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nine TD catches and posted a career-high five 100-yard receiving<br />
games on the season…Vs. Minnesota (Sept. 8):<br />
Led the team with five receptions for 91 yards, including a<br />
leaping, 56-yard grab in the second quarter over CB Charles<br />
Gordon down to Minnesota’s 6-yard line to set up Green<br />
Bay’s first touchdown…At Detroit (Sept. 14): Posted<br />
career-high 167 receiving yards on six receptions, including<br />
a 60-yard TD catch and a 62-yarder. It was the first time in<br />
his career that he posted two receptions of 60-plus yards in<br />
a game…Vs. Dallas (Sept. 21): Led team with a careerhigh<br />
eight catches for 115 yards…At Tampa Bay (Sept.<br />
28): Posted the third two-touchdown game of his career and<br />
his third straight 100-yard game. Caught six passes for 109<br />
yards, including a 25-yard score in the first quarter and a<br />
48-yard TD in the third quarter…At Seattle (Oct. 12): Led<br />
team with 84 yards receiving on five catches, including a 45-<br />
yard TD over CB Marcus Trufant in the third quarter to break a<br />
10-10 tie…At New Orleans (Nov. 24): Matched a career<br />
high with eight catches for 101 yards, including a 7-yard TD<br />
reception in the second quarter…Vs. Carolina (Nov. 30):<br />
Only game of season he did not start as team opened up with<br />
just one wide receiver. Caught eight passes for the third time<br />
on the season, for 91 yards. Reached the 1,000-yard plateau<br />
in a season for the first time in his career on a 15-yard grab in<br />
the third quarter…Vs. Houston (Dec. 7): Had two receptions<br />
for 74 yards, including a season-long 63-yarder down<br />
to the Houston 6 in the third quarter to set up a Ryan Grant<br />
touchdown run on the next play…Vs. Detroit (Dec. 28):<br />
Caught five passes for 101 yards. Teamed up with Driver as<br />
each posted 100 yards receiving in the game, the first Packers<br />
tandem to do so since Jennings and James Jones each<br />
topped the 100-yard mark at Denver (Oct. 29, 2007).<br />
2007<br />
Started 13 games and was inactive for three,<br />
making 53 catches for 920 yards and a teamhigh<br />
12 touchdowns, the most by a Green Bay receiver<br />
since Walker’s 12 in 2004…Added seven catches for 85<br />
yards and two TDs in two postseason games…Tied for<br />
seventh in the <strong>NFL</strong> and third in the NFC in scoring for nonkickers<br />
with 72 points…His 17.4-yard average per catch<br />
ranked fourth in the <strong>NFL</strong>, and his streak of five straight<br />
games with a TD catch (Weeks 11-15) was the Packers’<br />
longest since Antonio Freeman’s five-game streak in 1998-<br />
99…Injured a hamstring during a Week 1 practice (Sept. 5)<br />
and did not play in the team’s first two games…Vs. San<br />
Diego (Sept. 23): Returned to practice on Sept. 20 and<br />
caught four passes for 82 yards against the Chargers, including<br />
a 57-yard touchdown that tied Favre with Marino<br />
for the <strong>NFL</strong> record of 420 TD passes; with the Chargers<br />
up 21-17 late in the fourth quarter, caught a short slant<br />
and sprinted across the middle of the field for the score<br />
in the eventual 31-24 victory…At Minnesota (Sept.<br />
30): Caught Favre’s <strong>NFL</strong> record-setting 421st TD pass,<br />
a 16-yard score on another slant pass in the first quarter<br />
that gave the Packers a 7-0 lead…At Denver (Oct. 29):<br />
Caught six passes for a (then) career-high 141 yards and<br />
a game-winning 82-yard score in overtime. It marked the<br />
third 100-yard performance of his career and pushed him<br />
past 1,000 career receiving yards. On the opening play of<br />
Making the leap<br />
the extra period, caught a Favre pass in stride down the<br />
left sideline and took it to the end zone to give Green Bay<br />
a 19-13 victory…At Kansas City (Nov. 4): Made three<br />
grabs for 85 yards. Caught a 60-yard TD with 3:05 left in<br />
the game, lining up where the tight end normally is, and<br />
then blowing past linebacker Donnie Edwards and catching<br />
the pass in stride; the score gave Green Bay a 23-22 lead<br />
in the eventual 33-22 win…At Dallas (Nov. 29): Caught<br />
five passes for a team-high 87 yards and one touchdown.<br />
In the second quarter, caught a short pass from Rodgers<br />
