Bill Jennings

2008: Started all eight games in the defensive backfield for the Bobcats…Recorded 27 taclkes on the season…Was the team’s leading kick returner earning 641 yards on 22 returns for a league-leading average of 22.9 yards per return…Earned All-NESCAC honors as a return specialist…Led the team in interceptions with 5 for 66 yards, good for second most interceptions in the NESCAC…Recorded five pass breakups to go with the five pickoffs, he was tied for second in the conference in passes defended.

2007: Started all eight games in the defensive backfield, recording 24 tackles for the season…  Recovered one fumble… Second on the team in interceptions with two… Had a season high six tackles against Williams…. Against Hamilton in perhaps the season’s strangest and biggest play for Bates, Jennings returned the ball for a defensive PAT after teammate Coleman Peeke blocked an ensuing extra point attempt, making the score 6-2.

2006:  Saw extensive playing time in the defensive backfield, recording 17 tackles, breaking up a team-high seven passes and forcing one fumble…. Returned seven kickoffs for a 17.3-yard average.

High School: All League…. Offensive MVP…. Boston Globe All Star…. Lettered in football for four years…. Also lettered in track for three years.