Newsstand: Watch 'freak' Michigan DT Kris Jenkins's 'Turkish get up'
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Michigan senior defensive tackle Kris Jenkins was named the No. 6 ‘freak’ in college football by The Athletic‘s Bruce Feldman. ‘The Mutant’ is up to 305 pounds and still has incredible testing results in the weight room.
“People inside the Michigan program think he’s now ready to take a huge step forward as an impact guy,” Feldman wrote. “He’s up to 307 pounds and is more powerful and explosive than ever. He did 32 reps of 225 on the bench and did 760 pounds on the combo twist. Only last year’s top Freak, Mazi Smith, some 30 pounds heavier, did more slinging around 800 pounds.
“Jenkins recently did a Turkish get-up with a 170-pound dumbbell — the heaviest Herbert has ever witnessed. Jenkins does pull-ups with a 100-pound weight strapped to his waist. He also moves incredibly well for being a 300-plus pounder, running a 7.16 3-cone, a 4.33 shuttle, broad-jumping 9-8 and vertical-jumping 34 inches.
“Jenkins’ shuttle and 3-cone times are both almost two-tenths of a second faster than the quickest interior defensive lineman did at this year’s NFL combine. His broad jump would be tied for the best. His vertical jump would be second-best, and only Smith topped his number on the bench press.”
Feldman provided a video of Jenkins’ Turkish get up:
Michigan position battles may go into the season at four different spots, most notably offensive tackle, EDGE and cornerback, head coach Jim Harbaugh revealed during his press conference Tuesday.
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Harbaugh is reportedly no longer set to serve a four-game suspension this season, with the proposed negotiated resolution with the NCAA having fallen through. NCAA vice president Derrick Crawford, an Alabama graduate, provided a comment on the matter in unprecedented fashion, but Harbaugh declined to.
Orji also appeared on the ‘Freaks List,’ checking in at No. 50. After Feldman’s list was published, Harbaugh revealed his “secret plan” to try out Orji as a kick returner.
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Quote Of The Day
“[It’s] a first to have the first scrimmage in the stadium be as good as it was. Every season I’ve coached, every season that I was a part of as a player, you go to that first scrimmage at the stadium, and guys forget. I forgot. I forgot coaching as a player. There’s just something about going to The Big House as a player. Coaches are yelling at everybody. That was my experience as a player and even as a coach. Freshmen forget everything that they’ve been taught. It wasn’t like that at all. It was the same vibrant energy, execution. And I even commented to the team afterward that I had never seen anything quite like that. That’s good. They’re further ahead, and that’s a credit to the coaches and the players themselves, and the focus.”
— Harbaugh on Michigan’s first scrimmage
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