Detroit Free Press: Jenkis might be a safety ???

[Jim Johnson]

The Free Press has a story about possible DB picks for the Lions... one sentence about Mike:

Draft check: Sizing up the defensive back crop

This isn't the year NFL teams can expect to find a sure thing in the draft for their secondaries. Four cornerbacks are projected as first-rounders, but there are legitimate concerns about each. It is even worse at safety, where only one is projected to be taken in the first three rounds.

The top corner, Troy's Leodis McKelvin, is a sensational returner but doesn't display good coverage technique. He is followed by South Florida's Mike Jenkins, whose lack of agility might mean he ultimately converts to safety.

The No. 3-rated cornerback, Tennessee State's Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, has speed, confidence and bad habits to unlearn. Arizona's Antoine Cason obviously knows how to play corner but might not be fast enough for the NFL.

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Then it goes more indepth:

2. Mike Jenkins, South Florida, 5-11, 197, 1st: Jenkins seems to have the physical ability to be a top corner, where he played his entire college career, but still doesn't display the necessary techniques. His basic instincts seem to be more that of a safety, where he was a star in high school.

He has excellent straight-line speed, as evidenced by his best 40-yard time at the combine of 4.38 seconds. But on film and in workouts, he didn't show the agility teams like in a cornerback. He does commit himself to making contact but isn't really an aggressive hitter.

His coaches and NFL teams don't seem overly concerned with a March 2007 misdemeanor charge for disorderly conduct after a fight outside a bar.

Jenkins started 40 games for the Bulls and collected 133 tackles. He had six interceptions and broke up 41 passes.

[Bullschmutz]

This isn't news. I don't think he has a lack of agility but I am not a scout.

Early word was the Patsies want him as a S.