Tennessee will open its SEC schedule on September 21st against a new rival in Oklahoma, and the Volunteers will see one of their defensive linemen on the sidelines for that game who was supposed to enter the transfer portal.
Jenkins was a three-star recruit from the class of 2022 and played in six games last season, recording only four tackles.
It seemed like Jenkins was out the door and would not return to Knoxville, but things changed. Twenty-four hours after the report came out, he entered the portal.
