49ers receiver Jauan Jennings made NFL history Sunday by becoming the second player to throw a touchdown pass and catch a touchdown pass in the same Super Bowl.
Call the play the “San Fran Special” and call Jauan Jennings a could’ve-been MVP.
Jennings made NFL history Sunday by becoming the second player to throw a touchdown pass and catch a touchdown pass in the same Super Bowl, when he executed a trick play late in the second quarter and then crossed the goal line for the go-ahead score early in the fourth quarter for the 49ers.
Alas, the 49ers lost, 25-22, to the 49ers in overtime.
After 25 minutes of little-to-no action in Super Bowl 2024, head coach and play-caller Kyle Shanahan dug into his bag of tricks and called on Jennings to give the 49ers the spark needed to build a 10-point second-quarter lead on the Chiefs.
Jennings caught a lateral from Brock Purdy and tossed the ball back across the field to Christian McCaffrey, who was set up with a convoy of patient blockers.
The throw was a bit of a duck but did the trick when McCaffrey accelerated, split two defenders and ran 21 yards to the end zone to make up for his earlier lost fumble.
