One of the perks to being a scout opposed to being a college coach, is that there are zero limitations to when a scout can evaluate prospects in person. While college coaches are forced to go off film for much of their off-season evaluations, scouts are able to go to any practice, school, event, 7on7, and camp. Although there have been more limitations than usual due to Covid, I have had a number of opportunities to evaluate prospects in person since January. Between 7on7’s, Midwest Boom showcases, EFT training sessions, spring workouts, Rise & Fire camps, and the EFT/EdgyTim showcase...I have done in person evaluations on upwards of 1,000 midwest prospects this off-season.
Here is my 2021 all off-season team...
A couple things to keep in mind when looking at this list...
<ol>
<li>These are only prospects that I have evaluated in person since January. There are plenty of players that I like, but are not on this list, because I don’t have a recent in person evaluation of them.</li>
<li>I have evaluated over 1,000 prospects in person since January, and there are other standouts who did not make this list. It would be nearly impossible to include everybody.</li>
<li>These are not all D1 prospects. These are all players that have stood out and will be a good prospect for whatever level they end up playing at (DI-DIII).</li>
<li>I will continue to update this list throughout the rest of summer and fall.</li>
<li>Prospects that are not from Illinois have their state noted in parenthesis after the HS.</li>
<li>Prospects are in no specific order within the position group.</li>
</ol>
<ul>
<li><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">QB</span></strong></li>
</ul>
Collin Blazek - Neuqua Valley
Jalen Cunningham- Thornwood
[player_tooltip player_id="38932" first="Duce" last="Taylor"]- North Side (IN)
Jeffery Lomax- Elgin
[player_tooltip player_id="20203" first="Tyler" last="Macon"]- East Saint Louis
[player_tooltip player_id="20232" first="Robert" last="Myles"]- Hillcrest
Liam Crawley- Stevenson
[player_tooltip player_id="20229" first="Ty" last="Michael"]- O’Fallon
Alexander Pratt- Homewood-Flossmoor
Luke Leongas- Maine South
[player_tooltip player_id="20222" first="Anthony" last="Sayles"]- Notre Dame Prep
[player_tooltip player_id="20220" first="Tommy" last="Rittenhouse"]- Saint Francis
Michael Priami- Saint Charles North
Parker Brown- Wheaton South
[player_tooltip player_id="39014" first="Tristan" last="Polk"]- Floyd Central (IN)
James Cooper- Harlem
Jaden Pankau- Hope Academy
[player_tooltip player_id="20225" first="Hunter" last="Simmons"]- Marion
<ul>
<li><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">WR</span></strong></li>
</ul>
[player_tooltip player_id="20194" first="Dominic" last="Lovett"]- East Saint Louis
[player_tooltip player_id="20251" first="Keontez" last="Lewis"]- East Saint Louis
[player_tooltip player_id="20252" first="Will" last="Pauling"]- Homewood-Flossmoor
[player_tooltip player_id="20276" first="Cole" last="Rusk"] - Rock Island
[player_tooltip player_id="20258" first="Perry" last="Slater"] - Rock Island
Kenneth Cotton - East Saint Louis
Andrew McElroy - Bolingbrook
[player_tooltip player_id="30762" first="Kameron" last="Lee"]- Indian Trail (WI)
[player_tooltip player_id="20261" first="George" last="Gumbs"]- Simeon
[player_tooltip player_id="20267" first="Ayden" last="Anderson"]- Buffalo Grove
[player_tooltip player_id="20883" first="Jalil" last="Martin"]- Kenwood Academy
[player_tooltip player_id="20361" first="Jayden" last="McFadden"]- Stevenson
Steven Reed- TF North
<ul>
<li><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">RB</span></strong></li>
</ul>
[player_tooltip player_id="20240" first="Malik" last="Frederick"]- Conant
Jordan Knowles- Plainfield East
[player_tooltip player_id="20242" first="Nate" last="Thomas"]- Thornwood
Preston Sumner- Carterville
Josh Bridges- Saint Charles North
Joe Sacco- Saint Edward
[player_tooltip player_id="20360" first="Armani" last="Moreno"]- Neuqua Valley
