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NY Post: Straight away, Kerley makes impression
By FRED KERBER
When Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez looks at rookie wide receiver Jeremy Kerley he sees "a baller." When running back Landainian Tomlinson looked at Kerley, first and foremost he saw a horned frog. Specifically, a TCU Horned Frog.
OK, so maybe horned frogs are not indigenous to New York or even East Rutherford, N.J., but ballers are, and Kerley is creating some excitement in the early stages of Jets camp with hands, speed, acceleration and footwork.
"Kerley's got a chance to be something special," said coach Rex Ryan.
"For them to have confidence in me, it's a great feeling," said Kerley, a fifth-round pick who was also return specialist at Texas Christian University -- also Tomlinson's alma mater. "All I can do is go out and take control of what I can take control of and that's working hard and putting something into these coaches' minds. . . . I want to show that I'm a hard worker. Regardless of any situation they put me in, I'll play ball as a professional and like a professional." ...
By FRED KERBER
When Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez looks at rookie wide receiver Jeremy Kerley he sees "a baller." When running back Landainian Tomlinson looked at Kerley, first and foremost he saw a horned frog. Specifically, a TCU Horned Frog.
OK, so maybe horned frogs are not indigenous to New York or even East Rutherford, N.J., but ballers are, and Kerley is creating some excitement in the early stages of Jets camp with hands, speed, acceleration and footwork.
"Kerley's got a chance to be something special," said coach Rex Ryan.
"For them to have confidence in me, it's a great feeling," said Kerley, a fifth-round pick who was also return specialist at Texas Christian University -- also Tomlinson's alma mater. "All I can do is go out and take control of what I can take control of and that's working hard and putting something into these coaches' minds. . . . I want to show that I'm a hard worker. Regardless of any situation they put me in, I'll play ball as a professional and like a professional." ...
