Alfred Jenkins

Receptions:	360
Receiving yards:	6,267
Receiving TDs:	40

Alfred Jenkins
No. 84
Position:	Wide receiver
Personal information
Born:	January 25, 1952 (age 72); Hogansville, Georgia, U.S.
Height:	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:	170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
College:	Morris Brown
Undrafted:	1975
Career history
	Birmingham Americans (1974); Atlanta Falcons (1975–1983);
Career highlights and awards
	First-team All-Pro (1981); 2× Pro Bowl (1980, 1981); NFL receiving touchdowns co-leader (1981); NFL receiving yards leader (1981); All-WFL (1974);
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:
Receptions:	360
Receiving yards:	6,267
Receiving TDs:	40
	Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Alfred Donnell Jenkins (born January 25, 1952) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for the Birmingham Americans in 1974 and nine seasons for the Atlanta Falcons from 1975 through 1983. Jenkins was selected to the Pro Bowl during the 1980 and 1981 seasons and is considered the most successful National Football League (NFL) player from the short-lived World Football League (WFL).^[1]

Jenkins played college football at Atlanta's Morris Brown College and was not selected in the 1974 NFL Draft. He received a tryout and signed with the WFL's Birmingham Americans. He scored 14 touchdowns and caught 62 passes for 1,471 yards while helping the Americans win the WFL's only championship that season. After the Americans folded, Jenkins signed with the Falcons on April 9, 1975.^[2] He became a mainstay at wide receiver, starting every game in each of his NFL seasons (with the exception of 1978, in which he played only one game before suffering a broken collarbone). Jenkins led the NFL in receiving yards (1,358) and receiving touchdowns (13) in the 1981 season.^[3]

NFL career statistics[edit]

Legend
	Led the league
Bold	Career high

Regular season[edit]

Year	Team	Games		Receiving
Year	Team	GP	GS	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
1975	ATL	14	14	38	767	20.2	68	6
1976	ATL	14	14	41	710	17.3	34	6
1977	ATL	14	14	39	677	17.4	73	4
1978	ATL	1	1	2	28	14.0	22	0
1979	ATL	16	16	50	858	17.2	57	3
1980	ATL	16	16	58	1,035	17.8	57	6
1981	ATL	16	16	70	1,358	19.4	67	13
1982	ATL	9	9	24	347	14.5	43	1
1983	ATL	10	10	38	487	12.8	26	1
		110	110	360	6,267	17.4	73	40

Playoffs[edit]

Year	Team	Games		Receiving
Year	Team	GP	GS	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
1980	ATL	1	1	4	155	38.8	60	1
1982	ATL	1	1	2	52	26.0	30	0
		2	2	6	207	34.5	60	1

References[edit]

^ "For Jenkins, career-ending jolt never came; Ex-Falcon still owns record for TD catches". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. July 27, 1993. p. D2. Retrieved April 11, 2010. To those less familiar with Jenkins, he was Most Valuable Player of the World Football League in 1974, playing with the Birmingham Americans.
^ Harvin, Al. "People in Sports," The New York Times, Thursday, April 10, 1975. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
^ Rosenberg, I. J. "Whatever happened to: Alfred Jenkins". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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[ajc930727-1] "For Jenkins, career-ending jolt never came; Ex-Falcon still owns record for TD catches". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. July 27, 1993. p. D2. Retrieved April 11, 2010. To those less familiar with Jenkins, he was Most Valuable Player of the World Football League in 1974, playing with the Birmingham Americans.

[2] Harvin, Al. "People in Sports," The New York Times, Thursday, April 10, 1975. Retrieved March 15, 2023.

[3] Rosenberg, I. J. "Whatever happened to: Alfred Jenkins". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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