Anthony Jennings

Anthony Jennings
Free agent
Position: Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1994-10-31) October 31, 1994
Marietta, Georgia
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight: 231 lb (105 kg)
Career information
High school: Marietta (GA)
College: Louisiana–Lafayette
Undrafted: 2017

Anthony Jennings (born October 31, 1994) is an American football quarterback who is currently a free agent. He played college football for the LSU Tigers from 2013 to 2015 and the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns in 2016.

Early years

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

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] In 2015, Jennings lost the starting quarterback job to Brandon Harris. On March 10, 2016, LSU announced that Jennings intends on transferring to another school. 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. He decided in July 2016 that he would go on to play for Louisiana and would be highly favored to win the starting job.[7]

Controversy

A misunderstanding caused Anthony Jennings and teammates of LSU to be wrongfully arrested in June 2015. All charges against Anthony Jennings and teammates were later dropped. Prior to the arrest Anthony Jennings had no other arrests. Jennings started 12 of LSU's 13 games, throwing for 1,611 yards and 11 touchdowns.

Two days before being arrested, Jennings reported to campus police that a laptop computer, a Playstation 4 game console and three pairs of shoes were taken from his apartment. Jennings and teammates only wanted to peacefully retrieve items that belonged to Jennings and had been taken without his permission.

References

  1. ↑ Rivals.com
  2. ↑ Elite 11 QB Anthony Jennings commits to LSU
  3. ↑ Marietta QB Jennings commits to LSU
  4. ↑ LSU QB Anthony Jennings is ready if needed Archived September 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ LSU quarterback Anthony Jennings manages Outback Bowl win in first start
  6. ↑ Anthony Jennings will start at QB for LSU against Wisconsin, according to report
  7. ↑ Ching, David (March 10, 2016). "Anthony Jennings to transfer from LSU". ESPN. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
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