Jenkins enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1991 and played college football for head coach Gary Moeller's Michigan Wolverines football teams from 1991 to 1994 [REF].
As a sophomore in 1992, Jenkins started nine games at left offensive tackle for the undefeated 1992 Michigan Wolverines football team that compiled a 9-0-3 record and defeated Washington in the 1993 Rose Bowl [REF].