Brian Jennings: Snapping to Perfection

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Published: June 7, 2009

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... this is not your typical tight end. You seldom see the 6-foot-5, 242-pound player running routes, going deep, or being a threat near the goal line.

Yet Jennings knows his team can count on him to avoid making mistakes when he has the football.

Simply because, Jennings has solidified the special teams unit as the 49ers' long snapper.

Since being drafted in the seventh round back in 2000 out of Arizona State, he has not made any glaring mistakes when San Francisco calls upon him. He has been recognized as one of the NFL's most consistent long snappers in his nine-year career.

Jennings never tenses up when handling snap duties. He's even valuable on kick coverages, with his 53 career tackles being one of the highest among NFL long snappers.

He even made the Pro Bowl as a specialist in 2004, after receiving a special selection from former Falcon coach Jim Mora Jr.

He now has a five-year contract through 2014 to back up the clai...

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