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BACK HOME, HIS NAME HAS
BECOME A VERB. ON FIELDS
THROUGHOUT SOUTH FLORIDA’S
BROWARD COUNTY, ASPIRING
PLAYERS OF EVERY AGE HAVE
TAKEN TO STUTTER-STEPPING,
DEAD-LEGGING, SPINNING,
JUKING AND JITTERBUGGING
AS THEY IMITATE THEIR
FAVOR I T E WI DE R E CEI V E R.
WHERE EARLIER GENERATIONS
OF WIDEOUTS HOLLERED
“YOU GOT MOSSED!” WHILE
EMBARR ASSING OPPOSING
DEFENSIVE BACKS, KIDS TODAY
ARE ALL TRYING TO JEUDY.Jevon Glenn sees the craze up close. As a youth foot-
ball fixture and coach at Deerfield Beach High, where
Jerry Jeudy dropped jaws and broke ankles before heading
to Alabama in 2017, Glenn is constantly issuing admon-
ishments for dancing in place during practice instead of
running drills. Hey, we don’t have time for you to sit there
and be Jeudying. Even so, Glenn admits, the arrival of
Jeudy (the verb) has made a positive impact. Who better
to learn from than Jeudy (the human) about the art of
coming off the line of scrimmage?
“From little league all the way up to my seniors,”
Glenn says, “when they work on their releases, they call
it Jeudying. He’s the release king.”
Even in a loaded position group that threatens the
record for first-round receivers in an NFL draft (six), the
6' 1", 192-pound Jeudy stands alone for his ability to shed
coverage—selling fakes better than a back-alley watch
dealer, with a Ph.D.-level command of the route tree. As
expected, replicating this isn’t easy for teens. Adds Glenn,
“Most of them fall after they get done Jeudying.”
Countless DBs can relate. Viral footage of their demises
is readily available. In one video from a 2016 Florida GatorsFIT TO BE TIDE
Playing alongside a trio
of NFL-caliber wideouts,
Jeudy had 1,000-yard,
10-TD seasons as a
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