D-Line Coach · LinePlay-verified
Pete Jenkins✓
Defensive Line Legend · Louisiana Line Camp Co-Founder
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
One of the most revered defensive-line teachers in football history, with a 54-year career across high school, LSU, and the NFL. Co-founded the Louisiana Line Camp in 1987, a multi-day technique camp for high-school and college linemen. Coached 55 All-Conference college linemen and 13 NFL Pro Bowlers.
Ask defensive-line coaches who taught the teachers, and Pete Jenkins' name comes up first. His coaching career spans 54 years — high school, LSU, and the NFL — and the tree he grew shades most of the D-line coaching profession.
The output tells it: 55 All-Conference college linemen and 13 NFL Pro Bowlers came through his rooms. His teaching on hand placement, block destruction, and pad level became the shared language of the position.
In 1987 he co-founded the Louisiana Line Camp in Baton Rouge — one of the longest-running technique camps in the country, a multi-day school for high-school and college linemen where the position is taught, not just conditioned.
Jenkins is the standard the LinePlay directory measures D-line teaching against. For camps carrying that torch today, check the Louisiana listings on the camps calendar — and the coach directory for vetted D-line trainers in your state.
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- How do I contact Pete Jenkins?
- Use the “Get in touch” form on this page — it sends your info straight to Pete, who will reach out directly. You can also reach Pete on their linked Instagram, Facebook, or website above.
- What does Pete Jenkins coach?
- Pete Jenkins is a d-line coach based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana — One of the most revered defensive-line teachers in football history, with a 54-year career across high school, LSU, and the NFL. Co-founded the Louisiana Line Camp in 1987, a multi-day technique camp for high-school and college linemen. Coached 55 All-Conference college linemen and 13 NFL Pro Bowlers.
- Is Pete Jenkins vetted by LinePlay?
- Yes — Pete Jenkins is a LinePlay-verified coach, reviewed by founder Coach Jay Freeman (34 years coaching the offensive and defensive line) or a regional captain.
- Who is Pete Jenkins?
- Pete Jenkins is one of the most revered defensive-line coaches in football history — a 54-year career across high school, LSU, and the NFL, producing 55 All-Conference college linemen and 13 NFL Pro Bowlers. He co-founded the Louisiana Line Camp in 1987.
- What is the Louisiana Line Camp?
- Co-founded by Pete Jenkins in 1987, the Louisiana Line Camp is a multi-day technique camp in Baton Rouge for high-school and college linemen — one of the longest-running line-specific camps in the country.
- What is Pete Jenkins known for teaching?
- Hand placement, block destruction, and pad level — teaching that shaped how the defensive line position is coached across college football and the NFL. Much of today's D-line coaching language traces back to his rooms.