AWARDS:
- Second Team Preseason Athlon Sports All-Mountain West Defense (2023)
- Third Team Phil Steele's 2023 Preseason Mountain West Team
- NFF Hampshire Honor Society (2023)
- All-Mountain West Honorable Mention Selection (2021, 22)
- Campbell Trophy Semifinalist (2022)
- Third Team Preseason Athlon Sports All-Mountain West Defense (2022)
- Mountain West All-Academic Team Honoree (2019, 20, 21, 22)
- All-Mountain West Honorable Mention Selection (2021)
- Dean's Scholar Award (2021)
- Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2021)
- Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholar Award recipient (2020, 21, 22)
- All-Mountain West Second-Team Selection (2020)
- CoSIDA Academic All-District VIII honoree (2020)
2022:
- Finished season with 60 tackles, career-high seven tackles for loss and tied a career-high with two interceptions
- Led team with nine tackles and one QBH vs. Hawai'i (11/26)
- INT and fumble recovery at Utah State (11/19)
- Started and had six tackles at San Diego State (11/12)
- Started and had career best two PBR's, one sack, one TFL and four tackles vs. CSU (11/05)
- Started and had six tackles including 1.0 for loss vs. Nevada (10/29)
- Started and had six tackles, 1.0 tackles for loss and pass deflection at Fresno State (10/15)
- Started and had five tackles and first sack this season vs. UNLV (10/7)
- Started and had four tackles plus one QB hit at Wyoming (10/01)
- Started and had five tackles, tied career-high 1.5 for loss and a pass deflection vs. WMU (9/24)
2021:
- Appeared in all 12 games
- Season-high of 11 tackles at Colorado State (10/9)
- Tallied five tackles and batted down one pass at Hawai'i (9/18)
- Tied for second most tackles for the season (72)
2020:
- Started the first seven games of the year
- Only player on the team to record a quarterback sack, intercept a pass, force a fumble and recover a fumble during the season
- Led the team with two interceptions and two fumble recoveries
- Finished tied for 12th nationally and shared the Mountain West lead with his fumble recoveries against Air Force (10/24) and Nevada (12/11)
- Third on the team with 41 total tackles and tied for third with 29 solo stops
- Made at least three tackles in every game he played
- Named Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week for the week of November 7th after recording career-best nine tackles, a quarterback sack, a forced fumble and an interception in the San Jose State end zone against San Diego State (11/6)
- One of three players honored on the Paycom Jim Thorpe Player of the Week list for his performance against the Aztecs
2019:
- Appeared in all 12 games
- Credited with seven tackles with a tackle in six games
- Season-high two stops both on kickoffs in the Arkansas win (9/21)
2018:
- Played in the final three games of the season
- Scored a touchdown on his first play of his major college career at Utah State (11/10) picking up a botched Aggie punt attempt and racing 51 total yards to the end zone untouched
- Became the first Spartan in three years with a punt return for a touchdown
- Was not in on any tackles either on defense or special teams
- Retained his first season of athletics eligibility
HIGH SCHOOL:
- A two-time Stockton Record All-Area and all-league honoree for St. Mary's High in Stockton, Calif. (Coach Tony Franks)
- A third-team all-state football pick by CalHiSports.com and one of five finalists for the Stockton Record's 2016-17 Male Athlete of the Year
- Second-team all-league choice in basketball as a junior... Ran on the 4x100 meter relay team that finished ninth at the 2018 C.I.F. State Championship meet
PERSONAL: A justice studies major ... Learned to play chess in the third grade ... Son of Aaron Jenkins, Jr., a running back for the University of Washington who rushed for a touchdown against San Jose State in the Huskies' 35-31 comeback win on September 24, 1988 ... Grandfather, Aaron Jenkins, averaged 14.9 points a game for the 1969 and 1970 Iowa State Cyclones basketball teams ... Twin brother Andrew is a senior on the 2023 San José State football team ... Is the older of the two twins ... He is a Stockton, Calif., native.