Punter
No. 13
St. Lawrence
"Signed by the Giants as a free agent in August 1974 after he had been cut by the Houston Oilers, Jennings battled incumbent Tom Blanchard for the punting job through the preseason campaign and won himself a job as Blanchard was waived and subsequently picked up by New Orleans.
In his first appearance for the Giants, Jennings averaged 44.6 on seven punts against the Redskins, and in a 14-6 win over Dallas two weeks later punted six times for a 46.0 average on high boomers to keep the Cowboys pinned in their own territory. He finished the year with a 39.8 average on 68 attempts with two blocked, and did well on angling his kicks. Dave was named to the All-NFL Rookie team by UPI, Pro Football Weekly and the Pro Football Writers.
Last year, Dave upped his average to 40.9 and led the NFL in kicking out of bounds inside the 20-yard line. He again had a big day in Dallas, averaging 53.2 in that one game- the second highest one-game average in club history.
Dave did not play high school football at Garden City High School in Garden City, New York, but got into it at St. Lawrence where he was a basketball letterman. He earned three varsity letters as a punter and had a 41.7 average in college, winning All-Conference honors.
David Tuthill Jennings was born in New York City and now lives in Connecticut. He worked one summer at the Sheraton Park Plaza Hotel in New Haven where the Giants stayed. He is a diehard Boston Celtic fan and is a third cousin of Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk. Dave worked during the off-season as a member of the Giants' Speakers Bureau."
-1976 New York Giants Media Guide
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