Ernie Jennings
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| Position: | Wide receiver |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | January 30, 1949 Atchison, Kansas, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Kansas City (MO) Central |
| College: | Air Force |
| NFL draft: | 1971 / Round: 10 / Pick: 257 |
| Career history | |
| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NFL statistics | |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Ernie Jennings (born January 30, 1949) is a former
1971 NFL Draft.[1] Jennings had originally joined the Air Force Falcons as a defensive back.[2] He was a consensus All-American in 1970 and finished eighth in Heisman Trophy voting after catching 74 passes for 1,289 yards.[3] He also led NCAA Division I football in receiving touchdowns in 1970 with 17.[4] He is Air Force's all-time leader in receptions with 148, 2nd in receiving yards with 2,392 and leads the team in receiving touchdowns with 28.[5] Jennings was on the 2014 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame but was not chosen.[6][7] Jennings spent time in the military after college and was released by the San Francisco 49ers in August 1975.[8] He then began a career at NASA in 1976.[9]
References
- ^ "1971 NFL Draft". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
- ^ Moss, Irv (December 25, 2007). "Jennings caught on quickly for Falcons". denverpost.com. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
- ^ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
- ^ "Ernie Jennings". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
- ^ "Former Air Force wideout Ernie Jennings joins elite list of College Football Hall of Fame nominees". militarytimes.com. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
- ^ "Ernie Jennings on College Football Hall of Fame ballot". goairforcefalcons.com. March 6, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
- ^ Volk, Pete (May 22, 2014). "2014 College Football Hall of Fame class includes Derrick Thomas, Sterling Sharpe". sbnation.com. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
- ^ "Ernie Jennings Cut". The Times from San Mateo, California. August 13, 1975. p. 19. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
- ^ "Jennings caught on quickly for Falcons". 24 December 2007.