

Jennings, though, had a desire to conclude his collegiate career where it began. There were opportunities to leave and spend his final season of eligibility elsewhere.

I bounced back and I think that I have made the most of it.” “I knew that I needed to get out of that mindset because you don’t want to start feeling sorry for yourself. “I was thinking and wondering, ‘Why me?’” he said. Suddenly, his positive outlook was wavering a bit. He faced a major hurdle, though, when he suffered a broken leg at Louisville early last season. While disappointed at not winning more games, Jennings continued to plug away and be a solid teammate. Instead, the Bulls entered 2023 with a string of four straight losing seasons, including an unsightly 4-29 the past three years. “I thought it would be like that every year.” “Playing in a bowl as a freshman was a neat experience,” he said.