 Pari gbolohun yii: Ọmọ ìlú Dickinson, Texas, Cordera Jenkins gba ife ẹyẹ Texas HS 4A State 110m Hurdle ni 2005 pẹlu akoko 13.63. Oun ni olutọju gbogbo ayafi ọkan USATF Gulf Association awọn igbasilẹ igbiyanju igbiyanju igbiyanju. Jenkins gba àmì ẹyẹ góòlù nínú ìdíje 110m hurdles ní : 2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Marrakesh, Morocco, nípa fífi àkókò 13.35 ṣẹgun Ryan Brathwaite. Cordera Jenkins di oludije Nike Indoor National hurdle ni ọdun 2006, o ṣẹgun Darius Reed ati Johnny Dutch ati ṣiṣe akoko Nike Indoor hurdle karun ti o yara julọ lailai. Ni ọdun 2006, o ṣe idanwo rere fun marijuana lẹhin ti o ṣẹgun ni US Junior Outdoor Track  Field Championships ni Indianapolis o si gba idaduro idaduro oṣu mẹta. Paapọ pẹlu idaduro naa, Cordera Jenkins CJ ni a yọ kuro ninu idije rẹ ati ipo rẹ lori Ẹgbẹ Amẹrika ti Awọn ọdọ ti Orilẹ Amẹrika ni awọn idiwọ 110-mita. O jẹ olukọni ati olukọni nipasẹ olukọni ati alakoso igba pipẹ rẹ JohnAllen Magee ti Houston ati lọwọlọwọ ngbe ni ita Houston ni ilu Texas ti o wa nitosi. 