Anthony Jennings will not finish his career at LSU.
The quarterback was granted a release from his scholarship and will be able to play next year as a graduate student, the school announced.
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Jennings will finish his undergrad degree from LSU this summer before transferring.
Jennings started 13 games and was 9-4 record in those games over three seasons, mainly in 2014. He lost the 2015 starting job to Brandon Harris.
“Anthony did a lot of really good things for our program,” LSU coach Les Miles said.