BIOGRAPHY
Tanner Gentry was born December 18, 1994, in Aurora, Colorado. He is a wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills in the NFL.
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.
Gentry signed with the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent on May 11, 2017. He was waived on September 2 and was signed to the Bears' practice squad the next day. On September 12, Gentry was promoted to the active roster. 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. He was waived on September 19, 2017, and was re-signed to the Bears' practice squad the next day. He was promoted back to the active roster on October 11, 2017. He was waived on November 11, 2017, and was re-signed to the practice squad. He signed a reserve/future contract with the Bears on January 1, 2018.
On September 1, 2018, Gentry was waived by the Bears and was signed to the practice squad the next day. He signed a reserve/future contract with the Bears on January 8, 2019. On August 31, 2019, Gentry was waived by the Bears. In October 2019, Gentry was selected by the New York Guardians in the third round of the 2020 XFL Draft. He was placed on injured reserve before the start of the season on January 21, 2020. He was activated from injured reserve on February 26, 2020. He had his contract terminated when the league suspended operations on April 10, 2020. On January 4, 2021, Gentry was signed to the Buffalo Bills practice squad. On January 26, 2021, Gentry signed a reserves/futures contract with the Bills.
