'14 MD LB Jerome Dews (UT Commit 6/24)

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After a couple of days of confusion Dews is officially going on the commitment list. Consider him to be a strong candidate to greyshirt depending on how numbers work out.
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Paul with link to that article above.
 
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June 26, 2013
Maryland LB commits to Tennessee

Paul Fortenberry
VolQuest.com

Tennessee's newest commitment came as a surprise to most people late Monday evening when Oxon Hill, Md., linebacker Jerome Dews committed to the Vols.

After receiving an offer a few days after a strong camp performance, Dews (6-foot-4, 200-pounds) was ready to pledge for Tennessee.
 
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I have not watched this guy's film and have no real ability to tell if he's good or not, but I would put money on it that Rivals ranks him a 2-star with a 5.4 rating.
 
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We'll see how it plays out. I doubt we are able to offer a scholarship with how many needs we have for early impact kids and the quantity that still have us in their top group. I would expect to see this kid pick up a few more offers from schools like Maryland or Syracuse and accept that VS a grayshirt at Tennessee.

JMO
 
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"I was ready to commit and I had been trying to get in touch with coach Thigpen and we were able to get in touch with him," Dews explained. "And I talked to coach Butch Jones, coach Thigpen and the defensive coordinator and they asked me if I was ready to be a Vol and I told them yes."

"The head coach had come over to the linebacker drill and the defensive coordinator and the head coach were over there watching me and I started and I ran to the first cone and dropped my glove and when I was running back I scooped the glove up," Dews said.

"The coaches told me yesterday that I can bend very well and he said as soon as he saw me scoop that glove they knew they needed to offer me. The defensive coordinator made me do the drill two more times and he told me I had hell of great footwork for me to be 6-4 and for me to be this long. "

"When I went to one-on-ones no one caught a pass on me except for Daniel Helm and when he caught the ball I had my hands on the pass but he's just so big he took it away," Dews said. "After the one-on-ones the head coach ran to me and told me, 'Your tail better not leave this camp without talking to me.' He said I was 98 percent to a scholarship. When I went and talked to him he told me I was really close to getting a scholarship and he said he's going to watch my film and get back to me in two days. He got back to me in three days and offered me a scholarship."

"First the coaches, the coaches love me. But then the stadium and the facilities. Everything was good, everything," Dews said. "The players were encouraging me if I got a scholarship to come there. The whole chemistry of Tennessee seemed like the right place."
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-VQ

Dews plans to be back in Knoxville July 21st weekend.
 
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I have heard conflicting reports about him being a grey shirt. So what is the deal? The guys on TSR say that he is.
 
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