When K.J. Jenkins was being courted by Division I programs in the spring of 2021, he saw the UNM Lobos had already secured three commitments from guard transfers coming from power conferences.
Odds were good that Jaelen House of Arizona State, Jamal Mashburn Jr. of Minnesota and Taryn Todd of TCU were already going to get every opportunity to get big roles for the Lobos in a rebuilding year under then-newly hired coach Richard Pitino.
But not only did the 6-foot-2 sharpshooting junior college guard from Georgia, by way of Kilgore (Texas) College, not see those commitments as a deterrent, it helped him make up his mind.