Before he was Jeu, JJ4, The Juker, The Man, Jerry Jeudy had another nickname in Broward County prep circles: The Meal Ticket.
“When you covered him and you did good,” Marquise Waters explained, “you’d gain a lot of recognition from the scouts, the scouts who didn’t know you.”
About four springs ago, Jeudy, the Broncos’ first-round draft pick and former Alabama wideout, and Waters, a safety at Duke, were peers — south Florida prospects who found themselves matched up, 1-on-1, at a 7-on-7 tournament.
Jeudy was to wideouts what Johnny Ringo was to gunslingers — the baddest hombre on the block.