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

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His week-to-week improvement has been noticeable. There had been several times that opposing receiver had gotten behind him on intermediate and deep routes, but fortunately each time the QB overshot the receiver. I don't recall anyone getting behind Malcom in the Indiana game. By the time The Game rolls around, we could put him on any of their WRs and he'll stay with them.
 
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Buckeye86 said:
I thought he had some trouble getting up field to stuff the run early on, and he also gave too big of a cusion sometimes which made curl routes a gimmee route for apposing teams.
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both of those are the scheme the coaches pick, leaving him away from the RB or WR. Hardly his fault.

The kid is an absolute stud. He gives us so many options, b/c Malcolm can handle man-to-man fairly well.
 
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Per the Ozone...

Under the Radar and Over : True freshman cornerback Malcolm Jenkins will fill in for injured Tyler Everett again this weekend in the Buckeye defense. Jenkins, who was not the most highly heralded recruit in the incoming class, has already established himself as a solid performer at corner despite his lack of hype as an incoming freshman.

"Media-wise I wasn't really known but the coaches told me when I came into camp that I had a shot. By the end of camp I was in line to play," said Jenkins of his rise to prominence in the OSU defensive backfield.

"I set my goals real high. I wanted to play right away. I didn't want to sit on the sideline and watch. That was one of my goals coming in," Jenkins said.

Jenkins is a true cover corner with ample speed to cover even the fleetest of receivers.

"The last time I did a 40 it was my junior year (in high school)," said Jenkins. "I ran like a 4.43."

Jenkins is not the only freshman defensive back to make an impact this fall. Safety Jamario O'Neal has seen action in the nickel package and on special teams in his freshman season. O'Neal was highly heralded coming to OSU and has for the most part lived up to the hype. OSU safeties coach Paul Haynes is high on O'Neal.

"He's a young Donte (Whitner)," said Haynes.

"I think he's going to be a Donte Whitner in a year or two. He's fast, he's strong, he has no fear. He's kind of like a puppy just running around out there. When he knows where the play is going, he gets there. Making him understand everything is going to take a year or so, but once he knows, he's pretty good," Haynes said.

OSU has several other freshman DBs who are redshirting this season, including corner Andre Amos who has also raised some eyebrows at Buckeye practices.

"We have a lot of freshman DBs who are looking real promising. I think the future is bright in the secondary," said Jenkins.
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In the minnie game the talking heads kept saying Maroney had excellent speed. Jenkins ran him down with relative ease when Maroney broke that long run in the first half, so either Maroney's speed is over hyped or Jenkins is a lot faster than most people realize, or at least I realized.
 
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Buckeye86 said:
In the minnie game the talking heads kept saying Maroney had excellent speed. Jenkins ran him down with relative ease when Maroney broke that long run in the first half, so either Maroney's speed is over hyped or Jenkins is a lot faster than most people realize, or at least I realized.
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Maroney does have excellent speed, but excellent speed for a RB is a lot different than excellent speed for a CB. The difference is exacerbated when you're comparing the body types of an 18-year old freshman recruited to be a cover-corner versus a 21-year old junior in a power run game. Ignoring all other tangible skills (e.g.: playing ability) every D1A school in the country has 4.3/4.4 ex-track star CBs on their roster anymore. I think it's probably generous to say that even 20% of those same schools have a RB in the 4.5/4.6 range.

In other words, a good 4.5 running back is a lot more rare than a good 4.3 corner. Jenkins should have run Maroney down. What was more important about that play was that Jenkins made the effort. A majority of college CBs could have run down Maroney but would've conceded the TD rather than do the wind sprint.

I think the plays like that one demonstrate what separates JT from most other head coaches. Do you think one of John L. Smith's players would do that? Or would a Spartan rather give up chase at the 15-yard line?
 
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scooter1369 said:
Jenkins has proven to be the gem of this class so far. He plays like a Junior. Great hip swivel, back pedal, and closing burst.

This kid is going to be rich someday.
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yep, he reminds me alot of whitner from last season. he has the attitude, great field vision, and seems to love to hit. problems are the same though. maybe a hair overaggressive and often forgets how to tackle. he has a tendancy to bite hard on fakes allowing him to get beat deep. but then when you factor in that he is a true freshman... those minor problems seem even less so. a little more experience will get him past the mental mistakes. imo he could be the next winfield.
 
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ysubuck said:
Twice in the Michigan game last season, and that's just off the top of my head.
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The top of your head multiplies everything times two. That one time he was beat was the only time that I've been able to produce documented proof of him getting beat deep. There's more to that story too, but this is about Jenkins being a stud. So I'll just have to say that him chasing Maroney down, even with Maroney getting a significant head start was very impressive. His deflection on the trick play was incredible too. Looks like we have yet another stud DB for the next few years.
 
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