{"id":20034,"date":"2024-05-14T15:42:20","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T19:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?post_type=wfsu-news&#038;p=20034"},"modified":"2024-05-21T14:41:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T18:41:59","slug":"florida-ams-terrell-jennings-signs-a-3-year-2-83-million-deal-with-the-new-england-patriots","status":"publish","type":"wfsu-news","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/florida-ams-terrell-jennings-signs-a-3-year-2-83-million-deal-with-the-new-england-patriots\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida A&amp;M&#8217;s Terrell Jennings signs a 3-year, $2.83 million deal with the New England Patriots"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-20034-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2024\/05\/web-famufb0514vr.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2024\/05\/web-famufb0514vr.mp3\">https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2024\/05\/web-famufb0514vr.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>A former Florida A&amp;M University running back is inking a new deal with the National Football League.<\/p>\n<p>Florida A&amp;M&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/terrell-jennings\/3874\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terrell Jennings<\/a> on Monday signed what his agent says is a contract worth nearly $3 million.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"Enh\" data-align-center>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-1, 225 pound running back from Duval County, Florida, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patriots.com\/news\/patriots-sign-four-rookie-free-agents-release-rb-ke-shawn-vaughn\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signed a deal<\/a> this week to play for the New England Patriots. Jennings, who led the Rattlers in rushing touchdowns in 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.wfsu.org\/wfsu-local-news\/2024-04-29\/nfl-draft-recap-former-fsu-and-famu-football-players-are-living-out-their-nfl-dreams\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attended the team\u2019s rookie mini camp<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The undrafted free agent signed a three-year, $2.83 million deal.<\/p>\n<p>Jennings played in 13 games in 2023 and had 120 rushing attempts for 704 yards and 10 touchdowns. The former Rattler finished his career at FAMU last season with nearly 2,000 yards and 24 touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"Enh\" data-align-center>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you father god I wouldn\u2019t be in this position without you,&#8221; Jennings wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>Monday\u2019s signage puts him one step closer towards making the Patriots\u2019 final 52-man roster. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2024 WFSU<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":20035,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[],"tags":[1136,1135],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Florida A&amp;M&#039;s Terrell Jennings signs a 3-year, $2.83 million deal with the New England Patriots - WFSU Local Routes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/florida-ams-terrell-jennings-signs-a-3-year-2-83-million-deal-with-the-new-england-patriots\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Florida A&amp;M&#039;s Terrell Jennings signs a 3-year, $2.83 million deal with the New England Patriots - WFSU Local Routes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jennings attended the Patriots rookie mini-camp this past weekend.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/florida-ams-terrell-jennings-signs-a-3-year-2-83-million-deal-with-the-new-england-patriots\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"WFSU Local Routes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-21T18:41:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ap24005663023483-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/florida-ams-terrell-jennings-signs-a-3-year-2-83-million-deal-with-the-new-england-patriots\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/florida-ams-terrell-jennings-signs-a-3-year-2-83-million-deal-with-the-new-england-patriots\/\",\"name\":\"Florida A&amp;M's Terrell Jennings signs a 3-year, $2.83 million deal with the New England Patriots - WFSU Local Routes\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-14T19:42:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-21T18:41:59+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/florida-ams-terrell-jennings-signs-a-3-year-2-83-million-deal-with-the-new-england-patriots\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/florida-ams-terrell-jennings-signs-a-3-year-2-83-million-deal-with-the-new-england-patriots\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/florida-ams-terrell-jennings-signs-a-3-year-2-83-million-deal-with-the-new-england-patriots\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Florida A&amp;M&#8217;s Terrell Jennings signs a 3-year, $2.83 million deal with the New England Patriots\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/\",\"name\":\"WFSU Local Routes\",\"description\":\"Local stories from northern Florida and southern Georgia.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Florida A&amp;M's Terrell Jennings signs a 3-year, $2.83 million deal with the New England Patriots - WFSU Local Routes","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/florida-ams-terrell-jennings-signs-a-3-year-2-83-million-deal-with-the-new-england-patriots\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Florida A&amp;M's Terrell Jennings signs a 3-year, $2.83 million deal with the New England Patriots - WFSU Local Routes","og_description":"Jennings attended the Patriots rookie mini-camp this past weekend.","og_url":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/florida-ams-terrell-jennings-signs-a-3-year-2-83-million-deal-with-the-new-england-patriots\/","og_site_name":"WFSU Local Routes","article_modified_time":"2024-05-21T18:41:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1707,"url":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ap24005663023483-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/florida-ams-terrell-jennings-signs-a-3-year-2-83-million-deal-with-the-new-england-patriots\/","url":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/florida-ams-terrell-jennings-signs-a-3-year-2-83-million-deal-with-the-new-england-patriots\/","name":"Florida A&amp;M's Terrell Jennings signs a 3-year, $2.83 million deal with the New England Patriots - WFSU Local Routes","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-05-14T19:42:20+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-21T18:41:59+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/florida-ams-terrell-jennings-signs-a-3-year-2-83-million-deal-with-the-new-england-patriots\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/florida-ams-terrell-jennings-signs-a-3-year-2-83-million-deal-with-the-new-england-patriots\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/florida-ams-terrell-jennings-signs-a-3-year-2-83-million-deal-with-the-new-england-patriots\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Florida A&amp;M&#8217;s Terrell Jennings signs a 3-year, $2.83 million deal with the New England Patriots"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/#website","url":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/","name":"WFSU Local Routes","description":"Local stories from northern Florida and southern Georgia.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wfsu-news\/20034"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wfsu-news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wfsu-news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}