Born July 10, 1997, in Cowan, Tennessee, Bennie Jauan Jennings attended Blackman High School in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, where he played quarterback before converting to wide receiver in college. A four-star recruit, he committed to the University of Tennessee, where he played for the Volunteers from 2015 to 2019 under head coaches Butch Jones and Jeremy Pruitt. Despite being dismissed from the team in 2017 after a wrist injury and a disciplinary issue, he was reinstated by Pruitt and earned a medical redshirt for the lost season. Jennings made the most of his second chance, finishing his collegiate career with 146 receptions for 2,153 yards and eighteen touchdowns.
The San Francisco 49ers selected Jennings in the seventh round with the 217th overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, a selection that would prove to be one of the great late-round values of that draft class. Strengths include exceptional physicality at six feet three inches, superb contested-catch ability, toughness after the...
