Mel Jenkins
Melvin Jenkins
Born: March 16, 1962
Jackson, MS USA
Position: DB
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 172
College: Cincinnati
High School: Wingfield (Jackson, MS)
Career: 1984-1993
Mel Jenkins played from 1984 to 1993 during his career with the Atlanta Falcons, Calgary Stampeders, Detroit Lions and Seattle Seahawks. Jenkins intercepted 22 passes for 305 yards in his career.
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Punt Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1984 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 41 | 349 | 8.5 | 43 | 0 |
1985 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 7 | 74 | 10.6 | 25 | 0 |
1986 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
1991 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
CFL | 49 | 433 | 8.8 | 43 | 0 | |
NFL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 50 | 433 | 8.7 | 43 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1984 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 15 | 312 | 20.8 | 42 | 0 |
1985 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 6 | 110 | 18.3 | 31 | 0 |
CFL | 21 | 422 | 20.1 | 42 | 0 | |
Totals | 21 | 422 | 20.1 | 42 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1984 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 34 | 1 |
1985 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
1986 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 7 | 139 | 19.9 | 112 | 1 |
1987 | NFL Seattle Seahawks | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 34 | 0 |
1988 | NFL Seattle Seahawks | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 21 | 0 |
1990 | NFL Seattle Seahawks | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
1992 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 14 | 0 |
CFL | 11 | 184 | 16.7 | 112 | 2 | |
NFL | 11 | 121 | 11.0 | 34 | 0 | |
Totals | 22 | 305 | 13.9 | 112 | 2 |
Sacks:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1991 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
NFL | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Totals | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1984 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1986 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1987 | NFL Seattle Seahawks | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1988 | NFL Seattle Seahawks | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | |
1989 | NFL Seattle Seahawks | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1990 | NFL Seattle Seahawks | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1991 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
1992 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
1993 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
CFL | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
NFL | 0 | 3 | 7 | 65 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 65 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1984 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
1986 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
1992 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
CFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
NFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1984 | CFL | Calgary Stampeders | 13 | |
1985 | CFL | Calgary Stampeders | 9 | |
1986 | CFL | Calgary Stampeders | 18 | |
1987 | NFL | Seattle Seahawks | 12 | 1 |
1988 | NFL | Seattle Seahawks | 16 | 16 |
1989 | NFL | Seattle Seahawks | 16 | 3 |
1990 | NFL | Seattle Seahawks | 16 | 0 |
1991 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 16 | 16 |
1992 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 16 | 16 |
1993 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 14 | 3 |
1993 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 |
Honors
1986 - CFL CFL West All-Star