Greg Jennings played college football at Western Michigan and was selected by Green Bay in the second round of the 2006 NFL Draft.
36 Facts About Greg Jennings
2.
Greg Jennings was inducted into Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 2022.
3.
Greg Jennings played wide receiver, running back, outside linebacker and defensive back as a four-time letterman for the football team.
4.
Greg Jennings was listed 11th on the "Fab 50" rankings of the Detroit Free Press as a senior.
5.
Greg Jennings captured the state title in the long jump at the 2001 MHSAA State LP-1 Championships, with a leap of 6.67 meters.
6.
Greg Jennings got a PR of 6.92 meters in the long jump.
7.
Greg Jennings attended Western Michigan University and played for the Broncos.
8.
Greg Jennings finished his career there with 238 receptions for 3,539 yards and 39 touchdowns.
9.
When Greg Jennings was a redshirt freshman, he missed 8 games due to a broken ankle bone.
10.
Greg Jennings finished the 2003 season with 1,734 all-purpose yards.
11.
Greg Jennings was named to the All-Mid American 2nd team.
12.
Greg Jennings had 1,259 yards with 14 touchdowns, and earned the 2005 MAC Offensive Player of the Year Award.
13.
Greg Jennings's 5,093 all-purpose yards is a WMU record, and ranks 8th in MAC history.
14.
Greg Jennings became only the 11th player to gain over 1,000 yards in at least three seasons of a college career.
15.
Greg Jennings competed on their debate team, becoming President of the American Parliamentary Debate Association his junior year.
16.
Greg Jennings graduated from WMU in 2010 after completing the 16 credits he needed through self-instructional classes.
17.
Greg Jennings was named the starting wide receiver, along with Donald Driver, which put Robert Ferguson in the slot, for his first professional regular-season game Green Bay Packers by head coach Mike McCarthy on September 2,2006.
18.
Greg Jennings led the NFL in receiving yardage during the 2006 preseason.
19.
Greg Jennings had 1 catch for 5 yards in his first game.
20.
Greg Jennings was named to the NFL All Rookie team at the end of the season.
21.
Greg Jennings collected 80 receptions for 1292 yards and 9 touchdowns in the 2008 season.
22.
On June 23,2009, Greg Jennings received a new three-year extension which paid him $26.35 million and included $16 million guaranteed.
23.
Greg Jennings caught a game-winning pass on September 13,2009, on a 3rd and two play, where the Packers ran a play action fake and rolled Aaron Rodgers out to the left, who then threw a 50-yard pass to Greg Jennings to defeat the Chicago Bears in the season opener.
24.
Greg Jennings played the first 13 games of the 2011 season before going down with a sprained MCL in week 13 against the Oakland Raiders.
25.
Greg Jennings returned for the Packers' divisional round playoff game against the New York Giants and recorded 4 receptions for 40 yards in a Packers' loss.
26.
In 2012, Greg Jennings sat out most of the early season due to a groin injury, and was scheduled to have surgery in Philadelphia, but it was postponed due to Hurricane Sandy.
27.
On March 15,2013, Greg Jennings signed a 5-year, $47.5 million contract with the Minnesota Vikings.
28.
Greg Jennings was released by the Vikings on March 14,2015.
29.
On July 25,2016, Greg Jennings retired from professional football after 10 seasons at the age of 32.
30.
Greg Jennings is married to Nicole Greg Jennings, of Kalamazoo, and they have three daughters named Amya, Alea and Ayva.
31.
On May 5,2010, Greg Jennings made an appearance on the CBS prime time hit show Criminal Minds.
32.
Greg Jennings portrayed a lab technician working at a crime scene.
33.
Greg Jennings is in discussions to appear on BET's The Game.
34.
Greg Jennings appeared as himself on the July 6,2011, episode of Royal Pains and the 2013 The League episode, "The Near Death Flex-perience".
35.
Greg Jennings is the main actor and star of Old Spice 'Smelf' ad campaign.
36.
The Greg Jennings Foundation was started by Jennings to attempt to benefit underprivileged children and youth organizations.