Sticks of Fire: a Tampa blog

Few sporting events are as fashionable to over-hype as the NFL Draft. Since we here at the Sticks are slaves to fashion we plan on doing our part to hype this spectacle. Today we take a look at local product Mike Jenkins.

Barring an arrest for making it rain at Mons (there’s still time) Mike Jenkins it set to become the highest Bull ever drafted. The Southeast High in Bradenton product is a lock to be drafted in the first round although there is a good deal of disagreement over which team will draft him. There are a number of top tier corners in the draft this year and everyone has them ranked differently. Let’s take a look at where the mock drafts have Jenkins going…

Mike Mayock, NFL Network: #19, Eagles
Don Banks, Sports Illustrated: #16, Cardinals
Pete Prisco, Sportsline: #11, Bills
Clark Judge, Sportsline: #10, Saints

Jenkins’ stock has been slipping lately due to concerns over his ability to play the run but I doubt he will fall to the Bucs at #20 (although Mel Kiper Jr. has the Bucs drafting Jenkins so I could be wrong). If he does, the Bucs would have a difficult choice as a number of quality receivers would also be available. Jenkins has the speed to play corner and with 40 starts for the Bulls is about as reliable a prospect as you will find in the draft.

Random Facts & Etcetera
- rated 27th best player in Florida coming out of high school by the Orlando Sentinel’s Bill Buchalter
- rated 92nd best player in Florida the same year by Rivals.com
- named by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune as Defensive Player of the Year
- Jenkins selected USF to stay close to his ailing, diabetic mother
- was arrested prior to last season for a fight outside of Bobalouie’s Pub in Tampa
- Kawika Mitchell, the starting linebacker for the Giants, is the highest drafted Bull, going to the Chiefs in the mid-second round (#47)

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