Jennings named Gatorade Maryland Football Player of the Year
Gilman senior Darius Jennings was named the Gatorade Maryland Football Player of the Year Thursday.
Jennings, an All-Metro first-team selection last season as an athlete, was the No. 2 Greyhounds' quarterback, rushing for 1,592 yards on 165 carries. He also was 29-for-50 passing for 425 yards and three touchdowns — two of them in the season-ending 42-6 win over archrival McDonogh.He also returned five kickoffs for 220 yards and two touchdowns.
The 6-foot, 185-pound Jennings is the Greyhounds' all-time leading rusher with 4,338 yards on 493 carries with 53 touchdowns. He was named an Under Armour All-American and will play in the Under Armour All-American game Jan. 5 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Jennings is undecided on college, but has narrowed his list to Ohio State, UCLA, Maryland, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest.
“I’m amazed at what Jennings is able to do,” DeMatha Coach Bill McGregor said in a news release. “We’ve played him two years in a row and ‘held’ him to about 550 yards rushing. There’s nothing you can do to stop him, and we worked very hard to try and find a way.”
Jennings is the third Greyhound to win the award following Leon Newsome in 1987 and Victor Abiamiri in 2002.
