Jett Modkins joined the Lions as the assistant special teams coach in 2021, after spending the 2020 season with the Denver Broncos as the team's diversity coaching intern, assisting with offense. Working with Lions Special Teams Coordinator, Dave Fipp, Modkins helped the unit have success in multiple areas.

Jett Modkins joined the Lions as the assistant special teams coach in 2021, after spending the 2020 season with the Denver Broncos as the team's diversity coaching intern, assisting with offense. Working with Lions Special Teams Coordinator, Dave Fipp, Modkins helped the unit have success in multiple areas.

Despite all NFL teams being a combined 9-for-56 (16.07%) on onside kicks attempts, the Lions were the only team with multiple onside kick recoveries, leading the League with three in 2021. The team's three-of-nine (33.33%) conversion rate marked the most successful onside kick recoveries the Lions have had in a season since at least 1997, when the data began to be tracked.

Prior to Denver, Modkins spent the 2019 season as a defensive volunteer coach with Akron University.

Modkins, a native of Chandler, Ariz., played collegiate football at Glendale (Ari.) Community College and Mesa (Ariz.) Community College. He is the son of Vikings running backs coach, Curtis Modkins.