Moving Elgton Jenkins from guard, where he had started the vast majority of his career, to center, was the centerpiece of the Green Bay Packers' offensive line plans in 2025.
Like much of their strategy for the offensive line last year, it did not pan out.
After being a rock solid, reliable presence on the interior for the Packers for six seasons, Jenkins’ play declined rapidly at his new position. He also missed the final nine games of the season with a lower leg fracture.
These are Jenkins’ percentile ranks compared to his fellow centers in 2025:
In terms of positives, Jenkins did not allow many low quality pressures, and this has been a consistent strength of his game going back to previous years.
He has been above average in preventing QB hurries in each of the last four seasons, and since 2024 has averaged a ranking in the 79th percentile in hurries while in true pass sets, which ignore plays like screens, play action and quick throws, which make life easier for O-linemen.
Jenkins was one of the best pass protecting guards in the league in 2024, but his performance dropped off significantly in that regard after the move to center.
While it was not all noticeable when looking at hurries, Jenkins allowed too many hits and sacks of Jordan Love in 2025. He ranked in the 78th percentile for hits per snap and the 80th for sacks in the previous season at guard, making his poor numbers from last year even more eye opening.
On the surface, two sacks allowed is not anything to panic about, but Jenkins gave up those pair of sacks in just nine games in 2025, having only surrendered one in his previous 35 games at guard.
He was a just below average pass protector at center. Not a disaster, but well below the bar he had set.
Jenkins’ run blocking was a real problem for the Packers last year, and represented a falloff from earlier in his career.
Zone blocking had not been a strength of his game before 2025, as he ranked below average in both 2024 and 2023. The real disappointment was his work on gap scheme plays.
Jenkins ranked in the 82nd percentile among guards in gap blocking PFF grade in 2024, before falling to the 15th percentile in 2025 compared to other centers. His grade fell from 66.8 to 55.7. This is where Sean Rhyan actually provided an upgrade over Jenkins after he was lost for the year.
For the second straight year, Jenkins was a flag magnet. He drew ten penalties in 2024 and followed it up with four in just nine games last season. His ranking for penalties per snap has dipped significantly since 2022, when he ranked in the 58th percentile, to where he was in 2025.
Even before last season, it was pretty apparent Jenkins would not be playing for the Packers in 2026 on his current contract, which is set to pay him over $24 million but has no guarantees.
If he had performed well at center, there was perhaps a possibility Jenkins and the team could have worked something out to keep him around, but now 30 years old and coming off the worst season of his career, it is fair to assume he has played his final snap as a Packer.
This article originally appeared on Packers Wire: Packers stats show Elgton Jenkins had worst year of career at center