Could Rashad Jennings Be a Hidden Gem for Jacksonville Jaguars?

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Published: June 17, 2009

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... there wasn't a lot of fanfare.

The average Jag fan didn't know much about Jennings, who spent the last three years at Liberty, a Division I-AA school.

But there is much more to Jennings than just being a seventh-round draft pick or a D I-AA running back.

Vito Stellino of the Florida Times-Union recently did a profile of Jennings, who actually began his college football career at Pitt. There have been a number of successful running backs who came out of that school, including Tony Dorsett, Curtis Martin, and Craig "Ironhead" Heyward.

The most recent one was LeSean McCoy, who was taken in the second round by the Philadelphia Eagles.

As a freshman at Pitt, Jennings ran for 411 yards and one score on 86 carries. That included a 100-yard performance against Cincinnati.

It certainly looked like the future was bright for the young man from Forest, VA.

But when his father's leg was amputated due to complications from diabetes, Jen...

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