2023 Rankings Update Stock Risers: Special Teams

To finish off the class of 2023 stock risers, we move our attention to special teams. Below are four of our six ranked kickers in the class of 2023. <strong>No.164 [player_tooltip player_id="92069" first="Serafino" last="Desantis"] - 6-foot-0, 185-pounds Central Valley</strong> Coming off his first year as a kicker for Central Valley, DeSantis shows some great promise at the position. He has a nice compact motion and is able to drive the ball well and will be able to generate more power as he continues to strengthen his legs and works on his motion. We were not able to see any attempts by him outside extra points. On kickoffs, he has quality power and much like his place kicks these should improve as he gets stronger and works on his mechanics. Overall, he’s still a bit of a raw prospect (only one year at the position) but he shows good potential at the position, this offseason will be big for him in his development. He finished his season 37-for-40 in extra point attempts while also averaging 42.1 yards per kickoff. <strong>No.178 [player_tooltip player_id="92068" first="Roman" last="Levant"] -  5-foot-8, 145-pounds Wallenpaupack Area</strong> Levant shows a good compact kicking motion that allows him to drive the ball extremely well and has shown the ability in non-game situations to kick it up to 60-yards. He gets tremendous elevation on his kicks, rarely allowing defenders to get their hands even near the ball. On his kickoffs, he shows really good power and hangtime as well. He does show versatility as well, as he can punt. His future is definitely as a placekicker but his punting abilities do add some value to his game and for wherever he plays at the next level. He was 19-for-20 this season in extra points and 2-for-3 on field goal attempts with a long of 39. He also averaged 49.9 yards per kickoff and 36.2 yards per punt. <strong>No.181 [player_tooltip player_id="92065" first="Dakota" last="Campbell"] - 5-foot-10, 165-pounds, East Pennsboro</strong> Campbell is a kicker who there is quite a bit of potential in but may need some more development compared to others. He shows good mechanics and a quality foundation to work with going forward, he gets a quality lift on the football as well. He shows the ability to make kicks up to about 40-yards but will need to add more power and velocity behind his kicks to hit field goals from higher ranges. There’s a lot to work with and it will be big for him this offseason to get his legs stronger and work on delivering more explosiveness to his kicks. Stat wise he was 22-for-24 on PATs and 2-for-3 on field goal attempts with a long of 41-yards this season. He also averaged 38.3 yards on 35 kickoffs. <strong>No.191 [player_tooltip player_id="92072" first="Mason" last="Yohn"] - 5-foot-11, 155-pounds, Northern York</strong> Yohn has a nice and smooth repeatable mechanics that allow him to drive through the football, getting both strong hangtime and velocity on his kicks. He has good power on his kickoffs and should add more as he gets bigger and stronger. He made 20-of-21 extra points this season and 7-of-11 field goal attempts with a long of 47-yards. His kickoffs averaged 47.6 yards with a long of 60 and three touchbacks on 41 kickoffs. &nbsp;