Rashad Jennings.

[Zeldas Greenhouse]

I'm not bright enough to find it and share it on here but there is a touching ESPN piece on Rashad Jennings that aired this morning. Rashad had a productive year here at Pitt during Wannys first year. He had to leave Pitt and went to Liberty near his home to be near his ailing father. Very sad and heartbreaking what his father is going through. He wants to see his son play and can't do it.

I think we all should be fans of Rashad and think of him as another Panther. He seems to be a great young man too.

 

[pittguy81]

I'm not bright enough to find it and share it on here but there is a touching ESPN piece on Rashad Jennings that aired this morning. Rashad had a productive year here at Pitt during Wannys first year. He had to leave Pitt and went to Liberty near his home to be near his ailing father. Very sad and heartbreaking what his father is going through. He wants to see his son play and can't do it.

I think we all should be fans of Rashad and think of him as another Panther. He seems to be a great young man too.

A bit more to the story. Wanny wanted him to become a fullback and he wanted to stay at RB. This also contributed to him leaving Pitt for Liberty. I still root for the young man

 

[wbrpanther]

I'm not bright enough to find it and share it on here but there is a touching ESPN piece on Rashad Jennings that aired this morning. Rashad had a productive year here at Pitt during Wannys first year. He had to leave Pitt and went to Liberty near his home to be near his ailing father. Very sad and heartbreaking what his father is going through. He wants to see his son play and can't do it.

I think we all should be fans of Rashad and think of him as another Panther. He seems to be a great young man too.

Rashad would have had a great career here. He was a tough, bruising runner. It is great that he has made it in the league like he did.

 

[rpost3]

A bit more to the story. Wanny wanted him to become a fullback and he wanted to stay at RB. This also contributed to him leaving Pitt for Liberty. I still root for the young man

How do you know that?

 

[pittguy81]

How do you know that?

It was pretty common knowledge when he left to be with his dad.

 

[upitt33]

It was pretty common knowledge when he left to be with his dad.

Really?

 

[Jakey_John]

He still had to leave to help his dad. There was a big article on it at the time.

 

[rpost3]

Funny I've never heard this Jennings-to-fullback claim until now.

 

[Pittx9]

I never heard the fullback thing either, but think back to then. Conredge Collins played some running back and eventually became our fullback. Shane Brooks played some running back, then basically became the 3rd string fullback that never played. If that did happen with Jennings, then Wanny really over valued the fullback position. It's important in pro style offenses, but my god to try and move every running back on your team to fullback just seems ridiculous.

 

[USN_Panther]

I never heard the fullback thing either, but think back to then. Conredge Collins played some running back and eventually became our fullback. Shane Brooks played some running back, then basically became the 3rd string fullback that never played. If that did happen with Jennings, then Wanny really over valued the fullback position. It's important in pro style offenses, but my god to try and move every running back on your team to fullback just seems ridiculous.

I find this hard to believe when you look at the absolute lack of RB on this roster. http://www.pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/06-football-roster.html

 

[pittguy81]

I find this hard to believe when you look at the absolute lack of RB on this roster. http://www.pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/06-football-roster.html

Just read through the Paul Zeise Q&A from 2005 after Wanny's first season. You'll see several references by Zeise about Jennings to FB.
http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/...l-Q-A-with-Paul-Zeise-38/stories/200511260185

 

[pittguy81]

Funny I've never heard this Jennings-to-fullback claim until now.

I guess you weren't paying attention

 

[USN_Panther]

Just read through the Paul Zeise Q&A from 2005 after Wanny's first season. You'll see several references by Zeise about Jennings to FB.
http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/...l-Q-A-with-Paul-Zeise-38/stories/200511260185

Well, Wanny wasn't very bright, so I guess I believe it afterall. So other than LaRod, who was going to play RB?

 

[pittguy81]

Well, Wanny wasn't very bright, so I guess I believe it afterall. So other than LaRod, who was going to play RB?

They were counting on LaRod and Kevin Collier.
I will remind everybody that LaRod had a nice NFL career so Wanny wasn't too stupid...except for QB's LOL

 

[USN_Panther]

They were counting on LaRod and Kevin Collier.
I will remind everybody that LaRod had a nice NFL career so Wanny wasn't too stupid...except for QB's LOL

Here are the rushing stats from that year. I went to every home game but for the life of me barely remember that season. They had no RB depth at all. I remember Collier was supposed to be the man but didn't pan out.

http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/pittsburgh/2006.html

 

[pittguy81]

Here are the rushing stats from that year. I went to every home game but for the life of me barely remember that season. They had no RB depth at all. I remember Collier was supposed to be the man but didn't pan out.

http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/pittsburgh/2006.html

True but has no bearing on Wanny wanting to move Jennings to fullback

 

[USN_Panther]

True but has no bearing on Wanny wanting to move Jennings to fullback

Was this before or after he moved Conredge Collins to FB? Moving Collins there was a good move.

 

[KennyTheKangaroo]

In 2006 they had no running backs....2007 and 2008 were a different story though.