Daniss Jenkins

Daniss Jenkins (born August 17, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Motor City Cruise of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Pacific Tigers, Odessa Wranglers, Iona Gaels and the St. John's Red Storm.

High school and college career
Jenkins attended Hillcrest High School in Dallas. In his senior year, The Dallas Morning News selected him as the District 12-4A offensive MVP. After graduation, he studied at Pacific (2019–2021), Odessa College (2021–2022), and Iona (2022–2023) as an undergraduate and St. John's University (2023–2024) as a graduate student. During his freshman year at Pacific University, Jenkins was named to the West Coast Conference All-Freshman team. In his final year playing for the St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team, Jenkins averaged 14.9 points, 3.5 rebounds, 5.4 assists, 1.7 triples and 1.6 steals per game on 44.6% shooting from the field and 85.1% at the line. Jenkins was also named to the All-Big East second-team and was the only St. John's player named to earn all-conference recognition at the end of the regular season.

Professional career
After going undrafted in the 2024 NBA draft, Jenkins signed a two-way contract with the Detroit Pistons on July 6, 2024.