Jerry Jeudy's Road to the NFL Draft

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🗓️ 21 April 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Poised to be the No. 1 wide receiver picked in this year's NFL Draft, Alabama's Jerry Jeudy is sought after for his speed and explosiveness. He has also endured family tragedy alongside football success. Following the loss of his 7-year-old sister, Jeudy became a college star, and is now preparing to enter the NFL. Ahead of Thursday's first round, ESPN's Liz Merrill shares Jeudy's story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Jerry Judy out of Alabama in 20 years of evaluating receivers.
0:05.2	He's the best route runner I've ever seen.
0:07.5	The team that drafts him somewhere in the top 10 picks is going to get a receiver
0:10.8	whose plug and play ready and is going to be the number one receiver and is going to be a star in the league for a long time.
0:18.6	In a draft class that's absolutely loaded with talented wide receivers, Jerry Judy might
0:24.1	just be the first one off the board. The Alabama Jr.'s combination of explosiveness and
0:29.8	precision route running made him a familiar sight in SEC end zones and endeared him to
0:34.8	NFL scouts. But what's less known is Judy's path off the field, from the South Florida streets where he
0:41.7	played alongside a young Lamar Jackson to the tragedy that drives him to this day.
0:47.7	Today, get to know a quiet superstar who could make serious noise in the NFL.
0:54.0	I'm any kind. It's Tuesday, April 21st. This is ESPN Daily.
1:00.8	Hello. Liz, you're a little quiet. Do you think you can get a little bit closer? Yes. How's that?
1:06.7	Perfect. Okay. I'm going to hold it just like I can't, I'm not going to move. I get sort of casual and I kind of move around. I'm not going to move at all. So I'm going to hold it. I'm not going to move. I get sort of casual and I kind of move around.
1:13.1	I'm not going to move at all.
1:14.2	So I'm going to stay like this.
1:16.3	Liz Merrill is a senior NFL writer for ESPN.
1:19.4	Just think, Liz.
1:20.2	If you're having this much trouble, how much trouble will GMs have during the virtual draft?
1:25.8	You couldn't hear me because my headphones were balled up into a giant disaster,
1:31.4	so I have no room to talk.
1:33.5	Liz, this year's wide receiver class is absolutely stacked.
1:38.0	But on many draft boards, Jerry Judy out of Alabama,
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