📝 #1 JUCO CB Commits to Bama

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Nation's top JUCO cornerback Jhavonte Dean commits to Alabama

Nation's top JUCO cornerback Jhavonte Dean commits to Alabama

Alabama recently offered JUCO cornerback Jhavonte Dean, who committed (photo courtesy 247Sports)
By Drew Champlin | dchamplin@al.com
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on July 23, 2016 at 4:32 PM, updated July 23, 2016 at 7:18 PM

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Alabama picked up a commitment from the nation's top junior college defensive back on Saturday.

Jhavonte Dean, a four-star recruit from Blinn College in Texas, pledged his services to the Crimson Tide. He was in Tuscaloosa this weekend for a Champions Cookout recruiting event. He confirmed the news to AL.com in a direct message.

247Sports first reported the news.

The 6-foot-2, 180-pound Dean is ranked as the No. 8 overall junior college recruit and No. 1 cornerback.

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Dean picked up an Alabama offer in June. He picked the Crimson Tide over the likes of Miami, Florida and others.

He had 18 tackles and nine pass breakups as a freshman at Blinn last season. Dean is originally from Miami.

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[It Takes Eleven]

If we offered, I hope he sticks. I've noticed most of our JUCO offers have historically been DL/OL. Have we had a JUCO DB in Saban's time?

 

[TUSKtimes]

If we offered, I hope he sticks. I've noticed most of our JUCO offers have historically been DL/OL. Have we had a JUCO DB in Saban's time?

Deion Belue, Travell Dixon, Dequan Menzie.

 

[TerryP]

Travell Dixon,

There's another that Tosh plucked away ... or at least had a pretty large role in getting him to UW.

 

[Rolltide24]

Belue and Menzie worked out really well. Belue had committed out of high school at Deshler, best I remember, then had to take the JUCO route. Where did this kid commit originally?

 

[TerryP]

Where did this kid commit originally?

Pretty sure it was Cincy.

 

[PCRammer]

Seems like we are loaded at DB so why bring in a JUCO?
I guess AFTER THIS SEASON its possible that MH is gone and EJ will be done but then I read where Shy Carter is impressing and there is lots of young talent (DT, RH, MF, TB, etc...) that will have game experience by the time next year rolls around. Seems odd.

 

[TerryP]

Seems like we are loaded at DB so why bring in a JUCO?

The staff sort of stumbled upon him at the TCU satellite camp (Bama was one of the partner schools.) After he came to Tuscaloosa and worked out for both Saban and Ansley it was pretty much over—too much potential to pass up.

 

[rolltide66]

Belue, a Bama commit who went JC worked, Menzie, came via transfer from LSU, Dixon came via JC only to see he wasn't going any place and left during or after Spring ball.

 

[TerryP]

, Menzie, came via transfer from LSU,

He committed to LSU and then went to JUCO? Maybe. I'd have to look that up.

I know he went to a community college for two years and then transferred to Bama. As I recall, two to play two which made the move seem strange to me at the time.

Bama has had one defensive back that was a transfer from LSU that comes to mind. Phelon Jones did but he was part of the '09 run, not the '11 run like Menzie.