J&T Lawn Care at your service: Perry seniors Jayden Chance and Taylan Lumpkin are adding business owners to their pre-collegiate resumes

Both J and T, the ‘J’ is Jayden Chance and the ‘T’ is Taylan Lumpkin, 17-year old senior student-athletes at Perry High School, talked on the phone at once. Best friends, they seem do a lot of things together and a Tuesday evening phone interview with a reporter was no different. “We plan on rooming together at college too,” said Chance, who played catcher for the Panthers baseball team. Lumpkin, who played football and ran track at Perry, agrees with the future plans, “It’s kind of a partnership deal,” he said.

The dynamic duo won’t have to wait till they get on campus at ABAC to team up however, they started J&T Lawn Care a week ago and have plans to work together this summer getting as many local lawns cut, weeds whacked, driveways blown clean and pine straw removed as possible. The boys at J & T Lawn Care are on a mission this summer. “I want to help my parents pay for college and I’d also like to save money for college,” said Lumpkin, who plans to walk-on to a college football program after finishing his two years in Tifton.

“Since summer is starting up I needed extra money and I also wanted to save money for college,” added Chance, who committed to the baseball program. There are plans to have Chance play his natural catcher position along with third base and pitching. He might not have time to have a job during the season so now’s his chance. “With me being involved in sports my whole life I was able to learn that you get what you work for, so I’m going to work,” said Chance.

Lumpkin agrees. “I’ve always been a big outdoors person and I have been taking care of lawns for years, whether it was my house or my grandmother’s house.”

So not only are they ready to get started on their entrepreneurial dreams but they actually have experience and work ethic to go along with those dreams. Not bad for a couple of jocks.