Michael Jennings
| Full Name : | Michael Jennings |
| Public : | Michael Jennings |
| Nickname : | |
| Country : | United States (USA)  |
| DOB : | September 7, 1979 (Age 30) |
| Place : | Jacksonville, Florida |
| Height : | 5' 11" |
| Weight : | 181 lbs. |
| Sport : | Football - NFL |
| Team : | Free Agent |
| Level : | Professional |
| Status : | Average |
| Free Agent |
| Wide Receiver |
| Jersey # -- |
NFL Teams :
New York Giants (2006 - 2008)
Europe - Berlin Thunder (2005)
Baltimore Ravens (2004)
New England Patriots (2004)
Europe - Scottish Claymores (2003)
San Francisco 49ers (2002)
College : Florida State
Achievement :
Super Bowl XLII champion
Michael Jennings is a professional football wide receiver who previously played for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He was born in Jacksonville, Florida on September 7, 1979. He is currently a free agent.
Jennings joined the San Francisco 49ers practice squad in 2002, but was released shortly thereafter. He was then selected in the 4th round of the 2003 NFL Europe Free Agent Draft by the Scottish Claymores, but never appeared in any of their games. He signed with the New England Patriots and the Baltimore Ravens in 2004 but was cut by both teams.
In 2005, he signed with the New York Giants and was assigned to the Berlin Thunder of NFL Europa. In 2006 Jennings was recalled back to New York and played his first two games in the NFL. During the second game, a preseason matchup against the Baltimore Ravens, he made a diving catch and in doing so ruptured his Achilles tendon.
Jennings attended Nathan Bedford Forest High School in Jacksonville, Florida and was a student, and earned three letters in football and one in track as a senior sprinter.
College Years
Jennings never played football in college. He was a track and field athlete at Florida State, earning 3 letters as a Seminole and winning the ACC Championship as a member of the 4x400 relay team.
Professional Career
Michael Jennings entered the National Football League by signing with the San Francisco 49ers in 2002, but was cut soon after. He is best remembered in San Francisco for badly losing a 40 yard race to Terrell Owens. Jennings was then selected in the 4th round of the 2003 NFL Europe Free Agent Draft by the Scottish Claymores. In 2004, he signed with the New England Patriots and the Baltimore Ravens before being cut by both. He finally made the New York Giants roster in 2005, after which he was allocated to NFL Europa and played for the Berlin Thunder. He played in his first NFL game in the 2006 season. In the 2nd preseason game of 2007 against the Baltimore Ravens, he made a diving catch and in doing so he ruptured his achilles tendon leaving him out for the season.
The Giants put Jennings on injured reserve due to his career-threatening injury.
The following year he once again tried out for the New York Giants but was released after the final cuts.
