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After heeding family's advice, Jeremy Sangster blossoming as a junior linebacker for Southern Miss

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Jeremy Sangster’s 228 tackles as a junior at Louisville were second-most in the state. Fifth in the country, according to MaxPreps.

In 2013, his senior season, the Wildcats linebacker made another 161 stops — good enough for sixth in Mississippi.

Yet, there he sat on Jan. 29, 2014, sweating through the recruiting process. It was a Wednesday, exactly one week before National Signing Day and the only scholarship offers that had been extended to him were from junior college and SWAC programs. Mind you, there were quite a few 2-year schools in the running for his services, including several considered among the best in the country.