Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG For a next level safety, Class of 2021 Lakewood High School standout Cortez McKenzie is one heck of an outside linebacker. In stats posted through four games last season, McKenzie tore it up comping up with 25 tackles, 12 solo, 10 tackles for a loss, recorded six sacks, four quarterback hurries, knocked down a […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG If there was a more active linebacker in the high school football ranks on a national level than Class of 2020 talent Caleb McCullough, that young man deserves an award. In one season, McCullough put up numbers that cover a few five- and four-star recruits’ careers putting an end to 211 plays with 13 […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG There are a lot of versatile athletes in the high school ranks who do a tremendous job for their respective squads helping win games. But there are few, if any, who completely impact a team the way Keon Sabb does for Glassboro High School. The 6-3, 190-pound, talent was on the level of National […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG The 2018 high school football season ended for Jahiel Blue-Smith as a rising corner in Southern California. The offseason for Blue-Smith (5-9, 160) was a flurry of camps, combines, and 7v7 action seeing him travel anywhere and everywhere to work on his game, compete against the best, and showcase to any and all what […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG Every high school team needs a guy like JT Dozier on the squad; that guy who is such a fantastic athlete he can go out on the field and do just about anything asked of him. When it comes to San Marcos High School’s defense, anything in the back seven is his domain from […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG When the 2018 Louisiana High School football season had ended, St. James High School had produced a top talent heavily desired by SEC programs in Class of 2022 receiver Shazz Preston. Preston (6-0, 185) showed the skills off as a freshman leading to four-star recruiting status and five offers dropped to date from Arkansas, […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG The 2019 season was an impressive one for Hebron High School. The Hawks put together an 8-5 season with a three-game run into the 6A Texas playoffs before falling in a thrilling 41-30 game to Haltom. Along the way, a rising star emerged for the Hawks in Class of 2022 tailback Isaiah Broadway. Now […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG It is unfair to heap too much praise on a young and rising high school football talent, but… it is kind of hard not to do so when covering Niuafe Junior Tuihalamaka. Tuihalamaka was beyond impressive as a freshman playing varsity level football with Bishop Alemany taking on Division I California foes. The 6-2, […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG The recruiting world better be on the lookout for Class of 2020 defensive tackle Ricky Correia this season. Correia burst onto the scene as a sophomore earning four-star recruiting status after a 62-tackle season. A knee injury curtailed his junior year to three games but was still a force in those games with 11 […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG Every high school football player taking the field this season as a senior with a dream extending to the next level is playing a different game than all the underclassmen on the field. This holds true for Class of 2020 Antelope Valley High School corner Dante Kimbrough. Kimbrough grew into his own during his […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG The 2018 Nevada state championship season for Bishop Gorman produced more than a trophy and some rings, it helped pave the way towards success for rising Class of 2022 defender Cyrus Moss. Moss took the field with the Gaels as a freshman playing free and strong safety getting a playoff call-up to the varsity […]
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From high school to college, the gridiron career for Evan Weaver has been amazing to watch. The former Gonzaga Prep standout has worked his way to All-American status at the collegiate level as an inside linebacker with Cal earning the Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week honor for his efforts in Cal’s 20-19 upset of then- No. 14 Washington in […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG Since breaking through to the varsity level as a freshman, Logan Loya has worked his way into becoming one of the nation’s top-Class of 2020 receivers. Entering his senior season, the four-star recruit had amassed 1,967 yards off 152 receptions with 23 touchdowns scored going primarily against high-end Trinity League talent. He has pulled […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG The groundwork laid during the 2018 season for Ridgeview High School receiver Zion Hall is building into something special. As a sophomore, Hall took on Division I California competition carrying the pigskin 24 times for 185 yards with six trips into the end zone and secure four passes for 57 yards with two more […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG When the 2018 high school football season had closed, 13 teams in South Carolina had lived through the horror of Class of 2020 defensive tackle Damonte Capehart. Capehart was an unstoppable force for Hartsville High School helping his team to a perfect regular season with a run to the 4A semifinal round in the […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG Kenya