http://courantblogs.com/uconn-football/safety-jerome-junior-no-longer-on-team-done/ Yikes. Sounds bad.
Wow.. that's kind of a shocker... Figured he'd be one of our leaders on D.. I hope everything works out for the young man...Things happen to us all.. good and bad... It's how we handle those things that going forward that counts... Still wishing the kid nothing but success going fwd...
saw somewhere where it was said it wasn't criminal. hope the best for the kid. this just adds to the roster turnover. this was a unexpected 1 thou as he was getting pt.
Hope it's nothing that interferes with his life. From a football perspective, you don't like losing depth or special teams play, but I don't think he was going to start his senior year anyway. I think the penciled in secondary even before this was Blidi and Dwayne at the corners and Jones and Brown at Safety.
I feel terrible for Jerome. Met him last year after the win vs South Florida. He was there well after the buses brought the team back to campus. While some of his teammates were tailgating he was sitting there studying for classes. Very stand up kid. Hope he doesnt give up on school and can graduate somewhere.
A loss in size and experience, but I liked the athleticism of Byron Jones and Ty-meer Brown as a safety tandem. Wilbert Lee is the redshirt safety that will be interesting to watch. There is also the redshirt Adams and Gilbert St. Louis at safety. If they are looking for a bit more size and a hitter there is DeLorenzo who could shift from RB to S. Just a weird announcement for Junior's suspension. To say he is not currently enrolled and add that he will not be enrolled in the Fall makes sound like it is more than just academics.
This. I thought he looked good at the end of his sophomore year including the bowl game against Oklahoma where he laid some big hits but thought he regressed last year. Don't know how much it had to do with the coaching change, but thought he would be switched to outside LB/nickle/dime situations. Just hope he graduates also hope he finds a place to play his last year of college ball.
Dez said on twitter that it's something that has been brewing for some time, and that it is not a criminal matter. Hopefully, it's just a matter of him not getting along with the new staff and new direction of the team.
I know his youtube videos last year were a little "tasteless" if you will, and I doubt very much they'd have ever gone up if the last coach was here. I can't imagine any HC being happy seeing that type of language on video from his player while repping the school.
That's a good point. That video should have stayed private, the guys should have fun, and locker room stuff is what it is, but that should never have been made public. These guys have to remember they represent the University. There's a related article on the courant. http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-men/hc-jacobs-uconn-0216-20120216,0,5905027.column
I recall that Junior was put on some kind of notice in the fall for violations of rules and sat out a game for non-injury reasons. Whatever this is, most likely academics, it seems to me that there most likely was a repeat of the same issue, or a multiple offense kind of situation with different things happening against the rules, and either, Coach P, or somebody on the academic or administrative side of things pulled the plug on the scholarship. I wish Jerome Junior the best wherever he goes.
From his Twitter 10 minutes ago: "I'm a hard worker: a bump in the road will not stop me from getting to my destination. I WILL graduate. I appreciate the support."
