Malcolm Jenkins

An 11-year NFL veteran, two-time Super Bowl champion, three-time Pro-Bowl honoree, Malcolm Jenkins is a safety for the New Orleans Saints, a multiple-year team captain, NFLPA Executive Committee Board member, published author and new contributor to CNN. Jenkins' experience in front of the camera includes being an NFL guest analyst for Showtime, HBO Now, ESPN and Amazon and as an actor/guest on HBO's Ballers, The Daily Show, The Shop among others. In June 2020, CNN hired Jenkins as a regular contributor to the network's studio shows and special programming. For the past several years, Jenkins has written first-person pieces for the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN and Philadelphia Inquirer among others. A businessman, Jenkins created Listen Up Media, a production company with the mission to showcase and distribute content that creates social awareness around systemic issues in society and owns Damari Savile, a storefront in Washington Square featuring a collection of custom clothing including ready-to-wear and made-to-measure men's suits. A three-time NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year finalist and 2017 NFLPA Byron "Whizzer" White Award winner, Jenkins strives to make a positive difference in the lives of youth in under served communities through The Malcolm Jenkins Foundation and minorities through the Players Coalition, a 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) non-profit led by athletes dedicated to impacting racial and social inequality.