A four-year football letterman, Waney W. (Red) Jenkins of Okemah, Oklahoma, was an All-Big Four Conference first team tackle and was selected by the Tulsa World and the Daily Oklahoman for the first team of their All-Oklahoma Collegiate teams.

Jenkins was also captain of the 1932 Bison football squad. In an article in the Tulsa World, the coach of one of OBU's opponents commented on Jenkins: "He's the best in Oklahoma this season [1932]. A senior playing his fourth season, 6 feet, 3 inches tall, weighing close to 190 pounds and a fine team leader."

Jenkins lettered three years in track, throwing the javelin and the shot.

After graduation from OBU, Jenkins worked in the oil business with Oklahoma Seismograph Company, Oklahoma Cable Company, and Oklahoma Dynamite Company. He then worked for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation from 1958 until retirement in 1971.

He died in 1990.