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The Pittsburgh Steelers have worked out West Virginia University wide receiver Gary Jennings, according to Aaron Wilson of The Houston Chronicle.
Jennings is coming off of an impressive senior campaign in which he hauled in 54 receptions for 917 yards and 13 touchdowns.
The Stafford, Va. native arrived at West Virginia in 2015 and had a very quiet freshman season, logging just seven catches for 116 yards and a score. He put up similar numbers during his sophomore year, as he finished with 10 catches for 165 yards while reaching the end zone twice.
Jennings then finally broke out during his junior season, as he caught 97 passes for 1,096 yards and a touchdown.
At 6-foot-2 and 215 pounds, Jennings has good size, but what is most impressive about the wide out is his athleticism, as he ran a 4.42 40-yard dash at the Scouting Combine.
Draft Network analyst Joe Marino likes Jennings, but still thinks he has some work to do to become a real threat on the NFL level.
“Jennings has filled a variety of roles for the Mountaineers across his four seasons, but his most effective usage came in 2018 where he worked from the slot and served as a deep threat,” wrote Marino. “It’s there where his speed and ball tracking skills are maximized and his lack of technique running routes on the horizontal plane and defeating press coverage are mitigated. Jennings should provide quality depth at the next level but he needs technical evolution to be a featured component of the passing game.”
The Steelers do have JuJu Smith-Schuster leading the receiving corps, but they are still trying to fill the gap left by Antonio Brown, who Pittsburgh traded to the Oakland Raiders last month.