Dorsey may only be entering his junior season, but the Rancho Verde linebacker is a true California veteran entering his third year of varsity ball with the Mustangs. After a 92-tackle season in 2017, Dorsey (6-0.5, 225) followed that up with a 61-stop, 10-tackle for a loss campaign helping his squad to a […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG Regardless of the position, being a two-way player is never easy and it is arguably most difficult as an offensive and defensive lineman, especially against 5A Virginia competition. The challenge of moving the line and protecting the pocket while crushing running backs and putting the fear of God into quarterbacks was a series after […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG It did not take Class of 2020 quarterback Hank Gibbs long to draw the spotlight his way with his play on the field this season; actually, it only took one game. Gibbs blew the doors off in the opener for No. 2 Fayetteville High School (MaxPreps) hitting 8 of 9 for 150 yards with […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG Class of 2021 cornerback Robert Regan Jr. was baptized by fire during the 2018 season coming out the other side a changed man. Be it on the practice field or in Trinity League games, the 6-0, 170-pound, defender was constantly put to the test against top national recruiting talent rising to the occasion each […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG The best jumping off point with Class of 2020 talent Silas Bolden is to list off what he cannot do on the gridiron as a skill player – that list seems to have little if nothing on there making a quick jump to all his superlatives. Bolden had a breakout season as a junior […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG The Aloha State continues to stock the proverbial talent shelves in college football seeing talent at all position matriculate to next level success. One of the teams feeding top talent to collegiate rosters is Kahuku High School (4-1). The Red Raiders are one of Hawaii’s best proving the point after traveling to Utah to […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG When the 2018 season had ended for Banning High School after a two-game run into the California playoffs, there was great reason for optimism for the Pilots looking ahead; that joy for the Pilots but pain for opposing Division I teams was linebacker/running back Jakob Galloway. The freshman appeared in two varsity games after […]
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Written by Charlie Beuttel Twitter: @charlie_cds3 Texas has always been a hotbed of high school football talent. The next great quarterback to come out of the Lone Star State will be Round Rock dual-threat quarterback Seth Ford. The junior is starting for the first time this season but gained plenty of experience as back up last season including going 5-for-5 […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG When the 2018 Virginia high school football season had ended, another top talent had emerged from the tough 6A trenches – James Gillespie. Gillespie was a brut for Woodbridge eating up offensive lineman as a defensive tackle for an estimated stat line of 36 tackles, 12 tackles for a loss, and four sacks. The […]
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Written by Charlie Beuttel Twitter: @charlie_cds3 Every high school teams need a good pass rusher in order to be successful and De Soto has one of the best in the state of Kansas in senior Jonah Reynolds. The explosive 6-2, 220-pound, playmaker has the speed and explosiveness to blow up opposing offensive lines and deliver big plays in the backfield. […]
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Written by Charlie Beuttel Twitter: @charlie_cds3 Independence’s (MO) Fort Osage High School is coming off a fantastic season making an appearance in the 5A state championship game. With an eye on taking that next step by bring home that trophy in 2019, one of the returning stars who can help take the Indians to the promised land is senior linebacker […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG After years covering high school football, it is easy to tell when players have that sense of urgency to their game. That drive in competition more times than not comes around when players hit their senior season. For Fresno Central High School (3-0) defensive end Jaylen Tate, he knows the time is now on […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG Hard to believe Ramon Brown is just entering his sophomore season after the tape he produced in 2018. Last season the Lloyd C. Bird standout was part of a vicious one-two punch out of the backfield with Class of 2021 tailback Tre Mason. Mason carried the rock 287 times for 1,860 yards with 15 […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG If Class of 2020 quarterback Dylan Guerra proved anything last season, he demonstrated how much he loves picking apart defenses. The 6-1, 195-pound, gunslinger took California secondaries to the shed hitting 184 of 271 passes for 3,091 yards with 35 touchdowns while posting three rushing scores. The time put in breaking apart hopeful defenses […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG True football fans don’t only get excited about the tough runs out of the backfield, the amazing catches by a receiver, or the big hits from a linebacker or a safety, they love seeing the action in the trenches as well. True fans of high school football in Missouri have been given a treat […]
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