Gary Jennings Jr.

WR · West Virginia 2018 · #12

Last confirmed: West Virginia, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′2″ · 215 lb · Stafford, VA · Colonial Forge

Gary Jennings Jr.: WR · West Virginia · #12.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

DeAngelo YanceyPurdue · 2016 · 86% season match
Titus DavisCentral Michigan · 2014 · 81% season match
Anthony JohnsonBuffalo · 2018 · 80% season match
JJ Arcega-WhitesideStanford · 2018 · 78% season match
Steve IshmaelSyracuse · 2017 · 76% season match

Gary Jennings Jr.

WR · West Virginia · Sr · #12

Beats you over the top. Fourth year in the West Virginia receiving corps. One game to point at: 225 receiving yards and 7 receptions against Oklahoma — Week 13, 2018.

How he plays

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

News and fans

No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.

West Virginia in the news

WVU updates depth chart for TCU gameOct 20
WVU coach mourns Ike MorrisOct 20
WVU updates defensive depth chartOct 12
WVU releases updated depth chartOct 6

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2018	West Virginia	54	917	17.0	13
2017	West Virginia	97	1,096	11.3	1
2016	West Virginia	10	165	16.5	2
2015	West Virginia	7	116	16.6	1
Career		168	2,294	13.7	17

Season	Team
2018	West Virginia	--	--
2017	West Virginia	--	--
2016	West Virginia	28	39
2015	West Virginia	117	69
Career		145	108

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 40-14@ Tennessee	6	113	18.8	1	30
Wk 2	W 52-17vs Youngstown State	6	97	16.2	3	33	3 TD catches
Wk 4	W 35-6vs Kansas State	3	31	10.3	0	17
Wk 5	W 42-34@ No. 25 Texas Tech	7	70	10.0	2	14	2 TD catches
Wk 6	W 38-22vs Kansas	4	53	13.3	0	21
Wk 7	L 14-30@ Iowa State	4	38	9.5	0	21
Wk 9	W 58-14vs Baylor	3	100	33.3	2	53	2 TD catches
Wk 10	W 42-41@ No. 15 Texas	2	40	20.0	1	33
Wk 11	W 47-10vs TCU	5	58	11.6	1	34
Wk 12	L 41-45@ Oklahoma State	7	92	13.1	1	33
Wk 13	L 56-59vs No. 6 Oklahoma	7	225	32.1	2	75	Season-high 225 yds
Total		54	917	17.0	13	75

Signature game

Week 13 · 2018

L 56-59

vs Oklahoma

7 rec · 225 yds · 2 TD

With W. Grier — 539 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · D. Sills V — 8 rec · 131 yds · 2 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 13 · Oklahoma · 3rd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +7.13Grier to Jennings Jr.: a 75-yard touchdown pass.
Week 13 · Oklahoma · 3rd and 18 · Q3 · EPA +5.62Will Grier pass complete to Gary Jennings Jr. for 52 yds to the Okla 2 for a
Week 13 · Oklahoma · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +4.47Grier to Jennings Jr.: a 57-yard touchdown pass.
Week 9 · Baylor · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +4.10Will Grier pass complete to Gary Jennings Jr. for 53 yds for a TD, (Evan Staley KICK)
Week 9 · Baylor · 2nd and 12 · Q4 · EPA +3.95Jack Allison pass complete to Gary Jennings Jr. for 36 yds for a TD (Evan Staley KICK)
Week 1 · Tennessee · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.28Will Grier pass complete to Gary Jennings Jr. for 28 yds for a TD (Evan Staley KICK)

4 more plays

Week 1 · Tennessee · 2nd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +3.06Will Grier pass complete to Gary Jennings Jr. for 30 yds to the Tenn 45 for a
Week 5 · Texas Tech · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +3.04Will Grier pass complete to Gary Jennings Jr. for 14 yds for a TD (Evan Staley KICK)
Week 2 · Youngstown State · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +3.01Will Grier pass complete to Gary Jennings Jr. for 11 yds for a TD (Evan Staley KICK)
Week 6 · Kansas · 3rd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +2.97Will Grier pass complete to Gary Jennings Jr. for 21 yds to the Kans 36 for a

Teams and coaches

4 seasons under Dana Holgorsen — 33-18 over that span.

2015West Virginia8-5HC: Dana Holgorsen · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2016West Virginia10-3HC: Dana Holgorsen · Run-leaning

2017West Virginia7-6HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced

2018West Virginia8-4HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (97th percentile). Strength: epa / target (94th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#20 / 702 · 97th pct

14.9%

EPA / target#42 / 702 · 94th pct

0.94

Explosive rate#63 / 702 · 91st pct

20.9%

Yards / catch#154 / 702 · 78th pct

15.2

Catch rate#167 / 702 · 76th pct

76.1%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#5 / 550 · 99th pct

Rec yards#46 / 550 · 92nd pct

917

Long catch#56 / 550 · 88th pct

Yards / catch#70 / 550 · 87th pct

17.0

Receptions#93 / 550 · 82nd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

40th → 94th percentile

Explosive rate

34th → 91st percentile

Catch rate

70th → 76th percentile

TD rate

19th → 97th percentile

Yards / catch

36th → 78th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.7	94.0	19.5	1.3
Road4g	5.0	60.0	13.2	1.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.0	67.0	13.0	1.0
Weeks 8+5g	4.8	103	22.0	1.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2018 season

Head Coach

Dana Holgorsen

Pass share

51.4%

446 pass / 422 run

Plays / game

72.3

12 games

Team sack rate

5.8%

480 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

54 catches in 11 games

More catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Gary Jennings Jr.

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

West Virginia in the news

Where to follow him

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

54 catches in 11 games

Four seasons at West Virginia, drafted

His moves

2015 10 games

2019