Anthony Jennings (American football) explained

Anthony Jennings
Number:10, 11
Position:Quarterback
Birth Date:31 October 1994
Birth Place:Marietta, Georgia, U.S.
Height Ft:6
Height In:2
Weight Lbs:231
High School:Marietta (GA)
College:LSU (2013–2015)
Louisiana–Lafayette (2016)
Undraftedyear:2017

Anthony Jennings (born October 31, 1994) is an American former college football quarterback. He played college football at Louisiana State University (LSU) from 2013 and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 2016. Jennings was the starting quarterback for the LSU Tigers during the 2014 season and the Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns for the 2016 season.

Early life

Jennings attended Marietta High School in Marietta, Georgia, where he played high school football.[1] He was ranked by Rivals.com as a four-star recruit and the sixth best dual-threat quarterback in the 2013 recruiting class.[2] ESPN.com ranked Jennings as the eighth best dual-threat quarterback in his class.[3] Jennings committed to play college football at Louisiana State University in June 2012.

College career

As a true freshman in 2013, Jennings was the backup quarterback to Zach Mettenberger.[4] After Mettenberger tore his ACL, Jennings started the 2014 Outback Bowl against Iowa.[5] Overall, he appeared in nine games, passing for 181 yards, one touchdown and one interception. Jennings entered his sophomore season in 2014 as LSU's starting quarterback.[6] That season, Jennings started 12 of LSU's 13 games, throwing for 1,611 yards and 11 touchdowns.[7] In 2015, Jennings lost the starting quarterback job to Brandon Harris.[8] On March 10, 2016, LSU announced that Jennings intended to transfer to another school.[9] At the time of the announcement, he was scheduled to graduate from LSU in the summer of 2016. As a graduate transfer, he would be eligible to play immediately at his new school.[10]

In July 2016, Jennings transferred to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.[11] [12] He entered the 2016 season at Louisiana–Lafayette in a competition with sophomore Jordan Davis for the starting quarterback role.[13] Jennings won the starting job, and helped lead ULL to an appearance in the New Orleans Bowl against the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles, which Louisiana-Lafayette lost. This was the last season of Jennings' college football career, as he was denied an NCAA waiver which would have allowed him to play in 2017.[14]

Arrest

Jennings and two of his teammates at LSU were arrested in June 2015.[15] All charges against them were later dropped.[16]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Glenn Guilbeau . LSU could have dual threat QB with Jennings . 26 December 2022 . The News-Star . 23 August 2013 . 2C . Newspapers.com.
  2. Web site: Anthony Jennings, Marietta, Pro-Style Quarterback . 247Sports . August 18, 2019.
  3. News: Carasik . Scott . Meet Anthony Jennings, LSU's Quarterback of the Future . . November 30, 2013 . December 25, 2022.
  4. http://theadvocate.com/sports/lsu/6765513-123/jennings-ready-if-lsu-needs LSU QB Anthony Jennings is ready if needed
  5. News: Walker . Rod . LSU quarterback Anthony Jennings manages Outback Bowl win in first start . 26 December 2022 . . 16 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221226221043/https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/lsu/lsu-quarterback-anthony-jennings-manages-outback-bowl-win-in-first-start/article_296e62e1-b502-5306-9083-dd65ab088d3e.html . 26 December 2022 . live . en.
  6. News: Stephenson . Creg . Anthony Jennings will start at QB for LSU against Wisconsin, according to report . 26 December 2022 . . 30 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221226221631/https://www.al.com/sports/2014/08/anthony_jennings_will_start_at.html . 26 December 2022 . live . en.
  7. Web site: Anthony Jennings 2014 Game Log . College Football at Sports-Reference.com . August 18, 2019 .
  8. Web site: LSU QB battle: It looks like Harris wins the job . Gisclair . Casey . The Times of Houma-Thibodaux . August 18, 2019 .
  9. News: Glenn Guilbeau . LSU's Anthony Jennings to transfer . 26 December 2022 . . 10 March 2016.
  10. News: Glenn Guilbeau . Ex LSU QB Anthony Jennings considering a transfer to UL . 26 December 2022 . . 29 June 2016.
  11. Web site: Ching . David . Anthony Jennings to transfer from LSU . March 10, 2016 . . March 12, 2016.
  12. Web site: Former LSU QB Anthony Jennings transfers to Sun Belt program . Stephenson . Creg . July 18, 2016 . . August 18, 2019.
  13. News: Buckley . Tim . LSU-transfer Jennings, David[sic] will compete for starting QB, coach says ]. . . July 28, 2016 . B2 . December 25, 2022 . .
  14. News: Buckley . Tim . NCAA denies UL QB Jennings' request for eligibility waiver . 26 December 2022 . . 16 January 2017 . 1C, 3C . en . Newspapers.com.
  15. Web site: LSU QB Anthony Jennings among three more LSU players arrested . McGuire . Kevin . 2015-06-19 . CollegeFootballTalk . en . 2019-08-18.
  16. Web site: Charges dropped against LSU's Anthony Jennings, two teammates . SI.com . en . August 18, 2019.