and spun away from defender for an 11-yard TD; the play<br />
marked Rodgers’ first career touchdown pass…Vs. Oakland<br />
(Dec. 9): Caught two passes for 100 yards, his second<br />
100-yard receiving game in 2007. In the third quarter,<br />
caught a long pass down the right sideline and strolled his<br />
way into the end zone for an 80-yard touchdown…Vs.<br />
Seattle (Jan. 12): Caught a team-high six passes for<br />
71 yards and two touchdowns in Divisional playoff. In the<br />
first quarter, caught a 14-yard pass to start a drive and a<br />
15-yard touchdown catch to finish the series. Caught his<br />
second touchdown in the second quarter, a 2-yard grab on<br />
a fade route that gave Green Bay a 21-14 lead.<br />
2006<br />
VETERANS<br />
Played in 14 games with 11 starts and was inactive<br />
twice, a late scratch on both occasions…<br />
Ranked third on the team with 45 catches, for 632 receiving<br />
yards (14.0 avg.), and finished second with three touchdown<br />
receptions…Also returned five punts for 29 yards<br />
(5.8 avg.) and made three stops on special teams…An<br />
attention-grabber since his arrival in Green Bay, got better<br />
each week during the first half of the season, then saw his<br />
numbers decline after a Week 7 ankle injury…Named to the<br />
prestigious Pro Football Weekly/Pro Football Writers Association<br />
All-Rookie Team…Led the <strong>NFL</strong> in the preseason with<br />
328 receiving yards, on 12 catches, with one touchdown…<br />
Vs. Chicago (Sept. 10): Entered the regular season as a<br />
starter but made his <strong>NFL</strong> debut, vs. the Bears, as a reserve<br />
when the Packers opened with two tight ends; notched his<br />
first reception on the second-to-last play of the game, for<br />
5 yards…Vs. New Orleans (Sept. 17): Made his first<br />
career start and posted season-high six receptions. On the<br />
Packers’ fifth play from scrimmage, a third-and-7, juked CB<br />
Mike McKenzie at the line of scrimmage and sprinted down<br />
the right sideline, catching a 22-yard pass from Favre in<br />
stride for the rookie’s first <strong>NFL</strong> score…At Detroit (Sept.<br />
24): Posted his first 100-yard game, catching three passes<br />
for 101 yards, which marked the most by a Packers rookie<br />
since Sharpe had 137 (on seven catches), Sept. 25, 1988,<br />
vs. Chicago at Lambeau Field. In the first quarter, caught a<br />
short pass and took off for a 75-yard score, stiff-arming CB<br />
Dré Bly for the final yards on Favre’s 400th career TD pass.<br />
With the long TD play, became only the third <strong>NFL</strong> player<br />
since 1990 to make a TD reception of at least 75 yards within<br />
the first three games of his <strong>NFL</strong> career, joining Derrick Alexander<br />
(Cleveland, 81 yards, Sept. 18, 1994) and Braylon<br />
Edwards (Cleveland, 80 yards, Sept. 18, 2005). Earned Diet<br />
Pepsi <strong>NFL</strong> Offensive Rookie of the Week honors for the performance…Vs.<br />
St. Louis (Oct. 8): Recorded his second<br />
100-yard day in three games with 105 on five catches…<br />
ADMIN. &<br />
DRAFT &<br />
COMMUNITY COACHES JENNINGS FREE AGENTS<br />
2008 REVIEW HISTORY<br />
RECORDS &<br />
LAMBEAU<br />
FIELD<br />
Over the past two seasons, Greg Jennings has emerged as one of the <strong>NFL</strong>’s brightest young stars at receiver. A look at where his<br />
numbers in touchdowns, receiving yards and average yards per catch rank from 2007-08. Where he ranks in total receptions proves<br />
he is one of the game’s most dangerous “big-play” wideouts.<br />
Touchdowns Yards Avg/Catch* Receptions<br />
Randy Moss, NE, 34 Fitzgerald, ARI 2,840 Vincent Jackson, SD, 17.2 Wes Welker, NE, 223<br />
Terrell Owens, BUF, 25 Reggie Wayne, IND, 2,655 Jennings, GB, 16.6 Marshall, DEN, 206<br />
Larry Fitzgerald, ARI, 22 Brandon Marshall, DEN, 2,590 Calvin Johnson, DET, 16.6 T.J. Houshmandzadeh, SEA, 204<br />
Greg Jennings, GB, 21 Roddy White, ATL, 2,584 Santonio Holmes, PIT, 16.5 Fitzgerald, ARI, 196<br />
Anquan Boldin, ARI, 20 Moss, NE, 2,501 Joey Galloway, NE, 16.5 Tony Gonzalez, ATL, 195<br />
Braylon Edwards, CLE, 19 No. 11, Jennings, GB, 2,212 Bernard Berrian, MIN, 16.1 No. 29T, Jennings, GB, 133<br />
MISC.<br />
* – players must have 60 rec. to qualify<br />
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