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DB Malcolm Jenkins (All B1G, All-American, Thorpe Award, All-Pro, 2x Super Bowl Champion)

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2. MALCOLM JENKINS, 2008
In his fourth year as a letterman for the Buckeyes, Malcolm Jenkins made sure his last year was his best. The former three-star recruit forced three fumbles (tied for eighth-most among cornerbacks), was a consensus All-American, and won the Jim Thorpe Award.



Before changing to safety in the NFL, Malcolm Jenkins had one of the most decorated careers in Ohio State cornerback history, finishing with 11 interceptions and nearly 200 tackles.
 
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Here are Jenkins full comments:

The onslaught of the shit that we have to deal with is f---ing crazy right now. Drew Brees, if you don't understand how hurtful, how insensitive your comments are, you are part of the problem. To think that, because your grandfathers served in this country and you have a great respect for the flag, that everybody else should have the same ideals and thoughts that you do is ridiculous. And it shows that you don't know history. Because when our grandfathers fought for this country and served and they came back, they didn't come back to a hero's welcome. They came back and got attacked for wearing their uniforms. They came back to people, to racism, to complete violence.

And then here we are in 2020 with the whole country on fire, everybody witnessing black man dying, being murdered at the hands of the police in just cold blood for everybody to see. The whole country's on fire and the first thing that you do is criticize one's peaceful protest that was years ago when we were trying to signal a sign for help and signal for our allies and our white brothers and sisters, the people we considered to be friends, to get involved. It was ignored. And here we are now with the world on fire, and you still continue to, first criticize how we peacefully protest because it doesn't fit in what you do and your beliefs, without every acknowledging the fact that a man was murdered at the hands of the police in front of us all and that has been continuing for centuries. That the same brothers that you break the huddle down with before every single game, the same guys that you bleed with and go into battle with every single day go home to communities that have been decimated.

Drew, unfortunately you're somebody who doesn't understand that privilege. You don't understand the potential that you have to actually be an advocate for the people that you call brothers. You don't understand the history and why people like me, people with my skin color, whose grandfathers fought for this country, who served, and I still protested against -- not against the national anthem but against what was happening in America and what the fabric of this country is for or stands for. If you don't understand that other people experience something totally different than you then when you talk about being "the brotherhood" and all this other bullshit, it's just lipservice or it's only on the field. Because when you step off this field and I take my helmet off, I'm a black man walking around America and I'm telling you I'm dealing with these things. I'm telling you my community is dealing with these things. And your response to me is, "Don't talk about that here. This is not the place"? Drew, where is the place, Drew?

I'm disappointed. I'm hurt. Because while the world tells you that you're not worthy, that your life doesn't matter, the last place you want to hear it from are the guys that you go to war with and that you consider to be allies and to be your friends. Even though we're teammates, I can't let this slide.

Drew Brees issues apology for 'insensitive' comments

But in a statement posted on his Instagram account, the 41-year-old Brees said his comments were "insensitive and completely missed the mark on the issues we are facing right now as a country.

Entire article: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/04/sport/drew-brees-apology-nfl-spt-intl/index.html
 
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Saints' Malcolm Jenkins uncomfortable with NFL returning during COVID-19 pandemic: 'We don't need to do it'

The All-Pro safety needs to see more before he returns to an NFL locker room

Although the NFL remains optimistic there will be a regular season in 2020, the increasing severity of the coronavirus pandemic in many parts of the country means nothing is certain, and Malcolm Jenkins doesn't like the look of any of it. The league initially dodged the worst fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic by virtue of professional football being scheduled for September, whereas other major sports leagues were either well underway or about to begin their seasons when the novel coronavirus gripped the planet in the spring, leading the NFL to suffer only a virtual offseason and canceled minicamps. And while commissioner Roger Goodell is still eyeing a possible July 28 start to training camp, the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Los Angeles Rams has reportedly been sacked, leaving Jenkins and other players to wonder if it's still too unsafe to consider playing football in 2020.

Some point to the soon-to-reopen NBA as a possible blueprint for the NFL, noting how Disney World will be used as a bubble city to house all players, league personnel and media covering the sport, but Jenkins believes that format is unrealistic when it comes to football. As such, he's resolute in his stance the COVID-19 threat mustn't simply be curbed, but instead quashed altogether before he's OK with re-entering an NFL locker room.

"The NBA is a lot different than the NFL," Jenkins said, via CNN. "They can actually quarantine all of their players, or whoever is going to participate, whereas we have over 2,000 players; and even more coaches and staff who can't do that. So we end up being on this trust system -- the honor system -- where we just have to hope that guys are social distancing and things like that, and that puts all of us at risk. That's not only us as players, and whoever's in the building(s), but when we go home to families.

"I have parents that I don't want to get sick. I think until we get to the point where we have protocols in place, and until we get to a place as a country where we feel safe doing it -- we have to understand that football is a non-essential business. We don't need to do it. So the risk has to be eliminated before we -- before I would feel comfortable with going back."

Entire article: https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...-during-covid-19-pandemic-we-dont-need-to-do/
 
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Report: Saints restructure Malcolm Jenkins' contract, free cap space

New Orleans Saints defensive back Malcolm Jenkins has had his contract with the franchise restructured, according to NFL Network league insider Ian Rapoport.



With the restructuring, New Orleans now has $3.4 million of extra cap space room to work with, per Rapoport.

Entire article: https://247sports.com/college/ohio-...0dXyVX80Pne6tKpgL5n1PztSpEqU2jtFpej8-wQsmXvv8
 
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