Jonathon Jennings

This article is about the gridiron football player. For the politician, see Jonathan Jennings.
Jonathon Jennings
No. 10     BC Lions
Date of birth (1992-07-21) July 21, 1992
Place of birth Columbus, Ohio
Career information
Status Active
CFL status International
Position(s) QB
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg)
College Saginaw Valley State
High school Westerville South
Career history
As player
2015-present BC Lions
Career stats

Jonathon Jennings (born July 21, 1992) is a gridiron football quarterback for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He attended Saginaw Valley State University, where he played college football and studied finance.

Early career

Jennings played high school football and basketball at Westerville South High School, where he was a first team All-League player as a senior.[1] From 2010 to 2013, he played for the Cardinals at Saginaw Valley State, where he threw for 10,710 yards and 96 touchdowns at the Division II program.[2] As a senior, Jennings threw for 3,824 yards for 30 touchdowns, additionally rushing for 470 yards and 12 touchdowns.[3]

Professional career

Jennings was eligible for the 2014 NFL Draft, but went undrafted. He tried out with several National Football League (NFL) teams prior to the 2014 season, including the Kansas City Chiefs, the Detroit Lions, and the Green Bay Packers.[2][3][4] He also tried out with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the CFL in April 2014.[5] Jennings was not signed by any NFL or CFL teams in 2014, and did not play football professionally that year.[2]

In April 2015, Jennings was signed by the BC Lions of the CFL.[5] He competed for the back-up quarterback position on the depth chart, which he received in the season opener.[6][7] Jennings recorded his first statistic on July 17 against the Roughriders, where he rushed for one yard on a quarterback sneak.[8] Due to injuries to starting QB Travis Lulay Jennings started 8 regular season games, and the Lions lone playoff game.

References

  1. ↑ "Jonathon Jennings". SVSU Cardinals. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Araki, Michiko (29 May 2015). "GETTING TO KNOW JONATHON JENNINGS". BC Lions. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  3. 1 2 Niziolek, Michael (11 May 2014). "Kansas City Chiefs invite SVSU quarterback Jon Jennings to rookie mini-camp". MLive. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  4. ↑ Yuille, Sean (10 May 2014). "2014 Lions undrafted free agent tracker". Pride of Detroity. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Jonathon Jennings". BC Lions. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  6. ↑ Beamish, Mike (14 June 2015). "Back up QB battle gets interesting". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Depth Charts". BC Lions. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  8. ↑ Bucholtz, Andrew (18 July 2015). "Lions, Lulay run over Riders in a tale of teams going in different directions". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
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