Rayshawn Jenkins

Nine seasons, four teams — Jenkins has built a career on box-safety tackling and disruption.

Chargers nickel safety → Jaguars Pro-Bowl-level starter → Seahawks hybrid → Browns veteran. The arc tracks leaving LA to find playing time, peaking in Jacksonville, then drifting into rotational roles.

2022 Jaguars season: 74 tackles, 13 PDs, 3 forced fumbles — a career year on a division winner.

Jenkins' 2022 line is the best statistical season any Jenkins safety has produced this decade: 74 tackles, 13 pass defenses, 3 forced fumbles, 2 QB hits, 1 sack. The Jaguars won the AFC South and went to the divisional round — Jenkins was a key reason their secondary held up.

13 pass defenses from a safety is starter-tier ball production. Combined with the 3 FFs, he was creating a takeaway opportunity nearly every other game.

3 of his 5 career forced fumbles came in a single 2022 season.

Across 9 seasons, Jenkins has 5 career forced fumbles — and 3 of them came in 2022 alone. The 2025 Browns season already has one FF in just 19 tackles, suggesting the disruption instinct hasn't gone away even as his snap count has.

5 career sacks for a deep safety — unusual production from the back end.

Five career sacks (including a half-sack) is above the typical free-safety output. The pattern: 2020 (1), 2022 (1), 2023 (1), 2024 (2). Coaches have used Jenkins as a delayed blitzer from depth — especially Seattle in 2024, where he matched a career high.

His 2024 line (32 tackles, 2 sacks, 2 QB hits, 2 TFLs) is a snapshot of a part-time, blitz-package safety rather than a 16-game starter.

2024 Seahawks: 0 pass defenses for the first time since his rookie year.

Jenkins played 2024 in Seattle and registered zero pass defenses — the first season since his 2017 rookie year that he didn't break up a pass. The role shift was real: more box/blitz, less coverage. Cleveland has him back to coverage usage in 2025 (1 PD, 1 FF in limited snaps), but the tackle volume (19) shows he's still a rotational piece for the Browns.