Jayron Kearse earns a "minus" after great play Saturday

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Safety Jayron Kearse Jayron Kearse
So. Safety
#20 6-4, 215
Fort Myers, FL
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Senior corner Garry PetersGarry Peters
RS Sr. Cornerback
#26 6-0, 194
Conyers, GA
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Kearse told us it as miscommunication.

"I got the wrong signal. I didn't see it was a Cover 2," he said. "I look at it as a blessing, because if I had been outside the hash I don't know that I could have caught him."

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