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Anfernee Jennings

Linebacker, New Orleans Saints · #33.

Player facts

Team: New Orleans Saints
Position: Linebacker
Number: 33
Born: Sep 1, 1997 (age 29)
Birthplace: Dadeville, AL, USA
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 255 lbs
College: Alabama
Experience: 7 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Defense

	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	YDS	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	STF	STFYDS	KB
Regular Season	7	3	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Career	224	135	89	7.5	4	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	4	34.5	72	0

Recent games

			Tackles				Fumbles		Interceptions
Date	Opponent	Result	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	KB
Sun, Sep 27	vs LV	L 35-27	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0
Sun, Sep 20	@ BAL	W 24-17	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	@ DET	L 31-30 OT	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Last 3 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Anfernee Jennings (born May 1, 1997) is an American professional football linebacker for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide and was selected in the third round of the 2020 NFL draft by the New England Patriots.

From Wikipedia’s article on Anfernee Jennings, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Jennings grew up in Dadeville, Alabama, and attended Dadeville High School, where he played defensive end and tight end for the Tigers. He made 171 tackles with seven sacks in his junior season and was named honorable mention Super All-State by AL.com. As a senior, Jennings was named first-team 4A All-State and the 4A Lineman of the Year after posting 170 tackles with 88 solo stops, 14 sacks, nine pass breakups and two forced fumbles. Rated a four-star recruit, Jennings committed to play college football at Alabama over offers from Arkansas, Arizona State, Georgia, Mississippi State and Nebraska.

College career

Jennings redshirted his true freshman season as he moved from defensive end to the outside linebacker position. He played as a key reserve as a redshirt freshman, finishing the year with 19 tackles (two for loss) and three quarterback hurries. Jennings became a starter during redshirt sophomore season and made 41 tackles, six for a loss, with one sack. Jennings suffered what was initially diagnosed to be a PCL injury in the final minutes of the 2018 Sugar Bowl against Clemson, causing him to miss the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship Game. The injury was re-evaluated and Jennings was found to have also damaged an artery and developed a blood clot in his leg.

Jennings returned from his injury in time to begin his redshirt junior season. He finished the year with 51 tackles, including 14 for loss, 6.5 sacks, with an interception, a team-high 11 passes defended and two fumble recoveries (one of which was returned for his first career touchdown). Jennings entered his redshirt senior season on the Chuck Bednarik Award and Butkus Award watchlists and was named pre-season All-SEC and a second-team pre-season All-American by the Sporting News. Jennings had 83 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss, 8.0 sacks, five pass breakups, one forced fumble and an interception and was named first-team All-SEC in his final season. Jennings finished his collegiate career with 194 tackles, 34.5 tackles for loss, 15.5 sacks, three forced fumbles, two interceptions and 20 passes defended in 54 games (38 starts).

Personal life

Jennings's younger brother, Shawndarius "Shawn" Jennings, also played college football and originally played at Alabama with Anfernee before transferring to South Alabama.

From Wikipedia’s article on Anfernee Jennings, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.¹