Bradley Jennings

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Bradley Jennings
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Position: Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1977-12-02) December 2, 1977 (age 46)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
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
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Career highlights and awards

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.

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References

  1. ↑ "Carol City Captures 6A Championship". Orlando Sentinel . December 22, 1996.
  2. ↑ "Updated Top 50 Seniors for 2002 NFL Draft - Detroit - Scout". Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
  3. ↑ "CNNSI.com - Bradley Jennings - -". Archived from the original on August 8, 2007. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
  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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