Bradley Jennings
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| Position: | Linebacker |
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| Born: | December 2, 1977 Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight: | 255 lb (116 kg) |
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| High school: | Miami (FL) Carol City |
| College: | Florida State |
| Undrafted: | 2002 |
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Bradley Fanelon Jennings (born December 2, 1977) is a former American football linebacker. He played college football at Florida State.
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
[edit]- ^ "Carol City Captures 6A Championship". Orlando Sentinel. December 22, 1996.
- ^ "Updated Top 50 Seniors for 2002 NFL Draft - Detroit - Scout". Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
- ^ "CNNSI.com - Bradley Jennings - -". Archived from the original on August 8, 2007. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
- ^ "Jennings Escapes Death, Focuses On NFL". Orlando Sentinel. April 18, 2002.
- ^ "Second shot at dashed dream". St. Petersburg Times. April 22, 2004.
- ^ "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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