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Jackets In College: Orr Signs With Tusculum, April 26, 2002



April 26, 2002|By Joe Williams, Sentinel Staff Writer

LEESBURG -- Throughout his high school career, Jermaine Orr was pretty much anything Leesburg High School's football team wanted him to be. Early on, the Yellow Jackets needed him to play receiver and defensive back. Then, as a senior, they needed him to play quarterback and defensive back.

Meanwhile, he was one of the most exciting and dangerous return men to ever play in Lake and Sumter counties.

Now, Orr will be taking all those talents to Tusculum College in Greenville, Tenn. He signed with the Pioneers, a NCAA Division II program that plays in the South Atlantic Conference, Thursday morning.



"I just made the biggest decision of my life,'' Orr said after signing. "They recruited me for receiver, but the coaches said I could be used as a safety and I will be back there returning punts.''

Orr, 5 feet 11, 170 pounds and 4.4-second speed in the 40 yards, made the Orlando Sentinel's All-County first team as a defensive back last fall and as a receiver as a junior. In a break-out junior season, he returned four punts for touchdowns, had five touchdown receptions and returned four of six interceptions for touchdowns.



Orr, who visited the school last month and was impressed with the indoor practice facility, will be following in the footsteps of Leesburg's offensive line coach Adam Bryie, who played center for the Pioneers.

"His motor goes non-stop,'' said former Leesburg Coach Bud O'Hara, who was hired in March as the coach at new East Ridge High School in Clermont. "He is one of the hardest practicing kids we have ever had. He is also the kind of kid where he has never met a stranger, so he will fit in there very quickly.''

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