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Ask Lorenzo Jerome's former teammates and coaches at St. Francis University about the safety's most memorable plays and they'll rattle off a list.

There was the goal-line sequence that began with him lined up in one corner of the end zone and ended with him breaking up a pass to the tight end in the opposite one. He once grabbed an interception 20 yards down field even though he was on the line of scrimmage -- again on the other side of the field -- when the ball was snapped. When it came to screen passes, Jerome had a nose like a bloodhound, sniffing them out early and smashing them like a wrecking ball.