Giants' Jenkins focused on football despite brother's manslaughter case
Despite a traumatic and distraction-filled offseason, cornerback Janoris Jenkins is keeping his mind glued to football - and only football - at New York Giants training camp.
In June, Jenkins' older brother, William, was arrested in connection with the death of Roosevelt Rene, a close friend of the NFL standout whose dead body was found in the basement of his New Jersey home. Jenkins was in Florida when Rene's body was recovered. His brother was charged with aggravated manslaughter in relation to the death.
"I haven't talked to him, to be honest," Jenkins said Saturday of his brother, according to Ryan Dunleavy of NJ.com. "But I will, to see where his head is at. As far as that, I'm going to leave that off the field."
With the investigation into the incident ongoing, Jenkins has been forced to keep tight-lipped about the characters involved in the case.
"It's shocking," he said of the affair and his brother's supposed involvement in it. "But I've still got to come out and play football. Right now, my main focus is to get better every day with my teammates and stay focused."
Jenkins, a former Pro Bowler, is looking to rebound from a substandard 2017 campaign that was hampered, in part, by an ankle injury.
He acknowledged the difficulty of keeping his personal life and professional lives separate, but plans to do his best as he embarks on his third season with the Giants.
"My main focus has always been football," he said. "Anything that happened I can't control because I wasn't there. I'm just coming back, getting back, getting with my team and excited to be here."
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