But thats when Albert Jennings real battles were starting. A high school standout at defensive end and tight end, Albert turned down a scholarship offer from Nebraska because he and his future wife, Deborah, were expecting their first child. He enlisted in the Air Force, eventually retiring
Date: Sep 22, 2014
Category: Sports
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The speech involved a blessing, that of Jennings having two legs where his father had none. Diabetes, you see, claimed one of Albert Jennings legs when the running back was a freshman at Pitt. Doctors took the second one soon after that.
Albert Jennings, once a football prospect himself, has lost both legs to diabetes, the first when his son was a freshman at the University of Pittsburgh. Rashad Jennings transferred to Division I-AA Liberty University, much closer to his Virginia hometown, and still ended up in the NFL.