Recruiting/Player Profile-Gavin Wysong/Hills-Beaver Creek (2021)

Today, Nate from Northstar Football News caught up with another prospect from a 9-man program, that is <strong>Gavin Wysong</strong> of the Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots which is just off the South Dakota border in southwestern Minnesota. <strong>Gavin Wysong</strong> <strong>Position:</strong> Running Back, Outside Linebacker, and Defensive Back <strong>High School Program:</strong> Hills-Beaver Creek <strong>Class</strong>: 2021, Junior. <strong>Get to Know Gavin Wysong</strong> Wysong plays running back, outside linebacker, and defensive back for the Patriots. He states that his "dedication and love of the game" of football will take him to some great places as a junior prospect from the Southeast part of the state. He told NFN about his strengths. "To be good at this game, you need to be in the weight room, study film, as well as continuously work on your skills and technique," Wysong told Nate of Northstar Football News. He said individually, he has five strengths which are; shiftiness, strength, agility, field awareness and a great football IQ. <strong>Favorites for Wysong at Tailback/Outside Linebacker/Defensive Back</strong> Being that Gavin plays two positions, we were able to ask him about both sides of the ball. Wysong's favorite part of running back is when you have the ball, you not only get make defenders miss, but you also are moving the ball up the field for your team. Another favorite for Wysong at RB was the ability to analyze the defenders based on where they set up, to make them miss. Wysong said his ability to move out of the backfield and catch passes are another asset to his game vs. your one-dimensional running backs you see at the HS level. On defense, stuffing the run is Wysong's favorite. As an RB himself, he has an extra advantage to know where the RB lines up and how he can place himself to make the early stop with ease. Creating turnovers to give his Patriot's team more possessions on offense is a huge item that Wysong loves to give on defense. <strong>College Interest</strong> Currently, Wysong has a good amount of D1-NAIA programs that are recruiting him as a Junior. Bemidji State, Southwest Minnesota State, Minnesota-Mankato, Augustana (SD), Sioux Falls, Minot State (ND), Concordia-St. Paul, Gustavus, Jamestown (ND) Dordt, North Dakota State, South Dakota State, and South Dakota. Wysong also hinted that some small FBS conversations have started as well with Minnesota, Nebraska, and Iowa. <strong>Improvements from the Off-Season by Wysong</strong> Wysong took the words from an old Kanye West song "Stronger", to what his Patriot's coaches told him this offseason, "bigger, faster, stronger" Wysong told NFN. Wysong said the results from football camps have shown, as he has improved his 40 times from 5.1 to 4.7, benchpress improved from 195 to 260, hang cleans improved from 185 to 235 and had put on 20 pounds of lean body weight from this last off-season. Wysong attended eight-team camps from May-June, at Minnesota (2 camps), Iowa, Nebraska, NDSU, South Dakota State, South Dakota, and Northern Iowa. He also said his Patriots team was team participants at the University of Sioux Falls camp this summer as well. He said the coaching he was put thru this summer, really improved his skills overall all over the football field. <strong>Gavin's Mentors</strong> As far as players Wysong looks up to as mentors, he placed them into two categories for us, running back style and film study preparation. Running back style is modeled after Giants RB <strong>Saquon Barkley</strong> and also after Carolina Panthers all-pro <strong>Christian McCaffery</strong>. As far as film study, Wysong loves the prep that native midwestern and NDSU alum <strong>Carson Wentz</strong> possesses when preparing for games. Wysong also gives credit to Patriot's great, <strong>Tom Brady</strong> for his always on point game preparation during his long-time NFL career. <strong>Goals for the Rest of the Season for Wysong and the Patriots</strong> "I want to improve all aspects of my game," Wysong told NFN. Faster and stronger seems to be what Wysong wants to improve on even more as the Patriots season is coming down to the wire. The Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots have one team goal, and that's to get to US Bank Stadium and play for a 9-man championship in Minneapolis. At 5-1, the Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots are ranked 8th in Minnesota in the most recent 9-man football poll. They will play Red Rock Central (3-3) at home this Friday in Hills at 7:00 PM for a chance to move up in the rankings. Thanks to Gavin Wysong for the report! &nbsp;