Born July 10, 1997, in Cowan, Tennessee, Bennie Jauan Jennings attended Blackman High School in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, where he played quarterback before converting to wide receiver in college. A four-star recruit, he committed to the University of Tennessee, where he played for the Volunteers from 2015 to 2019 under head coaches Butch Jones and Jeremy Pruitt. Despite being dismissed from the team in 2017 after a wrist injury and a disciplinary issue, he was reinstated by Pruitt and earned a medical redshirt for the lost season. Jennings mad…