Anthony Jennings
Personal information
Born: (1994-10-31) October 31, 1994 (age 29)
Marietta, Georgia, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:231 lb (105 kg)
Career information
High school:Marietta (GA)
College:LSU (2013–2015)
Louisiana–Lafayette (2016)
Position:Quarterback
Undrafted: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 years

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]

References

  1. ^ Glenn Guilbeau (August 23, 2013). "LSU could have dual threat QB with Jennings". The News-Star. p. 2C. Retrieved December 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  2. ^ "Anthony Jennings, Marietta , Pro-Style Quarterback". 247Sports. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  3. ^ Carasik, Scott (November 30, 2013). "Meet Anthony Jennings, LSU's Quarterback of the Future". Bleacher Report. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
  4. ^ LSU QB Anthony Jennings is ready if needed Archived September 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Walker, Rod (June 16, 2014). "LSU quarterback Anthony Jennings manages Outback Bowl win in first start". The Advocate. Archived from the original on December 26, 2022. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  6. ^ Stephenson, Creg (August 30, 2014). "Anthony Jennings will start at QB for LSU against Wisconsin, according to report". AL.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2022. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  7. ^ "Anthony Jennings 2014 Game Log". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  8. ^ Gisclair, Casey. "LSU QB battle: It looks like Harris wins the job". The Times of Houma-Thibodaux. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  9. ^ Glenn Guilbeau (March 10, 2016). "LSU's Anthony Jennings to transfer". Lafayette Daily Advertiser. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  10. ^ Glenn Guilbeau (June 29, 2016). "Ex LSU QB Anthony Jennings considering a transfer to UL". Lafayette Daily Advertiser. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  11. ^ Ching, David (March 10, 2016). "Anthony Jennings to transfer from LSU". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  12. ^ Stephenson, Creg (July 18, 2016). "Former LSU QB Anthony Jennings transfers to Sun Belt program". AL.com. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  13. ^ Buckley, Tim (July 28, 2016). "LSU-transfer Jennings, David[sic] will compete for starting QB, coach says". Daily World. Opelousas, Louisiana. p. B2. Retrieved December 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  14. ^ Buckley, Tim (January 16, 2017). "NCAA denies UL QB Jennings' request for eligibility waiver". The Daily Advertiser. pp. 1C, 3C. Retrieved December 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  15. ^ McGuire, Kevin (June 19, 2015). "LSU QB Anthony Jennings among three more LSU players arrested". CollegeFootballTalk. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  16. ^ "Charges dropped against LSU's Anthony Jennings, two teammates". SI.com. Retrieved August 18, 2019.

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