<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong><em>Today we’re looking at the top receiving yard leaders in 8A Region 4. There are some highly recruited big-time prospects and several sleeper prospects that should all be getting looks for the next level. Prep Redzone Florida will always promote everybody in hopes of them getting the opportunity of playing college football at the next level.</em></strong></span>
<strong><em>Keymari Odum- Ridge Community</em></strong>
<strong><em>5’8 170lbs</em></strong>
Odum is an explosive and very versatile athlete. He had 65 receptions for 1318 yards and 16 touchdowns! He also added 337 yards rushing and two touchdowns. He’s an extremely underrated recruit that should be getting a lot more looks than what he is. Explode off the line of scrimmage and is a very good route runner. Odum was invited to the Polk County All-Star Game and currently holds one offer from Mississippi Gulf Coast.
<strong><em>Film:</em></strong> <a href="https://www.hudl.com/profile/11755408/Keymari-Odum">https://www.hudl.com/profile/11755408/Keymari-Odum</a>
<strong><em>Omari Hayes- Riverview Sarasota</em></strong>
<strong><em>5’8 150lbs</em></strong>
Hayes had a very good Junior season finishing with 36 catches for 640 yards and five touchdowns. He’s a slot receiver that is very shifty in the open field, has a very good balance, and run after the catch ability. Hayes is a very good prospect that will be getting some recruiting attention this offseason.
<strong><em>Film:</em></strong> <a href="https://www.hudl.com/profile/11551901/Omari-Hayes">https://www.hudl.com/profile/11551901/Omari-Hayes</a>
<strong><em>Kadeem Robinson- Riverview</em></strong>
<strong><em>5’11 170lbs </em></strong>
Robinson comes in at number three on the list with 40 catches for 607 yards and eight touchdowns, showing off his versatility he also rushed for 640 yards and eight touchdowns on the ground. He’s an outstanding prospect that tracks the ball well in the air as receiver and has excellent vision, burst, and Home Run speed at running back. Shockingly he doesn’t have an offer yet.
<strong><em>Film:</em></strong> <a href="https://www.hudl.com/profile/10861668/Kadeem-Robinson">https://www.hudl.com/profile/10861668/Kadeem-Robinson</a>
<strong><em>Eelijah Singleton- Lennard</em></strong>
<strong><em>5’10 155lbs</em></strong>
Singleton is a very good sophomore prospect that had 37 catches for 553 yards and four touchdowns in his first season of varsity football. Singleton is a smooth gliding receiver thats an advance route runner for his age, shows great hands and concentration going over the middle of the field.
<strong><em>Film:</em></strong> <a href="https://www.hudl.com/profile/12949207/Eelijah-Singleton">https://www.hudl.com/profile/12949207/Eelijah-Singleton</a>
<strong><em>Josh Petion- Ridge Community</em></strong>
<strong><em>5’7 150lbs</em></strong>
Petion and 34 catches for 536 yards of three touchdowns this season as a freshman! He does a good job getting in and out of his breaks running routes, has good hands, does a good job at setting up his routes.
<strong><em>Film:</em></strong> <a href="https://www.hudl.com/profile/14742577/Josh-Petion">https://www.hudl.com/profile/14742577/Josh-Petion</a>
<strong><em>Jaron Glover- Riverview Sarasota</em></strong>
<strong><em>6’3 180lbs</em></strong>
Glover is a big physical junior prospect that had 27 catches 468 yards and 6 touchdowns this season. He’s a physical receiver that does a good job using his hands to fend off defenders in traffic, when running the ball he has some shake to him and will make defenders miss, has soft hands, and his physicality really stands out on film. Currently holds an offer from USF.
<strong><em>Film:</em></strong> <a href="https://www.hudl.com/profile/13803212/Jaron-Glover">https://www.hudl.com/profile/13803212/Jaron-Glover</a>
<strong><em>Demitrius Carter- Alonso</em></strong>
<strong><em>6’2 160lbs</em></strong>
Carter was a bright spot for Alonso’s offense this season, he had 33 catches for 437 yards and two touchdowns. He’s a tall, long-stridding receiver that has a big catch radius, he’s a natural hands catcher that does a good job plucking the ball in the air. The sky’s the limit for how good Carter can be by his senior season.
<strong><em>Film:</em></strong> <a href="https://www.hudl.com/profile/14282870/Demitrius-Carter-Jr">https://www.hudl.com/profile/14282870/Demitrius-Carter-Jr</a>
<strong><em>Matthew Wingo- Newsome</em></strong>
<strong><em>6’1 165lbs</em></strong>
Wingo had a very good junior season with 20 catches for 382 yards and four touchdowns. He’s a crafty route runner that consistently gets open, shows nice concentration and hands on deep balls, and is fearless going over the middle into traffic to make tough catches.
<strong><em>Film:</em></strong> <a href="https://www.hudl.com/profile/8171668/Matthew-Wingo">https://www.hudl.com/profile/8171668/Matthew-Wingo</a>
<strong><em>[player_tooltip player_id="32794" first="Deon" last="Silas"]- Steinbrenner</em></strong>
<strong><em>5’7 170lbs </em></strong>
Silas is one of the best and most versatile prospects in Florida this season, he’s a running back, that possesses natural receiving abilities, he had 25 catches for 357 yards and two touchdowns. He could play wide receiver at the next level for Iowa State which he is committed to. he combines speed, acceleration and make you miss moves, he breaks a lot of tackles for his size and runs with surprising power, constantly bouncing off tacklers.
<strong><em>Film:</em></strong> <a href="https://www.hudl.com/profile/9625742/Deon-Silas">https://www.hudl.com/profile/9625742/Deon-Silas</a>
<strong><em>Bryce Ray- Riverview</em></strong>
<strong><em>5’11 160lbs</em></strong>
Ray rounds out the top 10 list with 35 catches for 354 yards and two touchdowns in his senior season. He also added 155 yards rushing on the season. Ray is a nice slot receiver prospect that is very smart (4.1 GPA). He does a good job catching the ball in traffic, shows explosiveness, and acceleration in the open field.
<strong><em>Film:</em></strong> <a href="https://www.hudl.com/profile/11554007/Bryce-Ray">https://www.hudl.com/profile/11554007/Bryce-Ray</a>
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