Wide Receivers
Posted on January 22, 2007
About 2 weeks left in recruiting so I better wrap up this and get on to 2008. The wide receiver position for the Horned Frogs has a solid group returning for 2007, but needed a big possession receiver which came with the committment from Jonathan Jones of Everman. At 6-4, 195 pounds with a 4.6 in the forty and a 34″ vertical Jones has the tools to go a long way. He was a full-time player for Everman at the safety, wide receiver and special teams positions, but TCU wants his big play ability on the offense. In 2006 he had only 17 receptions but 7 were for TDs and he averaged 23.9 yards per catch and was named 1st team all-district as both a wide receiver and a defensive back.
Along with Jones, Jeremy Kerley of Hutto will get a shot at wide receiver for the Horned Frogs. Kerley is 5-10, 170 pounds with 4.47 speed in the forty, a 34″ vertical and has plenty of playmaking ability as demonstrated by his being named his district’s Offensive MVP. Kerley is one of those truly great athletes and is a former all-state defender, district defensive MVP and overall MVP, starting point guard on the basketball team, state qualifier in the triple jump, and a possible selection in the 2007 amateur baseball draft (90MPH fastball, .433 batting average and a tremendous center fielder). TCU fans are looking forward to seeing his talents displayed in the coming years in several sports.
While TCU appears to be complete at the WR position the staff will hold a scholarship open for another playmaker that may opt for TCU in the coming weeks, however it will be difficult to impossible to surpass to skills of these two fine recruits.
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is kerley going to play baseball for us too?
If he doesn’t sign a pro contract I expect he will which is one of the things that attracted him to TCU. If he does sign his intention is to play football and graduate.
Alonzo Adams was the #2 WR in the Houston area and has a excellent GPA. I think that it is a injustice and a slap in the face for High School sports for Alonzo to be recruited as shabby as he was. Tyler Junior College has welcomed Alonzo with open arms. Alonzo was probably the most under-rated player at the East-West game in Florida, but he proved everyone wrong as he will in College.
Meanwhile, his twin sister Alicia Adams is being recruited in a far more disturbing way than Alonzo. Alicia has gone to the Junior Olympics every year in track, is an excellent basketball player, is an excellent vollyball player, and has a very good GPA.
Kevin, thanks for the comments. Don’t know that it is true that Alonzo Adams was recruited shabbily, at least not by TCU. Unfortunately with TCU it was a numbers situation and they needed one of the 2 WRs to be big and Kerley was the other.
The coaches did persue a JUCO WR for experience, especially next year but in the end there wasn’t room for Adams. I agree that he will do well and not sure why he didn’t find a place with at least 1 Div1 school and hopefully he will show everyone that they messed up.
hello my name is deshaun ivy, in i live in dallas,tx, in i was trying to get myself back in sports,in i was trying to see, if it was too late.
DeShaun:
Thanks for stopping by. Can you give us a little more information about yourself, especially year graduated from high school and whether or not you have ever enrolled in college, including JUCO and if so when.