2022: First-Team All-Sun Belt ... Phil Steele Honorable Mention All-American and First-Team All-Sun Belt ... Led the team with 54 receptions for 959 yards and nine touchdowns ... Third in the country and led the Sun Belt with 106.6 yards per game ... Led the Sun Belt with nine touchdowns ... Had five, 100-yard receiving games ... Had a stretch of seven-straight games with a touchdown ... Caught five passes for 122 yards in the opener against Virginia Tech ... Had eight receptions for 200 yards and three touchdowns at ECU ... Registered seven receptions for 97 yards and a touchdown at UVA ... Caught four passes for 140 yards and a touchdown, including a career-long 77-yard touchdown ... Had eight catches for 129 yards and a score against Liberty ... In the win at Coastal, caught six passes for 87 yards and a touchdown ... Had nine receptions for 130 yards and a touchdown against Georgia Southern ... Had three grabs for 24 yards and a TD at Georgia State.
2021: Conference USA Honorable Mention ... Started all 13 games at wide receiver ... Finished second on the team with 62 receptions and led the squad with 1,066 receiving yards ... His 1,066 was the third most by an ODU player in program history ... His 17.2 yards per catch was fifth most in a single-season in ODU history ... Ranked fifth in C-USA in receiving yards and yards per game, and 32nd in the country in receiving yards and 34th with 82 yards per game ... Caught 16 passes in the first six games and 46 in the final seven games ... Recorded three, 100-yard receiving games, and had one with 99 yards ... Caught two passes for 17 yards in the opener at Wake Forest ... Had two receptions for 45 yards in the win over Hampton ... Had one grab for four yards at Liberty ... Caught seven passes for 68 yards against Buffalo ... Caught three passes for 44 yards and a touchdown at UTEP ... Recorded one catch for a 33-yard touchdown at Marshall ... Caught a career-best 13 passes for 172 yards against WKU ... Notched four receptions for 43 yards versus Louisiana Tech ... Caught six passes for 69 yards in the win at FIU ... Caught four passes for 99 yards in the triumph over FAU ... Had four receptions for 146 yards at Middle Tennessee ... His receptions at MTSU went for gains of 19, 24, 43 and 60 yards. The 60-yarder was his longest of the season ... He registered nine catches for 252 yards and three touchdowns in the bowl eligibility clinching win over Charlotte ... The three TD grabs tied a school record, while the 252 receiving yards was the second most in school history, behind the 271 yards by Nick Mayers against New Hampshire in 2012 ... Caught six passes for 74 yards against Tulsa in the Myrtle Beach Bowl.
Transfer from West Virginia
2020: Played in eight games at WVU ... Caught seven passes for 48 yards and a touchdown.
2019: Played in 11 games, starting three at wide receiver ... Had 19 receptions for 192 yards and a touchdown.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned VHSL All-State First Team, All-Richmond Metro Area First Team, All-Class 5A (Region B) First Team Offense selection ... In 2018, he caught 40 passes for 874 yards and seven touchdowns ... Helped lead Highland Springs to a perfect 15-0 record and the 2018 VHSL Group 5A State Championship, defeating Stone Bridge, 37-26 ... Selected to the North roster of the 2018 Virginia Big River Rivalry All-Star Game ... Rated as a three-star prospect by ESPN, rivals and 247Sports ... Ranked No. 19 in the state of Virginia by rivals, No. 28 by ESPN, No. 29 by 247Sports ... Rated the No. 78 receiver in the nation by rivals and No. 122 by 247Sports
PERSONAL: Son of Ronald Jennings Jr. and Donna Wilson ... Full name is Ronald Ali Jennings III ... One brother, Dee Wilson, and one sister, Ali'ana Jennings ... Majoring in leadership.
ALI JENNINGS CAREER STATS
Year | Games | Receptions | Yards | TD's | Long | Avg. |
2019* | 11 | 19 | 192 | 1 | 30 | 10.1 |
2020* | 8 | 7 | 48 | 1 | 14 | 6.8 |
2021 | 13 | 66 | 1066 | 5 | 60 | 17.2 |
2022 | 12 | 54 | 959 | 9 | 77 | 17.8 |
TOTAL | 44 | 146 | 2265 | 16 | 77 | 15.5 |
*At West Virginia