Future of the Defensive Line.

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(02-01-2025, 11:11 AM)bfine32 Wrote: I like what I saw in Jenkins. Let's team him up with his interior linemate who won the National Championship together. It's worked for Washington.

Grant in the 1st and a stout edge later in the draft. Hell, maybe bring a 3rd Wolverine (Stewart) to the d-line mx. We love us some Wolverines

It's always risky to project how a player will do if they get more toward a full workload based on how their limited snaps were, but...

Jenkins played 496 defensive snaps.

A "full-time" DT will likely play about 800+ snaps, like Hill did back in 2022.

Jenkins had 3 sacks and 11 total pressures in those 496 snaps, according to PFF.
If Jenkins ends up playing more of a full workload, he could have been around 5 sacks, 18 total pressures.

While the sacks may be ok, that'd be quite a low number of pressures.
We need someone at the 3T who can get at least 30+, which is what BJ Hill has done each of the past 3 seasons.

Jenkins might end up being a well-rounded DT, but I can't see him ever being a true interior pass rushing dude like we want/expect.