Bradley Jennings

Bradley Fanelon Jennings (born December 2, 1977) is a former American football linebacker. He played college football at Florida State.

Bradley Jennings
No. 44
Position:Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1977-12-02) December 2, 1977
Miami, Florida
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:255 lb (116 kg)
Career information
High school:Miami (FL) Carol City
College:Florida State
Undrafted:2002
Career history
  • N/A
Career highlights and awards
  • All-ACC (2001)
  • The Sporting News 4th Team All-American (2001)

A native of Miami, Jennings attended Carol City High School, where he was a first-team Class 6A linebacker as a senior. Jennings led the Chiefs in tackles and had a dominating performance in the 1996 state championship win over Tampa Hillsborough.[1] He was rated as the No. 3 linebacker in Florida by the Florida Times-Union, and selected FSU over Auburn and West Virginia.

An All-Conference linebacker leading the Seminoles in tackles as a senior, Jennings was regarded as an NFL Draft prospect,[2][3] until just three weeks before the 2002 NFL Draft, on March 30, 2002, he was near-fatally shot twice in the right shoulder by a jittery carjacker.[4] He eventually went undrafted and never played in the NFL.[5]

Jennings settled in Jacksonville, Florida, and became an assistant football coach at Mandarin High School. In November 2009, he was charged with aggravated assault after a failed attempt to rob a Check 'n Go store in the Southside neighborhood of Jacksonville. Jennings claimed it was pre-Halloween prank.[6] Jennings now holds the linebacker coaching spot at Sandalwood High School where his son Branden attends.

References
  1. "Carol City Captures 6A Championship". Orlando Sentinel. December 22, 1996.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2013-10-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/2002/draft/players/99671.html
  4. "Jennings Escapes Death, Focuses On NFL". Orlando Sentinel. April 18, 2002.
  5. "Second shot at dashed dream". St. Petersburg Times. April 22, 2004.
  6. "Mandarin High coach, former FSU linebacker charged with aggravated assault in pre-Halloween hold-up". Florida Times-Union. November 10, 2009.
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