Highlights: Gators WR Commit Andy Jean Begins Senior Season

Picture: Andy Jean; Credit score: Zach Goodall

Florida Gators 2023 vast receiver commit and Miami (Fla.) Northwestern product Andy Jean took the sphere for the ultimate season-opener of his highschool profession on Saturday evening, having fun with a productive exhibiting as part of the Bulls’ 42-24 preseason victory over Orlando (Fla.) Jones by a rating of 42-24.

You possibly can watch highlights of Jean’s efficiency, together with receptions, routes and run blocking, within the featured video above.

Jean, 6-foot-1, 180 kilos, primarily served as an out of doors receiver in Northwestern’s offense and likewise manned a few particular groups roles all through the competition. The Bulls utilized a fierce speeding assault which allowed Jean to enhance the bottom recreation, primarily focused on quick routes together with varied display screen ideas wherein he broke off for yards after the catch.

His greatest play of the evening was the results of a scramble drill. Jean opened the play by working a curl route earlier than shifting inside whereas quarterback Taron Dickens was underneath stress, signaling that he was open earlier than catching a cross, spinning round and stepping into the open area for an enormous achieve.

Jean had a chance to make a fair larger play wherein he probably would have scored a landing, soundly beating the opposing cornerback on a publish route within the first half. Nevertheless, the cross was considerably misplaced by Dickens, forcing Jean off his angle into the wide-open left aspect of the endzone and again into visitors with the trailing nook who went on to intercept the throw. 

Jean was capable of create separation on a second publish route wherein he wasn’t focused, in addition to on a number of shorter routes. He additionally routinely pitched in as a blocker to reinforce Northwestern’s speeding recreation, offering nice effort on such performs from the primary by closing whistles.

Official stats weren’t offered for the Legacy Basic, however AllGators noticed Jean haul in no less than 5 receptions all through the night, and we have been capable of report 4 of them.

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