Top Seniors in Lawrence

Both Lawrence High School and Lawrence Free State High School have a long history of talented football players and championship caliber teams.  Both schools have players ranked in the top 30 in the class of 2021.  Here are the top seniors from the hometown of the legendary Quarterback John Hadl. <ol> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="35344" first="Devin" last="Neal"] 5’11 208 Lawrence</li> </ol> [player_tooltip player_id="35344" first="Devin" last="Neal"] is the #1 ranked player in Lawrence, the #1 ranked RB and the #3 ranked player overall in the class of 2021.  He has committed to the University of Kansas.  In 2019, he rushed for 1,699 yds and 26 TD with 30 rec 524 yds 6 TD.  He is a tough, decisive runner showing great decision making with excellent burst through the hole.  Displays very good contact balance as he keeps his balance after initial contact with LB and DB.  Effectively uses his agility and quickness to make defenders miss as well as his play speed to outrun them.  In the passing game, he runs wheel routes out of the backfield as well as go and seam routes when lined up on the LOS. He quickly uses his athletic ability to get behind defenders while displaying good hands as he can make on target catches with his hands consistently. &nbsp; <ol start="2"> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="35369" first="Tyler" last="Bowden"] 5’9 175 4.42 Lawrence Free State</li> </ol> [player_tooltip player_id="35369" first="Tyler" last="Bowden"] is the #2 ranked player in Lawrence, the #5 RB and the #28 ranked player overall in the class of 2021.  In 2019, he rushed for 1,920 yds and 28 TD.  He shows great quickness and burst through the hole and is nearly impossible to stop once he gets into the open field due to his incredible play speed and athletic ability. He shows the ability to finish with elusiveness and speed while displaying great balance after contact as he consistently shows the ability to generate yards after contact.  Shows good mental toughness as he rises to the occasion in the red zone showing his ability to score easily several times. &nbsp; <ol start="3"> <li>Cole Mondi 5’11 195 4.56 LB Lawrence</li> </ol> Cole Mondi is the 3^rd ranked player in Lawrence, the 9^th ranked LB and the 70^th ranked player in the class of 2021.  The soon to be Kansas Jayhawk plays primarily as an ILB.  He is an instinctive player as he uses his football intelligence and instincts to quickly key and diagnose the play,  takes the correct angle in pursuit of the ball carrier displaying the range needed to play sideline to sideline and uses his very good play strength in his upper and lower body to bring down the RB with force.  He is a good pass rusher as he uses his physical toughness as well as his play strength to shed blocks from TE and OL while using his play speed to hurry the QB forcing him to release the ball earlier than he would ideally like to resulting in an incomplete pass. &nbsp; <ol start="4"> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="35411" first="Porter" last="Dannevik"] 6’3 250 OL Lawrence</li> </ol> [player_tooltip player_id="35411" first="Porter" last="Dannevik"] is the 4^th ranked player in Lawrence, the 12^th ranked OL and the 71^st ranked player in the class of 2021.  He plays as a C.  While run blocking, he quickly fires out of his stance, plays at a good pad level while bending at the knee, shoots his hands quickly and violently with excellent timing winning battles with his hands inside and uses his excellent physical toughness, tenacity and play strength  to finish blocks to the ground consistently against LB and DL.  Shows great athletic ability and play speed to get to the second level on combo blocks and is able to wash the LB and DB out of the play.  In pass pro, he keeps his feet moving quickly, striking the LB or NT while playing with great leverage and displays very good anchor ability as he sinks his hips, keeps his balance and does not get driven backwards. &nbsp;