2025 four-star Auburn Riverside athlete Jonathan Epperson Jr., a verbal commit to Washington, speaks about where he wants to improve in his game as a senior and when he knew UW was the school for him.
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00:00I would say, probably coverage, more so man coverage,
00:05and being more stout man coverage, as far as being able to.
00:10And obviously, and like that, but also football IQ,
00:15learning the game a little bit at the mental side of the game,
00:20not so much the physical side, physical come, you know,
00:23going to college, they develop your body and they help develop you as well.
00:27But really becoming more a student of the game and learning how things go
00:32and learning how to break down the offense to be able to go play great on defense.
00:38So it would definitely be the mental side of football and my man coverage,
00:44as far as the physical part of it goes.
00:49Awesome, man.
00:50Let's get you out here on a couple more questions.
00:52When did you make the decision?
00:54Was it before the visit?
00:56And then when did you tell, just kind of take me through what that period was like.
01:02So I made the decision, I want to say two, about two weeks ago,
01:08two and a half weeks ago.
01:10I called Coach Bala up and told him I wanted to commit.
01:12And he was like, okay, okay.
01:14He was like, wait till the visit to announce it to everybody, you know,
01:19to the whole staff.
01:22So I go on my visit, announce it to Coach Fish.
01:25Like Coach Fish knew, but he also wanted me to announce on the visit.
01:30So I go, I announce it.
01:32We're in the locker room before the photo shoot and before dinner.
01:36So I go announce it there.
01:38And then I turn around today and, you know, put it out there publicly.
01:43That's where I'll be going.
01:46How hard was it to not let that become public?
01:49Because you did a pretty good job.
01:51Again, we all kind of had a hunch that this weekend was going to turn out
01:54pretty good.
01:55But I think even still, you know, a lot of Husky fans were like, okay,
01:58everybody says they're coming.
02:00How about we actually wait until they actually commit and I'll believe it
02:03when I see it sort of thing.
02:06It was pretty easy.
02:09I'm not big.
02:10This is an experience.
02:12This is a moment where you want to put it out there.
02:14Like it's a big accomplishment.
02:16Me as a person, though, I'm not big on, you know,
02:18putting everything out there.
02:19I was able to keep the secret for a little while.
02:22And plus I got, like, I got my two little sisters here with me.
02:26So if I wanted to tell anybody, I just go tell them.
02:29We'll talk about it here at the house.
02:31Talk about it at the house.
02:32And then I'll tell everybody.