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COMMUNITY<br />
ADMIN. &<br />
COACHES<br />
JENNINGS<br />
LAMBEAU RECORDS &<br />
DRAFT &<br />
MISC. FIELD HISTORY 2008 REVIEW FREE AGENTS<br />
VETERANS<br />
At Miami (Oct. 22): Made one catch, a tough,14-yard<br />
grab, but suffered an ankle injury on the play and was out<br />
the duration of the contest and the next game vs. Arizona<br />
(Oct. 29)…At Buffalo (Nov. 5): Returned from injury<br />
and caught five passes for 69 yards, including a team-long<br />
25-yarder in the second quarter; left in the fourth quarter,<br />
however, after aggravating his ankle injury…At Seattle<br />
(Nov. 27): Caught six passes, matching his season high,<br />
for 50 yards…At Chicago (Dec. 31): Missed game to<br />
be with his wife, who gave birth to their first child earlier<br />
that day.<br />
college<br />
time, with 74 catches, while be<strong>com</strong>ing only the second<br />
player in school history to post back-to-back 1,000-yard<br />
receiving seasons (1,092), joining Neal (1998-99)…Earned<br />
first-team All-MAC accolades…Also was chosen as ‘Most<br />
Valuable Player’ and ‘Offensive MVP’ of his team…Average<br />
of 99.3 yards per game receiving ranked eighth in the<br />
nation…Also was a punt returner of note, averaging 14.8<br />
yards per runback (21-311) and scoring twice, including a<br />
93-yarder vs. Northern Illinois (Oct. 23) – the second-longest<br />
PR TD in WMU history…Had a touchdown catch in six<br />
straight games and recorded five contests of eight-or-more<br />
receptions…Posted five 100-yard receiving efforts while<br />
starting all 11 games…Sophomore season (2003):<br />
Posted his first career 1,000-yard receiving season, making<br />
56 catches for 1,050 yards and 14 touchdowns…Averaged<br />
a career-best 18.8 yards<br />
per reception…Saw action in<br />
all 12 of the Broncos’ games,<br />
making four starts…Was a second-team<br />
All-MAC selection,<br />
in addition to being named as<br />
WMU’s ‘Offensive MVP’…Set<br />
single-season school record<br />
with his 14 TD receptions while<br />
be<strong>com</strong>ing just the second player<br />
in Western Michigan annals<br />
to record a 1,000-yard receiving<br />
season (Neal)…Amassed<br />
(at the time) the second-most<br />
all-purpose yards (1,734) in<br />
one season in school history,<br />
including 669 on 31 kickoff<br />
Finished his career at Western Michigan as<br />
the school’s all-time leading receiver with<br />
238 career catches, surpassing the 235 of the prior recordholder,<br />
Neal (1997-2000)…Was<br />
second to Neal (3,599) in career<br />
receiving yards with 3,539…<br />
Also ranked as the WMU career<br />
leader in touchdown receptions<br />
with 39, having passed Neal (27)<br />
early in his senior campaign,<br />
and all-purpose yards with<br />
5,093…Became just the 11th<br />
player in NCAA Division I history<br />
to record three career 1,000-<br />
yard receiving seasons (2003-<br />
05)…His 238 career receptions<br />
tied him with Ball State’s Dante<br />
Ridgeway for third on the alltime<br />
list of the Mid-American<br />
Conference, behind only the<br />
306 of Josh Davis and 272<br />
returns…Enjoyed six 100-yard<br />
of Darius Watts, both of Marshall…His<br />
receiving days…Redshirt<br />
3,539 yards receiv-<br />
freshman season (2002):<br />
ing ranked fourth in conference<br />
Saw action in eight games,<br />
history and his 39 TD receptions<br />
with three starts, as a reserve<br />
stood second in the MAC record<br />
wide receiver and return man…<br />
books, exceeded only by the 47<br />
Made 10 receptions for 138<br />
of Watts…Recorded 18 career<br />
yards…Finished second on the<br />
100-yard receiving games…<br />
team in both punt and kickoff<br />
Also returned 41 kickoffs for<br />
returns, returning eight punts<br />
