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ESPN - Jenkins hits opposing running backs and books relentlessly - Insider

Jelani Jenkins, 6-foot-1, 210 pounds
ESPN 150 Watch List linebacker
Good Counsel (Wheaton, Md.)

It's impressive enough when an athlete garners Gatorade Player of the Year honors as a high school junior. It's even more extraordinary, however, when the recipient complements his outstanding gridiron skills with exceptional work in the classroom.

ESPN 150 Watch List outside linebacker Jelani Jenkins (Wheaton, Md./Good Counsel) may have boasted 1,014 total yards as a running back and seven tackles per game as a hard hitting defender, but it is his distinguished 3.9 GPA as a national scholar-athlete at Good Counsel High School in Maryland that is perhaps most remarkable.

"I really take academics just as serious as football," Jenkins stated adamantly.

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