London Jenkins gave flag football a shot and parlayed that into a dominant career at Fleming Island and All-News4JAX flag football player of the year honors in her final season.
London Jenkins knew about flag football but didn’t think much of the sport. The Fleming Island star was dialed in on basketball, not this flag thing.
“I didn’t know anything about flag. I played at the YMCA when I was like 7 or 8 years old. But this is when you only could play with boys,” Jenkins said. “So, I never even knew this was a sport until I came to Fleming Island. Mykayla, she was like, ‘you got to play for our team.’ And I was like, ‘I’m not even playing flag football.’ But she convinced me.”
On the basketball court, Jenkins averaged 16.9 points per game in her career, and she always though that sport would be the one that she played well on into college. But the pull of flag felt different for Jenkins. Once she tried flag, she fell in love with the game and it completely flipped her athletics trajectory.
There was something different about lining up on the football field for Jenkins. At receiver, she hauled in long passes from Maddox, the inaugural All-News4JAX player of the year, who led the Golden Eagles to the state championship game for the first time in 2023. Jenkins caught 18 touchdowns from Maddox during that state runner-up season. As a senior, Jenkins moved into the void left by Maddux’s graduation and solidified herself as the area’s top two-way star.
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