PRZ Dakotas August Rankings Update Class of 2024: The Preview
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DAKOTAS– 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. What’s New The last time around we had a strong focus…
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Continue ReadingDAKOTAS– 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.
What’s New
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.
Team Totals from this List
Which high school football programs have the highest numbers thus far in our 2024 rankings? Find out the by the numbers:
Rapid City Stevens (SD) (5)
Sioux Falls Lincoln (SD) (4)
Dakota Valley (SD) (4)
Bridgewater-Emery (SD) (4)
Brandon Valley (SD) (3)
Winner (SD) (3)
Sturgis Brown (SD) (3)
Herreid-Selby (SD) (2)
Canton (SD) (2)
Chamberlain (SD) (2)
Kindred (ND) (2)
Bismarck Century (ND) (2)
Mandan (ND) (2)
Sioux Falls Roosevelt (SD) (2)
Valley City (ND) (2)
Brotherly Love
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.
Destin Glynn Destin Glynn 5'10" | 190 lbs | RB Rapid City Stevens | 2024 , RB | Rapid City Stevens
Little brother of #1 ranked 2022 RB prospect, Uriah Glynn Uriah Glynn 5'9" | 190 lbs | RB RC Stevens | 2022 State .
Korbyn Kayser Korbyn Kayser OL Bridgewater-Emery | 2024 SD , OL/DL | Bridgewater-Emery
Little brother of top 35 prospect in the Class of 2022, Koby Kayser Koby Kayser 5'10" | 190 lbs | RB BEE | 2022 State .
Brandon Kjetland Brandon Kjetland 6'5" | 275 lbs | OL Canistota | 2024 State SD , OL | Bridgewater-Emery
Little brother of Northern State commit Tyler Kjetland Tyler Kjetland 6'4" | 270 lbs | OL Bridgewater-Emery | 2021 State .
Cael Meisman Cael Meisman 6'3" | 180 lbs | WR Rapid City Stevens | 2024 State SD , ATH, | Rapid City Central
Little brother of Black Hills State commit, Kohl Meisman Kohl Meisman 6'6" | 185 lbs | QB RC Central | 2021 State .
Tayden Nave Tayden Nave ATH SF Roosvelt | 2024 State SD , ATH | Sioux Falls Roosevelt
Little brother of the #1 athlete in the Class of 2022 in the Dakotas, Tyree Nave Tyree Nave 6'1" | 175 lbs | ATH SF Roosevelt | 2022 State .
Boden Schiller Boden Schiller ATH Sioux Valley | 2024 State SD , WR | Sioux Valley
Little brother of South Dakotas Mines commit Jaxon Schiller.
Cody Slykhuis Cody Slykhuis ATH WWSSC | 2024 SD , ATH | Woonsocket-Wessington Springs-Sanborn Central
Little brother of Tryce Slykhuis Tryce Slykhuis DB Wosley-Wessington Springs | 2022 State a solid 2022 defensive back for the Blackhawks that has college football potential.
Brayden Sumption Brayden Sumption ATH Leola-Fredrick | 2024 State SD , WR | North Border
Little brother of Presentation College commit Isaac Sumption Isaac Sumption ATH North Border | 2021 State .
Sawyer Thompson Sawyer Thompson 5'11" | 180 lbs | QB Lemmon-McIntosh | 2024 SD , QB | Lemmon-McIntosh
Little brother of Black Hills State commit Cody Thompson Cody Thompson 6'0" | 185 lbs | QB Lemmon/McIntosh | 2021 State .
Isaac Wisnewski Isaac Wisnewski 5'11" | 170 lbs | RB Central Cass | 2024 State ND , WR | Central Cass (ND)
Little brother of Class of 2022 WR Frosty Wisnewski Frosty Wisnewski WR Central Cass | 2022 State , who in my eyes will be a solid small school prospect.
What is more important, Overall ranking or Position ranking?
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!