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Jauan Jennings’ second career playoff TD came on a "sky bang reverse pass"

Published Jan 12, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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Jauan Jennings was a four-star, dual-threat quarterback recruit out of high school, ranked ahead of Sam Darnold, Joe Burrow and Lamar Jackson. The 49ers wide receiver threw a 21-yard touchdown pass to Christian McCaffrey in the team's 25-22 Super Bowl LVIII loss to the Chiefs.He threw another touchdown, this one a 29-yarder to McCaffrey, that gave the 49ers a 17-16 lead early in the fourth quarter on Sunday. The 49ers won 23-19."I was just thinking, â??Get the ball, execute, tuck the ball away, make the defense think I'm running it," Jennings said, via Kirk Larrabee of 49erswebzone.com. "And I saw Christian get open and [made] the right pass." Offensive coordinator Klay Kubiak suggested running "sky bang reverse pass," a play the team hadn't run since 2019 when wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders threw a touchdown to running back Raheem Mostert in a game against the Saints. They had the play in mind earlier in the game, setting it up with a sweep to wide receiver Skyy Moore.On the double-reverse pass play, Moore took the handoff from Brock Purdy, tossed it to Jennings on a reverse before Jennings threw it to McCaffrey. Jennings drew a...

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