Josh Jenkins

Josh Jenkins
Personal information
Full name	Josh Jenkins
Nickname(s)	JJ
Date of birth	8 February 1989
Place of birth	Swan Hill, Victoria
Original team(s)	Tyntynder (CMFL) Lake Boga (CMFL)
Draft	Pick #12, 2010 Rookie Draft, Essendon
Debut	Round 7, 2012, Adelaide v. Geelong, at AAMI Stadium
Height/Weight	198 cm (6 ft 6 in) / 104 kg (16 st 5 lb)
Position(s)	Key forward, ruckman, key defender
Club information
Current club	Adelaide
Number	4
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2012–	Adelaide	75 (136)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 2, 2016 season.

Josh Jenkins (born 8 February 1989) is a professional Australian rules football player who plays for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by Essendon in the 2010 Rookie Draft with pick #12, and was traded to Adelaide the following year.

Basketball career

As a junior Jenkins mainly played basketball and was a development player with the Townsville Crocodiles in the Australian National Basketball League. He had previously played with the Townsville Heat and Mackay Meteors in the QABL, a second tier league within Australia. As a shooting guard, he attended Townsville State High School and led the team to 7th place at the State titles. In 2007 he toured the United States with the Australian junior team.

Football career

In 2010 he was invited to attend a training camp for the Australian rules football expansion team, Greater Western Sydney Football Club, after switching away from basketball to play football in Lake Boga, Victoria.^[1]

Jenkins spent the 2011 season playing for Essendon's VFL affiliate, the Bendigo Bombers. He was traded to Adelaide at the end of 2011 along with National Draft pick #41, in exchange for pick #31.

Jenkins made his AFL debut in Round 7, 2012, against Geelong at AAMI Stadium.^[2] He played 11 matches in total in 2012 and kicked 11 goals. In 2013 Jenkins switched his guernsey number from number 20 to 4, vacated by Kurt Tippett after his controversial departure from the club, and was dubbed as Tippett's replacement in the key forward position.^[3] Provided extra responsibility by Tippett's loss and Taylor Walker's injury, Jenkins kicked 24 goals in 17 games in 2013 before a leg injury ended his season. He finished third in the club's goalkicking that year.^[4]

In 2014, Jenkins had his best season to date, kicking 40 goals in 20 games, including a career-high five against Hawthorn in round 17. He also spent some time in defence late in the season.^[4]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to end of round 2, 2016.^[5]

Season	Team	#	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
			Totals								Averages (per game)
2012	Adelaide	20	11	11	3	74	43	117	50	24	1.00	0.27	6.73	3.91	10.64	4.55	2.18
2013	Adelaide	4	17	24	24	142	59	201	78	29	1.41	1.41	8.35	3.47	11.82	4.59	1.71
2014	Adelaide	4	20	40	26	170	64	234	86	27	2.00	1.30	8.50	3.20	11.70	4.30	1.35
2015	Adelaide	4	21	46	21	173	68	241	108	28	2.19	1.00	8.24	3.24	11.48	5.14	1.33
2016	Adelaide	4	2	9	2	18	5	23	12	3	4.50	1.00	9.00	2.50	11.50	6.00	1.50
Career			71	130	76	577	239	816	334	111	1.83	1.07	8.13	3.37	11.49	4.70	1.56

Legend
G	Goals	B	Behinds	K	Kicks	H	Handballs	D	Disposals	M	Marks	T	Tackles

References

1. McCullagh-Beasy, Justine (26 July 2010). "Jenkins' GWS chance". Archived from the original on 4 March 2011.
2. Milbank, Zak (12 May 2012). "Josh Jenkins makes a mark in big time". AdelaideNow. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
3. Rucci, Michelangelo (11 February 2013). "Josh Jenkins steps into forward role vacated by Kurt Tippett". The Advertiser.
4. "Josh Jenkins - AFC.com.au".
5. "Josh Jenkins statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 April 2015.

External links

• Josh Jenkins's profile on the official website of the Adelaide Football Club
• Josh Jenkins's statistics from AFL Tables