ORLANDO – After quarterbacking the highest-ranked win in UCF football history, Keyone Jenkins has earned a pair of national honors Tuesday afternoon as he was named the Maxwell Award Player of the Week and Davey O’Brien National Quarterback of the Week.
The true senior earned a trio of honors Monday after lifting UCF to a 39-31 victory in double overtime over No. 2 BYU on Saturday. He was named Big 12 Conference Offensive Player of the Week, a Manning Star of the Week and to the Davey O’Brien Great 8, the latter of which propelled him to the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback of the Week Award.
Jenkins passed for a season-high 293 yards in the victory over the Cougars and was responsible for four touchdowns, throwing for three while rushing for another. The Opa-Locka, Fla. native added 35 yards rushing. Known as “Lyghtz Out,” Jenkins shone bright in overtime, completing three of his five pass attempts for two touchdowns and added a passing two-point conversion to lift UCF 39-31. The first overtime saw a one-play strike to Josh Derry as UCF tied BYU at 31-31. After a roughing the kicker call gave UCF a second chance in the second overtime, Jenkins found Grayson Brousseau for a four-yard touchdown pass. He later found Tyren Hornes on the two-point conversion try.
The four touchdowns gives Jenkins 70 for his career. He’s compiled 11 passing touchdowns and four rushing scores for the Knights this season, passing for 1,099 yards and rushing for 76.
Jenkins leads the Big 12 in completion percentage since Week 4, as his 19-for-20 passing performance in the win over TCU has led to a 70.3% completion rate since UCF’s start to conference play.
Keyone Jenkins is… National Player of the Week ✅ National QB of the Week ✅ https://t.co/ATgbfCm4ny
— UCF Football (@UCF_Football) October 27, 2026
Maxwell Award National Player of the Week – 2026
Oct. 27 – Keyone Jenkins, QB, UCF
Oct. 20 – Conner Weigman, QB, Houston
Oct. 13 – Jamal Roberts, RB, Missouri
Oct. 6 – Aiden Flora, RB, Iowa State
Sept. 29 – Jeremiah Smith, WR, Ohio State
Sept. 22 – Trinidad Chambliss, QB, Ole Miss
Sept. 15 – Kamario Taylor, QB, Mississippi State
Sept. 9 – Mason Heintschel, QB, Pitt
Davey O’Brien National Quarterbacks of the Week – 2026
Week 8 – Keyone Jenkins, UCF
Week 7 – Bear Bachmeier, BYU
Week 6 – LaNorris Sellers, South Carolina
Week 5 – Ashton Daniels, FSU; Austin Simmons, Missouri
Week 4 – Kamario Taylor, Mississippi State
Week 3 – Trinidad Chambliss, Ole Miss
Week 2 – Drew Mestemaker, Oklahoma State
Week 1 – Mason Heintschel, Pitt
UP NEXT
The Knights are ready for launch of Mission X: Origin Story, hosting Baylor for the 10th edition of the annual Space Game. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30 on ESPN.
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