Tanner Gentry
Tanner Gentry (born December 18, 1994) is an American football wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills. He played college football at Wyoming, and signed with the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2017.
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Born: | December 18, 1994 Aurora, Colorado | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 209 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Grandview (Aurora, Colorado) | ||||||||
| College: | Wyoming | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2017 | ||||||||
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| Roster status: | Reserve/Future | ||||||||
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High school career
Gentry played high school football at Grandview High School (Aurora, Colorado) where he was selected by The Denver Post to the All-Colorado team for all classifications and First Team All-State Class 5A as a wide receiver in 2012 as a Senior.
College career
Coming out of high school, Gentry was ranked as the number 15 recruit in the state of Colorado by Rivals.com and 23rd in the state of Colorado by 247Sports.com.
In 2014, Gentry appeared in all 12 games with 3 starts receiving for 435 yards and 2 touchdowns for the Cowboys.
in 2015 Gentry appeared in only 7 games before suffering a shoulder injury that sidelined him for the rest of the season. At the time of the Injury, Gentry was leading the Mountain West in receiving yards.
In 2016 Gentry was selected to the 2016 All-Mountain West Second Team with 72 receptions for 1,326 yards and 14 touchdowns, marking the first time since 2005 that a Cowboy receiver had 1,000 receiving yards in a single season. He was quarterback Josh Allen's top target that year.[1]
Professional career
Chicago Bears
Gentry signed with the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent on May 11, 2017.[2] He was waived on September 2, and was signed to the Bears' practice squad the next day.[3][4] On September 12, Gentry was promoted to the active roster.[5] On September 17, in the 29–7 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Gentry had two receptions for 27 yards in his NFL debut in Week 2.[6] He was waived on September 19, 2017 and was re-signed to the Bears' practice squad the next day.[7] He was promoted back to the active roster on October 11, 2017.[8] He was waived on November 11, 2017 and was re-signed to the practice squad.[9] He signed a reserve/future contract with the Bears on January 1, 2018.[10]
On September 1, 2018, Gentry was waived by the Bears and was signed to the practice squad the next day.[11][12] He signed a reserve/future contract with the Bears on January 8, 2019.[13]
On August 31, 2019, Gentry was waived by the Bears.[14]
New York Guardians
In October 2019, Gentry was selected by the New York Guardians in the third round of the 2020 XFL Draft.[15] He was placed on injured reserve before the start of the season on January 21, 2020.[16][17] He was activated from injured reserve on February 26, 2020.[18] He had his contract terminated when the league suspended operations on April 10, 2020.[19]
Buffalo Bills
On January 4, 2021, Gentry was signed to the Buffalo Bills practice squad.[20] On January 26, 2021, Gentry signed a reserves/futures contract with the Bills.[21]
References
- "Wyoming's Josh Allen adapts to life after Tanner Gentry". USA TODAY. August 17, 2017. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
- Mayer, Larry (May 11, 2017). "Bears sign 13 undrafted rookies". ChicagoBears.com.
- Mayer, Larry (September 2, 2017). "Bears reach NFL's 53-man roster limit". ChicagoBears.com. Archived from the original on September 4, 2017.
- Mayer, Larry (September 4, 2017). "Bears sign Jenkins, nine to practice squad". ChicagoBears.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2017.
- Mayer, Larry (September 12, 2017). "Freeman joins White on injured reserve". ChicagoBears.com.
- "Chicago Bears at Tampa Bay Buccaneers - September 17th, 2017". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
- Mayer, Larry (September 19, 2017). "Roster Moves: Bears elevate Houston-Carson, waive Gentry". ChicagoBears.com.
- Mayer, Larry (October 11, 2017). "Roster Moves: Bears add Gentry to roster, release Thompson". ChicagoBears.com.
- "Bears waive receiver Tanner Gentry, promote linebacker Jonathan Anderson". ChicagoTribune.com. November 11, 2017.
- "Bears sign seven players to reserve/future contracts". 247Sports.com. January 2, 2018.
- Mayer, Larry (September 1, 2018). "Bears announce 53-man roster". ChicagoBears.com.
- Mayer, Larry (September 3, 2018). "Roster moves: Bears sign 10 to practice squad". ChicagoBears.com.
- Mayer, Larry (January 8, 2019). "Bears sign 10 to reserve/future contracts". ChicagoBears.com.
- Mayer, Larry (August 31, 2019). "Chicago Bears announce 53-man roster". Chicago Bears. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
- Bender, Bill (October 21, 2019). "XFL Draft picks 2019: Complete results, rosters, players for new football league". Sporting News. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
- Talbot, Damond (January 22, 2020). "A Full List of XFL Roster Cuts, Who was released today?". NFLDraftDiamonds.com. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
- "XFL Injured Reserve". XFL.com. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- "XFL Transactions". XFL.com. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
- Condotta, Bob (April 10, 2020). "XFL suspends operations, terminates all employees, but Jim Zorn says he has hopes league will continue". SeattleTimes.com. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
- "Bills sign Kenny Stills and Tanner Gentry to the practice squad". BuffaloBills.com. January 4, 2021.
- "Bills signed these 13 players to reserve/future contracts". www.buffalobills.com. January 26, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.