ODU WR Ali Jennings transfers to Virginia Tech!

By: rottingmind13
on December 12, 2022, 5:02 PM | 47 comments
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APrimusHokie's picture APrimusHokie | 3 years 6 months #

Big time

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A chemical come alive
Welcome to your vice
Good luck with life
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gobble gobble chumps's picture gobble gobble chumps
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| 3 years 6 months #

FAM

difference maker at WR

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smittyvt32949's picture smittyvt32949
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| 3 years 6 months # ^

Ali Jennings #s vs VT in our loss there this year:
5 catches for 122 yards, longest catch: 38 yards.
He kicked our butt.

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marcb2's picture marcb2 | 3 years 6 months # ^

Unfortunately I'm not sure kicking VT's butt this year isn't much of a resume talking point...

(Clueless downvote missing the joke, I see...)

Vtkey's picture Vtkey
| 3 years 6 months # ^

He can catch a ball that's thrown to him.

We can use a WR like that.

NewportHokie's picture NewportHokie | 3 years 6 months # ^

I know that the numbers look good but didn't we hold him to 0-2 catches until really late? I vaguely remember the announcers saying he had no catches at half🤷🏾‍♂️

jhs9412's picture jhs9412
| 3 years 6 months # ^

I went back through the play by play data.

He had a catch for 16 yards and a fumble in the first half and was only targeted one other time.

Late in the third quarter, and then especially in the fourth, they started throwing the ball to him a lot more. He was their targeted receiver for most of their throws, almost all of his receptions went for 20+ yards, and he drew a pass interference penalty as well.

This sort of lines up with my memory of the game. I mean no disrespect, but throughout the game, as our offense continued to sputter, I kept thinking "wow, ODU's quarterback is legitimately awful, and they can't run the ball well enough to come back without making plays in the passing game." It also seemed like ODU's staff knew the QB was struggling, and they didn't really challenge us downfield very much.

As the game got into the later stages, and it was more do-or-die time for ODU, they started throwing caution to the wind and hoping Jennings would come through. And, sure enough, he did come through a few other times.

marcb2's picture marcb2 | 3 years 6 months # ^

I'm too lazy to go back and watch the game, but I wonder who was covering him?

Clone-A-Fuller's picture Clone-A-Fuller | 3 years 6 months #

FAMing to this one...big time portal win for us!!! Let's keep it going!

Edit: We kept it going...

Danny Coale Is My Spirit Animal's picture Danny Coale Is My Spirit Animal
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| 3 years 6 months #

Nice pull by the staff. Can def be WR#1 on the depth chart next year.

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rottingmind13's picture rottingmind13
| 3 years 6 months #

Fontel Mines needs a raise. he's putting in some work.

Dookie Mane's picture Dookie Mane | 3 years 6 months #

How many years does he have left?

APrimusHokie's picture APrimusHokie | 3 years 6 months # ^

2 I think

The taste is so divine
A chemical come alive
Welcome to your vice
Good luck with life
'Cause you can't
You can't
You can't kill me that easily

APrimusHokie's picture APrimusHokie | 3 years 6 months # ^

Nvm its 1

The taste is so divine
A chemical come alive
Welcome to your vice
Good luck with life
'Cause you can't
You can't
You can't kill me that easily

2HokiesIn1's picture 2HokiesIn1
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| 3 years 6 months #

Nearly had a 1000 yard season, had 9 TDs, First Team All-Conference.

I'll take him! Welcome, Mr. Jennings!

A decade on TKP and it's been time well spent.

757hokie83's picture 757hokie83
CLASS WAR VETERAN
| 3 years 6 months # ^

Now we just gotta get that man a QB

Edit: got that man a QB too?

Now finish up them taters; I'm gonna go fondle my sweaters.

KingJames's picture KingJames
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| 3 years 6 months # ^

Um check the other threads ...

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| 3 years 6 months #

Ka-pow!

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gobble gobble chumps's picture gobble gobble chumps
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| 3 years 6 months #

How many times on here have we talked about needing to establish a Highland Springs pipeline with Loren Johnson as the HC there?

This commitment by Ali Jennings plus Takye Heath and Braylon Jennings means Pry has landed more Springers already than Fuente did (two)

"Why gobble gobble chumps asks such good questions, I will never know." - TheFifthFuller

gobble gobble chumps's picture gobble gobble chumps
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| 3 years 6 months # ^

Good catch!! I just went by what 247 was reporting for scholarship players

"Why gobble gobble chumps asks such good questions, I will never know." - TheFifthFuller

McHokie540's picture McHokie540
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| 3 years 6 months # ^

Yea, really excited to see this. HS and Oscar Smith used to be our bread and butter. Needs to be that way again.

