STRENGTHS
Jerry has the size and length and Velcro-like hands to be a potential franchise receiver for the team that selects him. He has those long legs that give him the long speed to go deep and the quick feet to make those short routes impossible to defend him. He is a smart receiver and a very good route runner. Jerry works hard on the route running techniques needed to separate from his defenders. He has excellent run after the catch skills because of his quickness and speed. Jerry has a good catch radius and does an excellent job adjusting to the ball in the air to make the difficult catch. He will run every route on the route tree and is fearless going over the middle on slant routes. Right now, coming out from the college level, Jerry is an impact receiver who can break the big play with the potential to be a franchise receiver if he keeps working on some little issues.
CONCERNS
There are small, nitpicking details that will decide if Jerry is a potential “impact” receiver or a potential “franchise” receiver. One of them is to improve his blocking. He is lackadaisical at times and doesn’t stay or finish his blocks because when he engages he doesn’t continue to move those quick feet of his. He also has to build up his upper body so that he won’t get moved off his routes and needs to get better at using his hands to get off the line of scrimmage into his routes even faster. Of course, he needs to learn to read defenses and the blitz like a quarterback to understand when to break off his routes. Jerry is smart and I have no doubt he will improve in all of these nitpicking concerns.
BOTTOM LINE 1.77
Jerry’s talent is obvious and you must know by now what I say when you see the obvious you draft the obvious. He is quick, fast and smart with excellent hands to catch the ball. He has good size and can play any of the receiver positions because of his high football IQ. Jerry looks on film to be a bit quiet but also shows the competitive nature in his play that is needed to keep improving and getting even better than he is right now. There is a belief/rule, that you can get “any” kind of receiver at any point in the draft but remember, there is always an exception to every rule. The exception is, are you just looking for “any” kind of a receiver or are you in the business of selecting the best receiver? Jerry might be that exception because he isn’t just “any” kind of receiver. He’s an impact receiver with the potential to be a franchise receiver. For those of you new to reading my profiles, an impact receiver is the type of receiver that can make the big play at any point in the game but a franchise receiver is the receiver you go to when everyone in the stadium knows he is getting the ball and they double team him and he still catches the contested pass and moves the chains or scores the go-ahead TD. There is a difference and franchise receivers come in all sizes and athletic talent.
