Jonathon Jennings

Jennings before anOttawa Redblacks game in 2019
No. 3
Position	Quarterback
Personal information
Born	(1992-07-21)July 21, 1992 (age 33) Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school	Westerville South
College	Saginaw Valley State
Career history
2015–2018	BC Lions
2019	Ottawa Redblacks
Career CFL statistics
Pass completions 1,086 Pass attempts 1,637 Percentage 66.3 TD–INT 69–58 Passing yards 13,651
Stats at CFL.ca

Jonathon Jennings (born July 21, 1992) is an American former professionalfootballquarterback who played for theBC Lions andOttawa Redblacks of theCanadian Football League (CFL). He attendedSaginaw Valley State University, where he playedcollege football. Jennings made his professional debut for the Lions in 2015.

Jennings playedhigh school football and basketball atWesterville 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 atSVSU, where he threw for 10,710 yards and 96touchdowns at theDivision II program.^[2] As a senior, Jennings threw for 3,824 yards for 30 touchdowns, additionally rushing for 470 yards and 12 touchdowns.^[3] He studied finance in college.

Jennings was eligible for the2014 NFL draft, but went undrafted. He tried out with severalNational Football League (NFL) teams prior to the2014 season, including theKansas City Chiefs, theDetroit Lions, and theGreen Bay Packers.^[2][3][4] He also tried out with theSaskatchewan 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 theBC 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 aquarterback sneak.^[8] Due to injuries to starting quarterbackTravis Lulay, Jennings played in eight regular season games, starting six, and started in the Lions' lone playoff game. Jennings completed 66% of his passing attempts for 2,004 yards with 15 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. In his second career start, Jennings also caught a 21 yard touchdown pass on a contested catch thrown into double coverage by receiverAustin Collie on a trick play against theSaskatchewan Roughriders.^[9] In March 2016, Lions GM and head coachWally Buono announced that Jennings would enter training camp as the #1 quarterback on the depth chart (above veteran Lulay) and he hoped that Jennings would have earned that title by Week 1 of the2016 regular season.^[10] On May 5, 2016, Jennings and the Lions agreed on a contract extension through the2018 CFL season.^[11] Prior to signing the extension, Jennings would have become a free-agent following the 2016 campaign.^[12] Following a less than impressive2017 season Jennings agreed to restructure his contract for the 2018 season; lowering his initial salary, but adding more on-the-field incentives.^[13] Jennings, who continued to struggle to start the2018 season, was benched in favour of veteran Travis Lulay starting in Week 5.^[14] Lulay suffered a concussion and separated shoulder in consecutive weeks, opening the door for Jennings to start for the remainder of the regular season.^[15][16] Despite winning two of the following three games Jennings was once again relegated in favour of Lulay by Week 18.^[17] In late November, following the close of the season, Jennings informed the Lions that he would not be re-signing with the team, intending to become a free agent in February 2019.^[18]

On February 13, 2019 Jennings agreed to a one-year contract with theOttawa Redblacks for the2019 season.^[19] Jennings began the season as the backup quarterback toDominique Davis.^[20] Davis missed two games in July which elevated Jennings to the starting role. However, Jennings struggled in both outings, throwing for less than 200 yards combined with three interceptions and only one touchdown.^[21][22] In Week 11 Jennings came in relief of Davis after he threw three interceptions in the first quarter of the game: Jennings completed 16 of 26 pass attempts for 208 yards with one touchdown, but was unable to lead the Redblacks to victory.^[23] As Davis continued to struggle, and the Redblacks fell to 3-7, the team chose to name Jennings' as their starting quarterback in Week 13: Despite throwing for 327 yards Jennings and the Redblacks were defeated 46-17 by divisional rivalToronto Argonauts.^[24] Jennings was demoted to third stringer, and closed out the 3-15 Redblacks' season with a three rushing touchdown performance, but his passing statistics for the year were the worst of his career. He was released by the Redblacks on January 23, 2020.^[25]

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