Seahawks' Gary Jennings: Russell Wilson Coached My YMCA Basketball Team

Wide receiver Gary Jennings will start his NFL career with a quarterback he knows from his days in elementary school. 

After the Seattle Seahawks selected Jennings in the fourth round of the 2019 NFL draft Saturday, he told reporters about his experience with Russell Wilson coaching his basketball team:

"I went to Collegiate K through 8, and he was in high school at the time. It was a K-through-12 school. Growing up in that school, I used to see him play quarterback. He was an amazing quarterback back in the day. I saw him run back and forth across the field, and someone was always wide open. They basically won state every year he was there."

Wilson seemed to remember Jennings based on his Twitter post after Seattle made the pick:

Jennings said he believes he was in fourth grade at the time Wilson was serving as a coach.

Now, Jennings will be able to learn the intricacies of the NFL game from Wilson.