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>TE</strong></span></li>
</ul>
[player_tooltip player_id="20272" first="Scott" last="Presson"]- East Saint Louis
Jack Cicero- Glenbard North
Favour Okhavhe- Palatine
[player_tooltip player_id="38918" first="Landon" last="Morris"]- Fishers (IN)
[player_tooltip player_id="20284" first="Marshaun" last="Harold"]- Phillips
Charlie Sessa- Hinsdale Central
Anthony Cirrincione- South Elgin
[player_tooltip player_id="20280" first="Lucas" last="Althaus"]- Alwood
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>OL</strong></span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-size: 1rem;">[player_tooltip player_id="20286" first="Otto" last="Hess"]- Oswego</span>
Sean O’Hara- Nazareth Academy
[player_tooltip player_id="20296" first="Dagen" last="Miller"]- Montini
Mark Gorbatenko- Barrington
[player_tooltip player_id="30800" first="Jacob" last="Seeger"]- Indian Trail (WI)
[player_tooltip player_id="20306" first="Tommy" last="Matheson"]- Warren Township
Will McCorkle- Carmel Catholic
Thomas Cahill- Eureka
Dominic Perez- Warren Township
Chris Bornhoeft, Plainfield South
Nick Walker- Wheaton South
Pernell Carter- Steinmetz
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>ATH</strong></span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-size: 1rem;">Taven Washington- Plainfield East</span>
[player_tooltip player_id="20339" first="Jovan" last="Marsh"]- Marist
[player_tooltip player_id="20235" first="Trenten" last="Howland"]- Joliet West
[player_tooltip player_id="20213" first="Dante" last="Reynolds"]- Kenwood Academy
[player_tooltip player_id="20209" first="Lewis" last="Bond"]- Kenwood Academy
Justin Stallworth- Marion Catholic
Syone Usma-Harper- Carmel Catholic
Lucas Barisas- Saint Viator
[player_tooltip player_id="20363" first="Vaughn" last="Pemberton"]- Loyola Academy
Richie Hoskins- Lake Forest
Ryan Orput- Hinsdale Central
[player_tooltip player_id="20263" first="Isaiah" last="Bragg"]- Saint Rita
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>DL</strong></span></li>
</ul>
[player_tooltip player_id="20206" first="Jeremiah" last="Pittman"]- Saint Viator
[player_tooltip player_id="20303" first="Jonah" last="Pace"]- Marengo
[player_tooltip player_id="20314" first="Tristan" last="Wright"] - Curie
Eli Graham - East Saint Louis
Matt Keeler- Nazareth Academy
Logan Lindeman- Loyola Academy
[player_tooltip player_id="20307" first="Brandon" last="Svets"]- Loyola Academy
Caleb Dietlin- West Aurora
Reese Griffin, Taft
Michael Bumpus- Saint Francis
[player_tooltip player_id="20368" first="Carmine" last="Bastone"]- Saint Charles North
Demond Butcher- Montini
Willie Norwood- Kankakee
Michael Roath- South Elgin
<ul>
<li><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">LB</span></strong></li>
</ul>
[player_tooltip player_id="20318" first="Malachi" last="McNeal"]- Warren Township
Evan Roper- Barrington
Adam Sturtz- Naperville North
Matt Blasius- Barrington
Max Lambert- Marmion
Jalen Pace- MICDS (MO)
Mayon Lowrey- Brooks
Joe Saviano- Walter Payton Prep
Zachary McCluer- Saint Charles North
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>DB</strong></span></li>
</ul>
[player_tooltip player_id="38908" first="JoJo" last="Johnson"]- Merrillville (IN)
[player_tooltip player_id="20344" first="DiAndre" last="Harris"] - Montini
[player_tooltip player_id="30737" first="Clayton" last="Bishop"]- Indian Trail (WI)
[player_tooltip player_id="38940" first="Arieon" last="McCarter"]- North Side (IN)
Jordan Nubin- Saint Charles North
[player_tooltip player_id="38943" first="Tavarious" last="Jones"]- Snider (IN)
Marty Auer- Loyola Academy
[player_tooltip player_id="20338" first="Willie" last="Jones"]- Phillips
[player_tooltip player_id="20358" first="Jalen" last="Burton"]- Carmel
Giovanni Volpentesta- Highland Park
[player_tooltip player_id="20349" first="Jaden" last="Mojica"]- Stevenson
[player_tooltip player_id="37179" first="Myles" last="Norwood"]- Trinity (MO)
Marc Davila- Warren Township
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