Brian Jenkins begins his first season on the Rutgers staff after joining the program in the spring as the wide receivers coach.
Jenkins, a native of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., tutored one of the nation’s top running backs the last four years at Louisiana-Lafayette in Tyrell Fenroy. An All-Sun Belt selection, Fenroy rushed for 1,000 yards in four consecutive seasons for the Ragin Cajuns.
Fenroy shattered school, Sun Belt and State of Louisiana career rushing records. He is the school and conference single-game rushing leader and the Cajuns’ single-season rushing leader. Fenroy’s 49 touchdowns, 294 points scored and 5,231 rushing and receiving yards are both UL and Sun Belt career records. He owns school marks for single-season touchdowns, career 100-yard games and was the first player to average over 100 yards rushing per game in a career in school history.
In 2005, Louisiana-Lafayette rushed for a school-record 2,797 yards and 34 touchdowns. The Cajuns followed with 2,264 yards and 20 scores in 2006. In 2007, the Cajuns broke the school record again, running for 3,019 yards to become the first team in Sun Belt history to ever rush for over 3,000 yards. Last season, the Cajuns rushed for 3,164 yards and 32 touchdowns.
As the special team’s coordinator, Jenkins has helped the Cajuns in nearly all facets. In 2007, the Cajuns’ kickoff coverage defense ranked 20th in the nation, while the punt return defense had the identical ranking in 2004. In 2005, the Cajuns’ punt return unit ranked 27th nationally.
Prior to Louisiana-Lafayette, Jenkins coached with the Frankfurt Galaxy in NFL Europe. He has also coached on the collegiate level at Bowling Green, Eastern Illinois and Western Kentucky.
Jenkins played collegiately as both a wide receiver and running back at Cincinnati and remains the all-time leader in single-season and career kickoff yards for the Bearcats. He graduated in 1993 with an associate’s degree in Education and bachelor’s degree in social work.
He and his wife Octavia have a daughter, Briana, and a son, Brian Jr.
