Alright, let’s talk about this NFL draft stuff. I heard the name Kydran Jenkins floating around recently, connected to the draft, and thought, “Okay, who’s this guy? Better check him out.”
So, the first thing I did was hop online. Typed “Kydran Jenkins NFL draft” into the usual search spots. And honestly? Not much popped up. Really sparse. Got a few random mentions, nothing solid, nothing like a big-time prospect profile you’d expect. That got me thinking maybe the name wasn’t quite right. Happens all the time, right? Easy to mishear or misremember.
I started wracking my brain. “Kydran… Jenkins…” Sounded kinda familiar, but maybe mixed up. Was it Kyren? Kendre? I focused on recent drafts, maybe a running back? So I tweaked my search a bit. Tried “Kyren running back draft”.
Bingo. Kyren Williams. That name hit. Notre Dame guy, drafted by the Rams back in 2022. Suddenly, tons of info. Okay, pretty sure this was the player I was actually trying to find. My bad on the name mix-up, but hey, discovery process, right?
Digging into Kyren Williams’ Draft Profile
Once I had the right name, I started digging into his stuff from back before the draft.
- College Days: Looked up his time at Notre Dame. Solid production, yeah. Carried the ball a lot, caught passes too. Seemed like a reliable dude for them.
- Combine Stuff: Then I looked for his NFL Combine numbers. I remembered hearing chatter about this. His testing results, like the 40-yard dash, weren’t exactly lighting the world on fire. Speed wasn’t seen as his top trait coming out, that was the narrative. Measurements were average-ish for a running back.
- Watching Tape: Pulled up some college highlights. What I saw was a guy with pretty good vision, patient runner. He looked comfortable catching the ball out of the backfield, which is huge these days. Also seemed willing to block, which coaches love. Not necessarily a home run hitter every play, but dependable.
- Old Reports: Scanned through some draft analyst write-ups from back then. They mostly said the same things: good all-around player, smart, tough, great hands, decent blocker, but maybe lacking that top-end explosive speed. Most had him pegged as a mid-round pick, which turned out right – Rams got him in the 5th round.
It’s funny looking back. Everyone obsessed over the Combine speed, but watching him play now for the Rams, especially last season… well, he definitely outperformed where he was drafted. Shows that sometimes all that pre-draft analysis doesn’t capture everything. Guy knows how to play football.
So yeah, that was my little journey. Started with a possibly wrong name, “Kydran Jenkins,” ended up diving into Kyren Williams. Just goes to show, always double-check the names! But the process of digging through the old stats, reports, and tape is always pretty interesting.
