'09 MD LB Jelani Jenkins (Official Offer)

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Jenkins Planning College Trips - Josh Barr's Recruiting Insider

Good Counsel All-Met linebacker Jelani Jenkins has 30-plus scholarship offers and plans to use the upcoming weeks to figure things out. His father, Maurice, said that Jenkins as an upcoming West Coast trip to visit USC, UCLA and Stanford. There also will be trips to colleges in Florida and another to the midwest.

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7/16

From TheWolverine....Plans on taking several unofficials this summer, one of which could be Michigan. At this point, he doesn't have a plan on when he'll make a decision, but will visit several schools before deciding. Looking for a place where he feels comfortable, early playing time, a good program and coaches.

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07/16

From IrishEyes.com...Jenkins has a visit planned with Notre Dame later this month. Also mentions that he will try and make it up to see Ohio State.

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7/28

By Farrell...made a west coast tour of UCLA, USC and Stanford and recently visited Michigan, Michigan State and Notre Dame and is visiting Illinois today. Talks about his visits to UM, MSU and ND as well as Virginia Tech and says he would also like to visit Boston College and possibly Miami (FL) and Florida.

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9/3

From the UVA site...visited UVA for the USC game and watched former teammate Nick Jenkins. Says he is fairly confident UVA will make the cut when he narrows his list.

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U-M hopes to land fast, aggressive LB Jenkins | The Detroit News | detnews.com

Throughout this recruitment, Maurice Jenkins has stressed the need for his son to keep an open mind and give all of his suitors equal looks. The process of paring things down has been long, but a support group of dad, mom and stepdad have helped him come up with a formula to establish a pecking order.

"Basically we have a matrix that we did on each school," Maurice Jenkins explained. "Part of that matrix is the strength of academics and academic facilities. In Michigan's case, they have an awesome facility there, so you can see they take the academics very seriously.

"One other criterion was that we wanted a team with national exposure that potentially plays in the (BCS) bowl games. Diversity is very important, as is a city that we feel is safe. We want an environment that is diverse where they have respect for different people.

The Wolverines, along with the rest of Jenkins' suitors, are awaiting news of his next cut. The new list of finalists could be determined at any time in the coming weeks, after which another series of visits will take place. From there, the waiting game for a final decision will begin. That too could come at any time.

"It not as if he is being driven by a specific timetable," Mr. Jenkins said of his son. "We figure when it is right, he will know it is right. He won't hesitate or come in with some preconceived idea to wait until signing day or anything like that. We will kind of work our way through official visits and look at schools more closely then."