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Wagoneer's picture Wagoneer
I LIKE PANCAKES.
| 3 years 6 months #

Is this the commitment video that was being put together the other night?? Regardless, this is very exciting. Keep the momentum going!

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one click shows Wagoneer's been around TKP for 7 years. Sheesh. Everyone take a nap, have a snickers or something.

Chazz Michael Michaelzz's picture Chazz Michael Michaelzz
| 3 years 6 months #

Two months and a day ago, I commented one of French's reviews wondering if VT was recruiting Jennings:

For instance, ODU's Ali Jennings is one of the top WRs in the nation right now. He's from Highland Springs but went to WVU then transferred to ODU. Now I don't know if he'll be eligible to transfer without sitting out a year--it will depend on if he graduates-- but if he is, he would seemingly be the type of player that VT would want to recruit via the portal. And he has an established relationship with Fontel Mines from his time at ODU. Is VT currently talking to Highland Springs about Jennings? Has Mines been talking to Jennings family? Idk, but I surely hope so. But of course, Jennings may have a good enough year he may go straight to the NFL.

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Glad it came to fruition and I wonder how much proxy recruiting was involved in getting him here and when it started. This is a great get for the Hokies. And Fontel Mines has now recruited him twice through the portal.

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VTCCA99's picture VTCCA99
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| 3 years 6 months # ^

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hokie07ME's picture hokie07ME | 3 years 6 months #

If you can't beat 'em, get them to Join you?

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hokienator's picture hokienator | 3 years 6 months # ^

seeing this about an ODU player made me cry again

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Vtkey's picture Vtkey
| 3 years 6 months # ^

At this point, we can't be too proud to fix things.

We need to be the best we can be, and we need to fix our Virginia connections.

Pry and company are doing a great job.

NCHokieMan's picture NCHokieMan | 3 years 6 months # ^

Considering how bad this team was, I'll take not losing to Liberty and (technically) UVa.

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Bragghokie's picture Bragghokie
| 3 years 6 months #

If you don't want to recruit clowns, don't run a clown show.

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french60wasp's picture french60wasp
| 3 years 6 months #

Good frame, can go up and win 50/50s. Very productive despite having a garbage QB and OL. Plus, more connectivity for Commonwealth recruiting, as he is a Highland Springs product that slipped by/was underrecruited by the last staff.

Five star get after it 100 percent Juice Key-Playing. MAN

gobble gobble chumps's picture gobble gobble chumps
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| 3 years 6 months # ^

He and WR Antwane Wells were the same class coming out of Highland Springs. If you'll recall, we were in for Wells as a portal transfer out of JMU before he went to USCe where he had a really good year. Nice to finally be working the recruiting connections we should have been all along

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theMattBoard's picture theMattBoard
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| 3 years 6 months #

I just bought my ODU season tickets so I'm taking credit for this one. My clever NIL money via other universities' athletics funds is paying off.

You're welcome.

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99Hokies03's picture 99Hokies03 | 3 years 6 months #

The Virginian-Pilot now reporting that his transfer may be delayed.
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Reports surfacing that he may be stuck in the elevator.

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HokieEnginerd's picture HokieEnginerd | 3 years 6 months # ^

dragone's picture dragone | 3 years 6 months # ^

Let's Go

HOKIES

fernleyhokie's picture fernleyhokie
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| 3 years 6 months # ^

quality post

lepakkkkk's picture lepakkkkk | 3 years 6 months # ^

papilgee4evaeva's picture papilgee4evaeva | 3 years 6 months # ^

No, I *don't* want to go to the SEC. Why do you ask?

We don't love dem Hoos.

bar1990's picture bar1990
ATLIEN
| 3 years 6 months #

ON3 says he's making $153k in NIL 💪🏼💰
Correction: His NIL 'value' is $153, not his earning.

VAtoSCHokie's picture VAtoSCHokie
| 3 years 6 months #

gobble gobble chumps's picture gobble gobble chumps
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| 3 years 6 months #

Jennings was given a 92 rating by 247 -- really good get by this staff

"Why gobble gobble chumps asks such good questions, I will never know." - TheFifthFuller

HorseOnATreadmill's picture HorseOnATreadmill
| 3 years 6 months # ^

Yes this a great get.

But knowing our luck the No. 1 tranfer WR was like Kaleb Smith or something.

Vtkey's picture Vtkey
| 3 years 6 months # ^

I'd rather have the No. 2 transfer who wanted to be here.

NamesJohn's picture NamesJohn | 3 years 6 months # ^

I mean currently (as of this morning) mr. smith was somewhere around .82 (no rerank) and while Ali is shown at .92 I haven't seen him on the "ranking page" where he would be tied (with at least 4 other dudes) for "2nd"

I'm still figuring this out.