Scouting Report – Yukon

Last Friday night, Yukon took on Edmond Santa Fe in a top ten 6A-I matchup. Yukon stayed with Santa Fe early but fell behind in the second half and would go on to lose 42-21. Regardless of the outcome, there were still a handful of players who impressed us in this game. Let’s take a look at a few of them. [player_tooltip player_id="61223" first="Makari" last="Slaughter"] - <strong>Running Back - Class of 2022</strong> Alongside [player_tooltip player_id="38714" first="Brayden" last="Dutton"] and [player_tooltip player_id="62140" first="Joseph" last="Wythe"], [player_tooltip player_id="61223" first="Makari" last="Slaughter"] was an integral part of Yukon’s option attack in this game. Slaughter had two first-half touchdowns and played the role of the pitchman in the speed option to perfection. Slaughter trailed behind Dutton patiently all night and exploded to the second level whenever Dutton called his number. Slaughter showed great acceleration and open field awareness in this game and was one of the top playmakers on either team throughout the night. [player_tooltip player_id="38714" first="Brayden" last="Dutton"] - <strong>Quarterback - Class of 2022</strong> It takes an intelligent and reliable quarterback to run a triple/speed option attack and that’s just what Dutton is. Brayden made the correct reads constantly throughout the night and had Santa Fe’s defense second-guessing themselves every time he pulled it and ran their speed option with Slaughter. On some plays, he would keep it and gain solid yards on the ground, and on other plays, he would pitch it to Slaughter last second for a huge play most of the time. Either way, Dutton facilitated Yukon’s offense nearly perfectly in the first half of this game. [player_tooltip player_id="61128" first="Lane" last="Parks"] and [player_tooltip player_id="62139" first="Grady" last="Walker"] - <strong>Offensive Line - Class of 2022</strong> As you can see by now, Yukon’s rushing attack was firing on all cylinders for the first half of this game and a large portion of the credit should go to their O-Line. Lane played at tackle in this and Grady played at guard throughout the night and both dominated upfront in the run game. Santa Fe is loaded with talent at DL but with the push Yukon was getting early in this game you wouldn’t think so. Lane is the more touted recruit out of the two with serious D1 potential, but [player_tooltip player_id="62139" first="Grady" last="Walker"] is still a name to know moving forward as he looked dominant for portions of this game against a very skilled Santa Fe defense. [player_tooltip player_id="62140" first="Joseph" last="Wythe"] - <strong>Fullback - Class of 2022</strong> The player that surprised me the most, in a good way, was [player_tooltip player_id="62140" first="Joseph" last="Wythe"]. He did not have a player of the week type night in the box score and he isn’t the flashiest player, but man is he physical in the run game. I constantly found myself getting excited when they would give him the ball up the middle on FB dives because he simply refused to go down on first contact and often made defenders look silly as he ran through them. With today’s spread offense revolution, you seldom see fullbacks who can make a difference with the ball in their hands so it is exciting when you see a player like Wythe running through defenders at the second level. &nbsp;