Head Coach Zac Taylor and Defensive Coordinator Lou Anarumo
Taylor: “Kris Jenkins, defensive tackle from Michigan — a guy we’re really excited about. Another guy we met with at the Combine, a guy we brought in on a 30 visit. And it’s really funny, on my 30 visit one of the notes I made to myself was that I didn’t have much to talk to him about, because I didn’t have a lot of questions about him. He’s a polished guy, captain at Michigan, checks every box. There wasn’t a lot you had to dig into him with, so we just had a nice, friendly conversation, but there wasn’t a lot of questions I needed to get answered because we had the information we need, and we were happy he was there at 49.”
Taylor: “We just talked about life.”
Why is he a fit for your defense at a position of need for you guys?
Anarumo: “I just like everything about his game. He’s a tough, tough run defender. He’s got great football instincts. As Zac already mentioned, he brings leadership. He’s been a captain, I think second-team All-American, just a tough guy overall and plays the game the right way.”
Is he the type of guy who can play on early downs, a guy who will rush on third down? How do you see him?
Anarumo: “We see him as a three-down player. He’s already shown that in college at a high level. Right now he’ll be slotted in to rotate in with the other guys, and we’re very excited to have him.”
Is that the key when you’re addressing defensive tackle early in the draft, finding a three-down player?
Taylor: “It’s ideal. You want to have a vision or a role for a player and how they fit with us. We felt like Kris really fits in with the guys that we have in the building, and we’re excited to get him.”
Your first two picks have three national championships combined. That seems like a big part of your draft philosophy, that championship mindset …
Taylor: “I think that those players…
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