Austin Peay State University Athletics

College: Opens Fall 2010 No. 2 on depth chart behind Scott Thomas at wide receiver...converted to receiver during 2009 Summer camp after transferring to play quarterback a year earlier...developed at wideout as season progressed...showed ability to run routes early on and improved pass-catching steadily...caught four passes for 71 yards, including two catches of 25 yards or more...had one catch for 28 yards at Illinois State... caught a 30-yard pass against Murray State...entered Fall 2009 as co-No. 2 quarterback with Jake Ryan behind Trent Caffee...former Arkansas State transfer played in seven games in 2008, starting three...came off bench against UT Martin after Gary Orr was injured...finished with 59 yards rushing and 58 yards passing, including first college TD pass...started next three games against Eastern Kentucky, Murray State and Tennessee State...completed 30 of 56 passes during that three-game stretch, including four TD passes...threw pair of TD passes against Tennessee State, one for season-long 53 yards to Adrian Mines...suffered injury late in game and then developed upper respiratory problem that kept him out next two weeks...led APSU quarterbacks in completion percentage (58 percent) during 2008...his 125 rushing yards ranked fifth on team...transferred to Austin Peay in January 2008 from Arkansas State...used spring to become acclimated with Govs' offense...showed flashes of ability during spring practice...Arkansas State: Played in only one game (against Tennessee) in 2007, accumulating no statistics...redshirted in 2006..Arkansas State: Played in only one game (against Tennessee) in 2007, accumulating no statistics...redshirted in 2006...High School: Finalist for Tennessee's "Mr. Football" award as a senior...guided Ravenwood to a 14-1 season as a senior and state title in the 5A class in the school's fourth season of existence...passed for 2,204 yards and 25 touchdowns with 14 interceptions...also rushed for 701 yards and another six scores on 176 attempts...punted for a 39.2 average...All-State performer as a senior...Region VI MVP...preseason first-team all-state in 5A...chosen The Tennessean Mid-State Offensive Player of the Year... ranked No. 150 among all quarterbacks nationally by the web site Rivals.com ...all-region as a junior...Personal: Graduated last spring with bachelor's degree in business marketing...is pursuing master's in military history...one-time member of Dean's List and two-time member of Athletics Director's Honor Roll...son of Tom and Lisanne Jennings...given name is Thomas...prep teammate of Daniel Becker at Ravenwood...born Nov. 26, 1987...age 22.

ALL PURPOSE	g	rush	rcv	pr	kr	ir	total	avg/g
2008	7	125	0	0	0	0	125	17.9
2009	10	8	71	0	0	0	79	7.9
TOTAL	17	133	71	0	0	0	204	12.0

 

RUSHING	g	att	yards	td	long	avg/c	avg/g
2008	7	31	125	0	19	4.0	17.9
2009	10	2	8	0	4	4.0	0.8
TOTAL	17	33	133	0	19	4.0	7.8

 

PASSING	g	cmp-att-int	yards	td	long	pct	avg/p	avg/g	effic
2008	7	47-81-2	459	5	53	58.0	5.7	65.6	121.1
2009	10	0-0-0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
TOTAL	17	47-81-2	459	5	53	58.0	5.7	27.0	121.1

 

TOTAL OFFENSE	g	rush	pass	total	avg/g
2008	7	125	459	584	83.4
2009	10	8	0	8	0.8
TOTAL	17	133	459	592	34.8

 

RECEIVING	g	rec	yards	td	long	rec/g	avg/c	avg/g
2008	7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2009	10	4	71	0	30	0.4	17.8	7.1
TOTAL	17	4	71	0	30	0.2	17.8	4.2

 

SCORING	g	td	rush	rcv	ret	pat	2pat	fg	total	avg/g
2008	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.3
2009	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
TOTAL	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.1