiving talent who has really blossomed during his senior season
· Has 43 career games played, including 30 starting nods
· Tied for MSU`s career lead in touchdown receptions with 17,matching Eric Moulds
· Also stands among MSU's career top 5 in receptions (3rd; 137) and receiving yardage (4th; 1,965)
· Has had at least one catch in 31 of his last 32 games played; the only game he did not make a reception
(at South Carolina, 2002), he was injured early in the contest and did not play again
· Also has 15 rushes for 97 yards during his career and has made six kickoff returns for 129 yards
2003
· Currently third in the SEC in receptions (5.5 rpg) and receiving yardage (79.2 ypg)
· Has broken his own single-season record for touchdown catches with nine this year (eight in 2001)
· Set MSU's record for consecutive games with a TD reception this year with at least one in the first five games
· Opened the year with six receptions for 61 yards and a score vs. Oregon
· Enjoyed the best two games of his career in Games 2 & 3, hauling in 18 catches for 336 yards and four
scores at Tulane (9-164-2) and Houston (9-172-2) combined; the172 yards at UH were the 8th-best,
single-game receiving output in school history
· Hauled in five more aerials for 61 yards and a TD vs. LSU
· Posted his seventh career 100-yard game against Vanderbilt (8 rec., 118 yds., TD)
· Cracked the 100-yard mark once again at Auburn (7-113-1)
· Had three catches for 30 yards at Kentucky, despite missing much of the game with a laceration on his arm
· Struggled vs. Alabama with the injury, limited to only two catches for nine yards in the game
· Returned to form at Tennessee with five grabs for 69 yards and a score
2002
· Had 28 catches for 273 yards during the season
· Ended the year with 18 receptions for 166 yards in the final four contests
· Missed two games (Troy State and Memphis) due to injury
2001
· Led the team with 42 receptions for 661 yards and eight scores as a sophomore
· His eight TD receptions set MSU's single-season record in that category
· Opened the year with four catches for 61 yards and a score vs. Memphis
· Also had scores at Auburn and vs. Troy State
· Ended the year very strong, pulling in 27 receptions for 380 yards and three scores in the final five contests
· Longest play of his career came on a 76-yard TD strike against Kentucky in Game 7
· Had seven receptions in each of the last two games of the season (Mississippi and BYU), breaking the
100-yard mark in each of those outings, and scoring twice against the Cougars
2000
· Posted seven catches for 160 yards (team-high 22.9 ypr) during his redshirt freshman campaign
· Member of State's 2000 Independence Bowl champion team
Justin Jenkins · FL
6-1 · 210 · Sr. · 3L
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J
ENKINS
' C
AREER
R
ECEIVING
S
TATISTICS
YEAR
G/GS
CGT
YDS
AVG
TD
LP/OPP
2000
11/0
7
160
22.9
0
39/LSU
2001
11/9
42
661
15.7
8
76/Kentucky
2002
10/10
28
273
9.8
0
20/Mississippi
2003
11/11
60
871
14.5
9
70/Tulane
TOTALS
43/30
137
1,965
14.3
17
76/Kentucky
DATE
OPPONENT
NO
YDS
AVG.
TD
9/3/01 *MEMPHIS
4
61
15.2
1
9/20/01 *SOUTH CAROLINA
3
16
5.3
0
9/29/01 *at Florida
2
50
25.0
0
10/6/01 *at Auburn
4
56
14.0
1
10/13/01 *TROY STATE
1
22
22.0
1
10/20/01
LSU
1
15
15.0
0
11/3/01
KENTUCKY
3
87
29.0
1
11/10/01 *at Alabama
5
38
7.6
1
11/17/01 *at Arkansas
5
67
13.4
1
11/22/01 *MISSISSIPPI
7
116
16.6
0
12/1/01 *BRIGHAM YOUNG
7
133
19.0
2
DATE
OPPONENT
NO
YDS
AVG.
TD
8/31/02 *at Oregon
4
32
8.0
0
9/14/02 *JACKSONVILLE STATE
1
12
12.0
0
9/19/02 *AUBURN
3
45
15.0
0
9/28/02 *at LSU
1
10
10.0
0
10/5/02 *at South Carolina
0
0
--
0
10/12/02
TROY STATE
Did not play------------------------
10/19/02
at Memphis
Did not play------------------------
11/2/02 *KENTUCKY
1
8
8.0
0
11/9/02 *at Alabama
4
35
8.8
0
11/16/02 *TENNESSEE
3
20
6.7
0
11/23/02 *ARKANSAS
6
59
9.8
0
11/28/02 *at Mississippi
5
52
10.4
0
8/30/03 *OREGON
6
61
10.2
1
9/13/03 *at Tulane
9
164
18.2
2
9/20/03 *at Houston
9
172
19.1
2
9/27/03 *LSU
5
61
12.2
1
10/4/03 *VANDERBILT
8
118
14.8
1
10/11/03 *MEMPHIS
3
42
14.0
0
10/18/03 *at Auburn
7
113
16.1
1
10/25/03 *at Kentucky
3
30
10.0
0
11/8/03 *ALABAMA
2
9
4.5
0
11/15/03 *at Tennessee
5
69
13.8
1
11/22/03 *at Arkansas
3
32
10.7
0
A
MERICA
all
candidate
