David Jenkins Jr. - The Old Guard, The Gamer, and the Expiring Clock
There's not another story quite like David Jenkins Jr. trip through college basketball. From South Dakota State to UNLV to Utah to Purdue, the senior guard's career has almost developed in reverse. Now he's trying to do maybe the only thing he hasn't done in his career - win the big one while helping shape Purdue's future.
"David Jenkins Jr. isn't much taller than Smith, but he's a thick 200 lbs. His father and him joke that he's got a football build, would have made a hell of a safety. David says it's the freshman fifteen they wanted him to put on when he first got to school. Then he just kept it.
Jenkins Jr.'s freshman season was a long time ago and a long way away. The year was 2017, the state was South Dakota. Braden Smith wouldn't have started high school by then. Jenkins Jr. is already averaging 16.1 points a game, playing 30 minutes, and leading the Jackrabbits to the NCAA Tournament.
If Jenkins freshman year was impressive, his sophomore year looked to be a dream. He was playing even more minutes, scoring 19.7 points a game, and knocking down three and a half threes a game on 45% three-point shooting.
It houses his favorite basketball memory, that sophomore year, one good enough for a movie."
There's not another story quite like David Jenkins Jr. trip through college basketball. From South Dakota State to UNLV to Utah to Purdue, the senior guard's career has almost developed in reverse. Now he's trying to do maybe the only thing he hasn't done in his career - win the big one while helping shape Purdue's future.
"David Jenkins Jr. isn't much taller than Smith, but he's a thick 200 lbs. His father and him joke that he's got a football build, would have made a hell of a safety. David says it's the freshman fifteen they wanted him to put on when he first got to school. Then he just kept it.
Jenkins Jr.'s freshman season was a long time ago and a long way away. The year was 2017, the state was South Dakota. Braden Smith wouldn't have started high school by then. Jenkins Jr. is already averaging 16.1 points a game, playing 30 minutes, and leading the Jackrabbits to the NCAA Tournament.
If Jenkins freshman year was impressive, his sophomore year looked to be a dream. He was playing even more minutes, scoring 19.7 points a game, and knocking down three and a half threes a game on 45% three-point shooting.
It houses his favorite basketball memory, that sophomore year, one good enough for a movie."
