SAN JOSE, Calif. - San José State's Chevan Cordeiro, Tre Jenkins and Jay Kakiva each signed free agent NFL contracts over the weekend. Cordeiro and Kakiva signed with the Seattle Seahawks while Jenkins signed with the New York Jets. Last season, Viliami "Junior" Fehoko was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the fourth round and Elijah Cooks (Jacksonville Jaguars) and Nehemiah Shelton (Jets) each signed free agent NFL contracts. In total, eight Spartans spent time in the NFL a season ago.
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Chevan Cordeiro, QB, Honolulu, Hawaii/Saint Louis HS
- All-Mountain West First Team (2023)
- Mountain West Preseason Offensive Player of the Year (2023)
- All-Mountain West Second Team (2022)
- Threw for 2,773 yards with 20 touchdowns and only four interceptions in 2023
- Cordeiro is the Mountain West all-time leader with 113 touchdowns responsible for, in yardage gained with 13,811 yards and completions with 971
- Is fourth all-time in Mountain West history with 88 passing touchdowns and third all-time with 12,191 passing yards
- Led the Spartans to six straight wins for the first time since 2020 and two straight bowl games for the first time since 1987
- His four interceptions are good for seventh in the country and threw the fewest interceptions in the Mountain West
- Had a passer rating of 142.0 which was good for third in the Mountain West
- His 140.7 passer rating at SJSU is good for second only behind David Fales who had a 161.7 rating
Tre Jenkins, S, Stockton, Calif./St. Mary's HS
- All-Mountain West Honorable Mention Selection (2021, 22, 23)
- Mountain West Scholar Athlete (2021, 23)
- Second Team Preseason Athlon Sports All-Mountain West Defense (2023)
- CSC Academic All-District (2023)
- Third Team Phil Steele's Preseason Mountain West Team (2023)
- NFF Hampshire Honor Society (2023)
- Campbell Trophy Semifinalist (2022, 23)
- All-time leading games played leader in SJSU history with 59
- Finished career with 247 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, one force fumble, three fumble recoveries, three sacks, six interceptions and 14 pass deflections
- Interception, six tackles and a PBU against SDSU (11/18/23)
- Career-high 13 tackles vs. Air Force (9/22/23)
- Had an interception with five tackles and one pass deflection at Toledo (9/16/23)
- Led team with seven tackles plus a pass deflection vs. No. 18 Oregon State (9/3/23)
Jay Kakiva, DL, Las Vegas, Nev./Fresno City College
- Finished 2023 with career-highs with 43 tackles including 6.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks in 13 games played
- Three tackles including 1.0 tackles for loss in EasyPost Hawai'i Bowl against Coastal Carolina (12/23/23)
- Five tackles including 0.5 TFL's against SDSU (11/18/23)
- Five tackles, 1.0 sacks and career-high 1.5 TFL's against No. 25 Fresno St. (11/11/23)
- Five tackles, 0.5 sacks and TFL's at UNM (10/14/23)
- Had a sack, 1.0 TFL's and three tackles at Boise State (10/7/23)
- Career-high nine tackles and 0.5 TFL's vs. Air Force (9/22/23)
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