PRZ Dakotas August Rankings Update Class of 2024: The Preview

<strong>DAKOTAS-- </strong>With practices underway in the Dakotas, we have tapped with our Class of 2024 rankings which features now 87 young men that we have identified as probable college-level prospects. <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>What’s New</strong></span> The last time around we had a strong focus on building a watchlist with prospects that have the potential to be next-level football players. This time, we put together our Top 20 with prospects that we have watched plenty of film on and have a solid amount of tape from different angles for us to put them in the ranked category. As for the other 67 prospects, they remain high on our radar but are still listed under our "watchlist" category. Once more film this season is driven our way with these kids, you will as always see our list expand from this 2024 class. <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Team Totals from this List</strong></span> Which high school football programs have the highest numbers thus far in our 2024 rankings? Find out the by the numbers: <strong>Rapid City Stevens (SD) (5)</strong> <strong>Sioux Falls Lincoln (SD) (4)</strong> <strong>Dakota Valley (SD) (4)</strong> <strong>Bridgewater-Emery (SD) (4)</strong> <strong>Brandon Valley (SD) (3)</strong> <strong>Winner (SD) (3)</strong> <strong>Sturgis Brown (SD) (3)</strong> <strong>Herreid-Selby (SD) (2)</strong> <strong>Canton (SD) (2)</strong> <strong>Chamberlain (SD) (2)</strong> <strong>Kindred (ND) (2)</strong> <strong>Bismarck Century (ND) (2)</strong> <strong>Mandan (ND) (2)</strong> <strong>Sioux Falls Roosevelt (SD) (2)</strong> <strong>Valley City (ND) (2)</strong> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Brotherly Love</strong></span> The biggest thing I have found when identifying high school football prospects especially in the younger classes is finding that little brother of a prospect that will or is playing at the next level as that is usually a pretty strong metric that they might too. Here is the list of little brothers that are up next in the Class of 2024. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="174172" first="Destin" last="Glynn"], RB | Rapid City Stevens</strong> Little brother of #1 ranked 2022 RB prospect, [player_tooltip player_id="56462" first="Uriah" last="Glynn"]. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="105509" first="Korbyn" last="Kayser"], OL/DL | Bridgewater-Emery</strong> Little brother of top 35 prospect in the Class of 2022, [player_tooltip player_id="56448" first="Koby" last="Kayser"]. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="89277" first="Brandon" last="Kjetland"], OL | Bridgewater-Emery</strong> Little brother of Northern State commit [player_tooltip player_id="56333" first="Tyler" last="Kjetland"]. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="89276" first="Cael" last="Meisman"], ATH, | Rapid City Central</strong> Little brother of Black Hills State commit, [player_tooltip player_id="56349" first="Kohl" last="Meisman"]. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="105531" first="Tayden" last="Nave"], ATH | Sioux Falls Roosevelt </strong> Little brother of the #1 athlete in the Class of 2022 in the Dakotas, [player_tooltip player_id="56471" first="Tyree" last="Nave"]. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="105500" first="Boden" last="Schiller"], WR | Sioux Valley </strong> Little brother of South Dakotas Mines commit Jaxon Schiller. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="174209" first="Cody" last="Slykhuis"], ATH | Woonsocket-Wessington Springs-Sanborn Central</strong> Little brother of [player_tooltip player_id="77459" first="Tryce" last="Slykhuis"] a solid 2022 defensive back for the Blackhawks that has college football potential. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="174182" first="Brayden" last="Sumption"], WR | North Border</strong> Little brother of Presentation College commit [player_tooltip player_id="56374" first="Isaac" last="Sumption"]. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="105504" first="Sawyer" last="Thompson"], QB | Lemmon-McIntosh</strong> Little brother of Black Hills State commit [player_tooltip player_id="56339" first="Cody" last="Thompson"]. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="174191" first="Isaac" last="Wisnewski"], WR | Central Cass (ND)</strong> Little brother of Class of 2022 WR [player_tooltip player_id="151184" first="Frosty" last="Wisnewski"], who in my eyes will be a solid small school prospect. <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>What is more important, Overall ranking or Position ranking?</strong></span> From our eyes, your position ranking is more important than your overall ranking. If you improve your position ranking, the overall ranking will come up with it! Another thing to always take away from any sort of rankings is to not let them define you. I always tell prospects to use that ranking as fuel. Think you are being slept on? Use it on the field. Spend less time on Twitter, being concerned about it, and put in the work in the weight room, practice, and on Friday nights. Another takeaway with rankings is this. Maybe there’s a kid on a rival team or in your division that plays on the opposite side of you that is ranked higher than you. Use it on the field! &nbsp; &nbsp;