Good Counsel Alum Jenkins Celebrates Michigan’s National Championship

[DCSportsFan.com]

Moments after Michigan had clinched the school’s first football national championship since 1997, Wolverines’ defensive tackle and Good Counsel High School alum Kris Jenkins told the Big Ten Network that he “ugly cried…You see all the flashbacks of all the hard work you put in to get to this point. Now that we did it, it’s unbelievable. It’s surreal…That’s just a dream scenario,”

Michigan completed a perfect 15-0 season by beating Washington (14-1) 34-13 at NRG Stadium in Houston Monday night. The Wolverines rushed for a championship game record 303 yards and held the Huskies’ high powered offense — led by Heisman Trophy runner up Michael Penix, Jr. — largely in check.

At Good Counsel, Jenkins also ran track and was part of the choir.

Andy Stefanelli, Jenkins’ coach at Good Counsel, told MCM before the game, “It’s a thrill. I feel like a proud parent. It’s an honor to have had a hand in helping a kid get in the position to try and win a national championship.” Stefaneli said in high school, Jenkins was “incredibly strong” earning the nickname The Mutant from his strength coach. Stefanelli described Jenkins as “humble” and an “outstanding kid” whose “fun-loving spirit was contagious.”

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