Greg Jennings

Player

Birthday September 21, 1983

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S.

Age 40 years old

Nationality United States

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1940

It was Favre's 400th touchdown pass for his career, a milestone reached only by Favre, Dan Marino, Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Philip Rivers and Aaron Rodgers.

This was also Jennings's first 100-plus-yard game, as he finished with 3 catches, 101 yards and 1 touchdown.

1983

Gregory Jennings Jr. (born September 21, 1983) is an American former professional league football player who was a wide receiver for 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Green Bay Packers.

2000

Jennings finished seventh in voting for Mr. Basketball of Michigan in 2000–01 and scored a school record 50 points in a losing effort against Benton Harbor as a senior.

In track & field, Jennings was one of the state's top performers in the long jump event.

2001

He captured the state title in the long jump at the 2001 MHSAA State LP-1 Championships, with a leap of 6.67 meters.

He got a PR of 6.92 meters in the long jump.

He was also a member of the 4 × 100m (42.20) and 4 × 200m (1:28.50) relay squads.

Jennings attended Western Michigan University and played for the Broncos.

He finished his career there with 238 receptions for 3,539 yards and 39 touchdowns.

When Jennings was a redshirt freshman, he missed 8 games due to a broken ankle bone.

In the 8 games he did play, he caught 10 passes for 138 yards.

2003

In 2003, he was second on the Broncos with 56 catches for 1,050 yards and 14 touchdowns.

He finished the 2003 season with 1,734 all-purpose yards.

He was named to the All-Mid American 2nd team.

2004

In 2004, he led the Broncos with 74 catches for 1,092 yards and 11 touchdowns.

He tallied 1,415 all-purpose yards.

He was named to the All-MAC team.

2005

In 2005, he had 98 catches, and led the nation in catches per game, with 8.91.

He had 1,259 yards with 14 touchdowns, and earned the 2005 MAC Offensive Player of the Year Award.

2006

He played college football at Western Michigan and was selected by Green Bay in the second round of the 2006 NFL Draft.

Jennings was named to two Pro Bowls during his seven seasons with the Packers and was part of the team that won a Super Bowl title in Super Bowl XLV.

In his final three seasons, he was a member of the Minnesota Vikings and Miami Dolphins.

He was inducted into Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 2022.

Jennings was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

He attended Kalamazoo Central High School where he was all conference in three sports—football, basketball, and track.

Jennings played wide receiver, running back, outside linebacker and defensive back as a four-time letterman for the football team.

The Green Bay Packers drafted Jennings in the second round (52nd pick overall) of the 2006 NFL draft.

On July 24, 2006, he signed a contract with the Packers.

Jennings was named the starting wide receiver, along with Donald Driver, which put Robert Ferguson in the slot, for his first professional regular-season game Green Bay Packers by head coach Mike McCarthy on September 2, 2006.

Jennings led the NFL in receiving yardage during the 2006 preseason.

He had 1 catch for 5 yards in his first game.

On September 24, 2006, he caught a 75-yard touchdown pass from Brett Favre against the Detroit Lions.

Jennings was voted NFL Rookie of the Week for games played September 24–25, 2006, the only time he received this honor.

Jennings was also named to the NFL All Rookie team at the end of the season.

2009

His 5,093 all-purpose yards is a WMU record, and ranks 8th in MAC history.

2010

Jennings graduated from WMU in 2010 after completing the 16 credits he needed through self-instructional classes.

2011

He was listed 11th on the "Fab 50" rankings of the Detroit Free Press as a senior.

Jennings became only the 11th player to gain over 1,000 yards in at least three seasons of a college career.

He also competed on their debate team, becoming President of the American Parliamentary Debate Association his junior year.