Rayshawn Jenkins
Pittsburgh SteelersRayshawn Jenkins has 0 interceptions, 0 pass deflections and 33.3% completion rate allowed in 6 games for the Pittsburgh Steelers this season through Week 9 (updated November 13, 2026).
Model Score by season
Up 2.4 from last season.
How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →
STM Take
A journeyman safety holding on as rotational depth.
The case for
- Nine years of NFL survival across four teams as a 113th overall 4th-round pick gives him real journeyman veteran S résumé.
- Miami ACC 4th-round origin plus the multi-team experience gives him real plug-in S veteran market value.
The worry
- Career STTM range typically tier 7-8 across the past several years confirms the structural ceiling has rarely climbed above rotational depth.
- Age 31 plus nine years of S wear puts the late-career structural decline question on every 2026 projection.
What to watch: Whether Jenkins holds tier 8 or better in 2026 with the Browns or whether the role compresses to swing depth.
Full take and bio
Nine years of NFL survival as a 113th overall 4th-round pick puts Jenkins in the rare journeyman S class. The Miami ACC 4th-round origin plus the multi-team experience give him real veteran market value. The 2026 question is whether Jenkins holds tier 7-8 with the Browns at age 31 or whether the structural late-career closure takes hold.
Jenkins came out of Miami as the San Diego Chargers' 4th-round pick (113th overall) in 2017. He has bounced through the Chargers, Jaguars, Seahawks, and now Browns across nine NFL seasons.
Comps
The players whose size, testing and production looked most like his at the same point in their careers. The percent is how close.
Plays like: Major Wright, Dashon Goldson, Terrence Holt. Built like: John Wendling, Reshad Jones, Jason Pinnock. Coming out: John Wendling, Mark Barron, Eric Reid.
Of his 20 closest coming out: 2 stars, 5 starters, 11 backups, 2 didn't stick.
Rayshawn Jenkins Injury StatusNot listed
Rayshawn Jenkins is not on the injury report as of Nov 13. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.
This season · 6 games
Every game on the Game Log, every season on Career. Advanced numbers are EPA and Next Gen Stats.
Contract2026 cap
Every year of the deal, the dead money and what a cut or trade saves on the Contract tab.
Draft & College
Round 4, pick 113 to the Los Angeles Chargers in 2017, out of Miami (ACC). He went about where consensus had him.
In college, 2016, 13 games: 2 INT, 7 pass breakups, 76 tackles, 4 TFL. (partial record) Coming out: 4.51s 40 yd, 19 reps bench, 37" vertical, 128" broad.
Recruited
Class of 2012 · Safety · High school: Admiral Farragut Academy, St. Petersburg, FL
Miami
Alabama
Iowa State
Cincinnati
UConn
South Florida
Florida A&M
College: Miami 2012-16
His offer board, and the recruits whose boards look like it now →