921 yards (22.5 avg.) and 49<br />
for 58 yards (7.3 avg.) and<br />
punts for 541 yards (11.0) with<br />
eight kickoffs for 232 yards<br />
two TDs…Majored in organizational <strong>com</strong>munications… (29.0 avg.)…Also had one rush for 15 yards…Suffered an<br />
Senior season (2005): Led the nation with an average of ankle injury in the fourth game of the year, vs. No. 5 Virginia<br />
8.91 receptions per game, while also ranking second in the Tech (Sept. 28), that caused him to miss the ensuing four<br />
country in yards receiving per game (114.45), trailing only contests before returning to action at Ball State (Nov. 2)…<br />
Oregon State’s Mike Hass (139.27)…Shattered the WMU Was first in the MAC – and seventh in the nation – in kickoff<br />
single-season mark for receptions with 98 catches – 21 better<br />
return average (33.7) at the time of his injury.<br />
than the prior record, 77 by Kendrick Mosley in 2003…<br />
Also established a new school record for receiving yards<br />
personal<br />
Given name Gregory Jennings Jr. …<br />
(1,259) and tied his own mark for touchdown receptions<br />
Nicknamed ‘Superman’ in high school<br />
(14, also done in 2003)…Additionally, rushed 10 times because of his personality on the field…Born in Kalamazoo,<br />
for 50 yards, returned 20 punts for 172 yards (8.6 avg.),<br />
Mich. …Married his wife, the former Nicole Lindsey,<br />
ran back two kickoffs for 20 yards and threw a touchdown in June 2005; the two had known each other since the fifth<br />
pass…Was a third-team All-America pick of The Associated grade, but they did not begin to date regularly until after<br />
Press, while also garnering second-team recognition from high school…The couple has two daughters, Amya, 2, and<br />
Sports Illustrated…Received the Mid-American Conference’s<br />
infant, Alea…Father, Greg, is a pastor at Progressive Deliv-<br />
‘Vern Smith Leadership Award,’ given annually to the erance Ministries in Kalamazoo, Mich., while his mother,<br />
league’s most valuable player, and was named MAC ‘Offensive<br />
Gwen, is a church missionary…Is a first cousin of former<br />
Player of the Year’…Became the first conference player Denver Broncos LB Ian Gold; Jennings’ mother and Gold’s<br />
to receive both honors in the same season since Moss in mother are sisters…Younger brother, Cortney, played basketball<br />
’97…Led the MAC in both receptions and receiving yards,<br />
at Wayne State University…High school: Was all-<br />
while tying two others for the league lead in TD catches… conference in three sports – football, basketball and track<br />
Posted a career-best seven 100-yard receiving games, and – at Kalamazoo (Mich.) Central High School…Played WR,<br />
for the second consecutive year had a TD reception in six RB, outside LB and DB as a three-time letterman in football…Was<br />
straight contests…Started all 11 games, having at least six<br />
a second-team all-state selection his junior year,<br />
catches in all but one contest (four vs. Kent State on Oct. when he had 28 catches for 648 yards and eight TDs…Listed<br />
29)…Made 11 receptions in 60-57, five-overtime loss to<br />
11th on the ‘Fab 50’ rankings of the Detroit Free Press<br />
Ball State (Oct. 8) – the longest game in MAC history – for as a senior in 2000…That year, along with Jerome Harrison<br />
a career-high 244 yards and a school-record four touchdowns<br />
(Cleveland Browns), helped Kalamazoo Central to a 7-3 re-<br />
(breaking the prior mark of three, done on five other cord, its best since 1975, and its first Big Eight Conference<br />
occasions including once by himself in 2003)…Junior title…Also earned three letters in basketball, helping school<br />
season (2004): Led the Broncos in receiving for the first to a 24-4 record and a berth in the Class A (highest class)<br />
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