2025 Football Roster
Jersey Number 17
Zae Jennings
- Position:
- Nickel Safety
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 192
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- High School:
- Winton Woods
2024 (Fr.)
- Played in 12 games
- Added depth at Spear
- Finished with three solo tackles
- Recorded solo tackles against UAlbany, at Arizona and against Baylor
- Enrolled at WVU in January 2024
High School
- Played for coach Chad Murphy at Winton Woods High
- 2023 Ohio Prep Sports Writers Association (OPSWA) Second-Team Division II All-Ohio selection
- Two-time All-Southwest Ohio and two-time All-Conference performer
- Team captain
- 2023 All-Eastern Cincinnati Conference First-Team honoree
- Finished senior season with 25 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, four pass breakups, one sack and one fumble recovery
- Led Winton Woods to an 8-4 record and the second round of the Division II OHSAA Playoffs
- Had 194 carries for 847 yards and eight touchdowns
- Completed 30-of-66 passes for 393 yards and three touchdowns
- 2022 All-Greater Miami Conference First-Team selection, while playing at Colerain High
- 2022 OPSWA Division I All-Southwest District Second-Team selection
- Had 1,346 all-purpose yards as a junior at Colerain
- Rated a three-star prospect according to 247Sports, On3, Rivals and ESPN
- 247Sports ranks him as the No. 110 athlete and the No. 30 player in the state of Ohio
- On3 puts him in as the No. 30 athlete and the No. 53 player in the state of Ohio
- ESPN tabs him as the No. 130 athlete and the No. 52 player in the state of Ohio
- Rivals evaluates him as the No. 42 player in the state of Ohio
Personal
- Son of Eric and Shernell Taylor
- Majoring in sport management
- Big 12 Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
TV Highlights: Houston Game
Sunday, November 02
Scotty Fox Jr. | Nov. 1
Saturday, November 01
Diore Hubbard | Nov. 1
Saturday, November 01
Jordan Scruggs | Nov. 1
Saturday, November 01
