{{Short description|American football player (born 1982)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox gridiron football biography | name = Adam Jennings | image = Adam Jennings 2006-11-19.jpg | caption = Jennings with the Atlanta Falcons in 2006 | number = 17, 80, 81 | position = Wide receiver | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|11|17}} | birth_place = Granite Bay, California, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 9 | weight_lbs = 180 | high_school = Granite Bay | college = Fresno State | draftyear = 2006 | draftround = 6 | draftpick = 184 | pastteams = * Atlanta Falcons ({{NFL Year|2006}}–{{NFL Year|2008}}) * Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|2008}}–{{NFL Year|2009}}) * New York Giants ({{NFL Year|2010}})* | highlights = * First-team All-WAC (2005) | statlabel1 = Receptions | statvalue1 = 6 | statlabel2 = Receiving yards | statvalue2 = 62 | statlabel3 = Receiving touchdowns | statvalue3 = 1 | pfr = J/JennAd00 }} '''Adam Richard Jennings''' (born November 17, 1982) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the sixth round of the 2006 NFL draft. He played college football for the Fresno State Bulldogs.
Jennings was also a member of the Detroit Lions and New York Giants.
==College career== At Fresno State, Jennings was an All-WAC first-team selection as a kickoff returner during his senior year. He was also an academic All-WAC pick for four consecutive years.
==Professional career== {{NFL predraft | height ft = 5 | height in = 9 1/8 | weight = 181 | dash = 4.46 | ten split = 1.53 | twenty split = 2.57 | shuttle = 4.12 | cone drill = 6.88 | vertical = 37.5 | broad ft = 9 | broad in = 10 | arm span = 28 3/8 | hand span = 8 5/8 | note = All values from NFL Combine<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nfl.com/prospects/adam-jennings/32004a45-4e44-9337-5a48-6f7fc70b5a8a |title=Adam Jennings Draft and Combine Prospect Profile |website=NFL.com |access-date=January 1, 2025}}</ref> }}
===Atlanta Falcons=== Jennings was selected 184th overall by the Atlanta Falcons in the sixth round of the 2006 NFL draft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2006 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2006/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> In two seasons with the Falcons, he totaled six receptions for 62 yards and one touchdown in 38 games while contributing with 53 punt returns. He was cut by the Falcons on November 11, 2008.<ref>[http://www.atlantafalcons.com/News/Articles/2008/11/11-20/Falcons_release_Jennings_make_other_roster_moves.aspx Falcons release Jennings, make other roster moves] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217142343/http://www.atlantafalcons.com/News/Articles/2008/11/11-20/Falcons_release_Jennings_make_other_roster_moves.aspx |date=December 17, 2008 }}</ref>
===Detroit Lions=== After signing with the Detroit Lions in 2008, Jennings was cut at the end of the Lions' 2009 training camp on September 5. He was re-signed on September 30, but he was placed on season-ending injured reserve on October 5.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.nfl.com/2009/10/05/monday-updates-lions-jennings-headed-to-ir/|title=NFL News | Latest NFL Football News}}</ref> He was later waived on December 29.
===New York Giants=== Jennings signed with the New York Giants on July 15, 2010. He was waived on August 6.
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20091011162326/http://www.detroitlions.com/team/roster/adam-jennings/a2858221-4d02-47d5-b8fb-51014b726521/ Detroit Lions bio] *{{commons category-inline}}
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