Pennington grew up in Versailles, Kentucky and attended Sayre School where he lettered in football and basketball. During his high school career, he led the Spartans with a 16-4 all-time record and threw for over 4,000 yards and scored 56 total touchdowns with a 70% completion percentage.[1] He was a three-star rated recruit and committed to play college football at Marshall University over offers from Akron, Ball State, Eastern Kentucky and UT Martin.[2]
College career
Pennington was redshirted during his true freshman season in 2022, as he only saw action in two games.[3]
During the 2023 season, he played in four games and started three of them, finishing the season with completing 64 out of 112 passing attempts for 695 yards.[4] He became the starting quarterback during a game against Coastal Carolina after an injury from Cam Fancher, where Pennington completed 12 out of 23 passing attempts for 77 yards and two interceptions.[5] During the 2023 Frisco Bowl, he completed 15 out 33 passing attempts for 258 yards as the starting quarterback. [6]
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