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Former Alabama wide receiver Jerry Jeudy is already turning heads as a member of the Denver Broncos. The No. 15 overall selection fro the 2020 NFL draft is now drawing comparisons to one of the top receivers in the league.

Broncos Pro Bowl cornerback A.J. Bouye has high praise for Jeudy, after spending sometime lined up against the Crimson Tide product at training camp, reports Aric DiLalla of DenverBroncos.com.

“When I watch Jerry Jeudy, he kind of reminds me a lot of Amari Cooper in Oakland with how he’s running his routes, especially when guys are playing off,” Bouye said. “… The stems that he showed, leverage and how he attacks everything — he gets your feet to stop and that’s when it’s over. I like seeing things like that. It’s just helping me game plan myself against him because you never know when other receivers are going to try and implement that.”

Jeudy, who was recognized in 2019 as college footballs best catch passer as the recipient of the Biletnikoff award, seems to already be performing as an NFL receiver without even playing a single snap.

“Being in the league for a while, I’ve seen a lot of rookie receivers come in and it seems like they don’t have it figured out,” Bouye said. “You can look at those two and tell — whether it’s in the offseason, coaching that they’ve had outside — they’re real polished in routes, especially Jeudy. He never gives you the same look every time and I’m loving going against him. He’s going to keep me true to my technique.”

Cooper, a fellow former member of the Crimson Tide, had an impressive rookie season in 2015 with the Oakland Raiders. In that season, Cooper totaled 1,070 yards off of 72 receptions for six touchdowns and an average of 14.9 yards per catch.

In his rookie season, Cooper was named to his first of four Pro Bowls. Those are hefty shoes for Jeudy to fill.

Roll Tide Wire will keep you updated on Jerry Jeudy as he makes his way into year No. 1 in the NFL with the Denver Broncos.

Former Alabama wide receiver Jerry Jeudy put football fans on notice during the 2018 college football season, he won the Biletnikoff award that year and his name has since become commonplace when discussing top collegiate receivers.

However, it’s now time to look at Jeudy’s capabilities at the professional level. Playing against some of the best defensive talent in the country, how will he fare?

Well, according to numerous reports, the No. 15 overall selection from the 2020 draft has been the star of the Denver Broncos training camp.

Zac Stevens of DNVR reports that Broncos head coach Vic Fangio had high praise for Jeudy today.

“Jerry’s come in here and he’s got good polish as a receiver comparing him to other rookie receivers coming out of college,” said Fangio. “He runs good routes. He’s got good change of direction, good hands. It was nice to see him making a couple of plays”

Alabama fans are accustomed to watching Jeudy scare opposing secondaries, but the Broncos defenders are just now getting a taste of it.

Benjamin Albright of KOAColorado tweeted, “Jeudy looks really really good. Just put LB Josey Jewell on skates.”

Broncos safety Kareem Jackson, who also played at the University of Alabama, shared his thoughts on Jeudy, as DNVR’s Andrew Mason reported.

“I think he did some great things today, caught a few balls,” said Jackson. “It’ll just be interesting to see how he progresses from day to day and see if he keeps up that pace through camp.”

Mason also tweeted out some thoughts of his own from training camp, calling Jeudy “mesmerizing.”

Jerry Juedy is mesmerizing. He creates two steps of separation with his cuts and if the ball is led right — as it was just now when Jeff Driskel hit him on a flag route — he plucks it out of the air easily.

— Andrew Mason (@MaseDenver) August 14, 2020

In a video tweeted by the Broncos, Jeudy can be seen making a catch and someone in the background yells, “Young Moss out there!”

Turning heads on Day 1. 👀@jerryjeudy | #BroncosCamp pic.twitter.com/Hkg43anBkV

— Denver Broncos (@Broncos) August 14, 2020

Roll Tide Wire will keep you updated on Jerry Jeudy as he makes his way through year No. 1 in the NFL with the Denver Broncos.

The 2019 Denver Broncos did not look like the 2016 Super Bowl-winning version of themselves. The team finished 7-9 and almost last in the NFL for all passing categories.

They have a fresh faced quarterback in Drew Lock, who is entering his second season in the league, and made sure to secure some weaponry for an all-out arsenal attack through the draft.

With the No. 15 pick in the first round of the 2020 NFL draft, the Denver Broncos drafted former Alabama wide receiver Jerry Jeudy.

Jeudy wasn’t the first receiver off the draft board, his former teammate Henry Ruggs III was selected by the Las Vegas Raiders at No. 12, but that doesn’t mean Jeudy wasn’t Denver’s first option.

It could have been a coin toss to decide between Ruggs and Jeudy.

Jeudy will be wearing No. 10 in Denver, a number that fans should expect to hear often over the course of his rookie season.

After the 2019 season, the Denver Broncos were ranked No. 28 in the NFL for passing yards with only 3,115 yards, last in the league for passing touchdowns with 16 and No. 27 for completions with 312.

Let’s keep in mind that during Denver’s last year in the ‘pre-Jeudy era’ their quarterback was Joe Flacco and wide receiver Courtland Sutton had over twice the number of targets than the second highest receiver had.

This is a new beginning of Denver Broncos football – a rebirth, if you will. Lock as the full-time signal caller, ProBowl receiver Sutton back on the field with some new friends to help him along the way.

Sutton had 72 receptions for 1,112 yards and six touchdowns in 2019 – of those numbers blew every other Broncos receiver out of the water.

One man can only do so much, they had to get Sutton some assistance.

Along with Jeudy, the Broncos drafted Penn State’s KJ Hamler. He will likely be the team’s slot receiver, but the main focus is on the duo of Sutton and Jeudy.

Jeudy’s career at Alabama is the reason why fans are excited to see what he can do in professional football. In his time under Nick Saban, Jeudy tallied 159 receptions for 2,742 yards and 26 touchdowns. To go along with these stats is a 2018 Biletnikoff trophy.

The numbers are great, but watching him makes it so much better.

Watching the elusiveness of Jeudy after the catch will lead to stories you’d only believe if you saw in person. He’s a leader that can back up his talk with a high level of play.

He will be joining a team that was only recently at the top of the sport. He will need to play at an all-time high to get Denver’s laughable passing game out of the slumps.

There are plenty of variables that go into correcting a failing part of a team. Jeudy can make the switch much easier on the front office.

There’s plenty of time before the 2020 NFL regular season begins, but until he gets out on the field we can only speculate as to how big of an impact he will have.

Roll Tide Wire will keep you updated on Jeudy’s transition to the NFL!

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