Jerry Jeudy has been selected no. 15 overall by the Denver Broncos. Jeudy played college football at the University of Alabama. As a sophomore in 2018, he was awarded the Fred Biletnikoff Award as the nation’s best wide receiver. Jeudy attended Deerfield Beach High School in Deerfield Beach, Florida. As a senior in 2016, he had 76 receptions for 1,054 yards and 15 touchdowns. Jeudy was rated as a five star recruit, the third highest rated wide receiver in the country.
Jeudy was a unanimous pre-season All-American heading into his junior year, and a favorite to repeat as the Biletnikoff Award winner. Numerous publications named him among the best returning players in the country, and he was listed on several Heisman Trophy watchlists.
Jeudy was the Crimson Tide’s leading receiver in each of their first two games, finishing with 137 yards and a touchdown in the season opener against Duke, and 103 yards and three touchdowns against New Mexico State the following week. Jeudy eclipsed 100 yards in only two more games during the regular season, in part due to the season-ending injury of quarterback Tua Tagovailoa.
He finished the regular season with 959 yards receiving and 9 touchdowns and was again named first-team All-SEC. He capped off his junior season with six receptions for 204 yards and a touchdown in the Crimson Tide’s win over Michigan in the Citrus Bowl.
On January 4th, Jeudy announced he would forgo his senior season and enter the 2020 NFL Draft. He finished his career at Alabama with 159 total receptions, good for 2,742 yards and 26 total touchdowns.
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