WJFL Players to Watch: National, Royal, and Patriot

Prep Redzone looks at a few dozen players from the West Jersey Football League that you should watch out for this upcoming season. Most of these players either have offers, earned all-league, all-region, or all-state honors, or contributed on the varsity level last season. Today we look at the WJFL’s National, Royal, and Patriot Divisions. <h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">ROYAL</span></h2> <strong>DELSEA</strong> <strong>Trey Simmons</strong>|RB|2022 Simmons carried the football 50 times for 703 yards and nine touchdowns in six games last season. <strong>Danny Digiovacchino</strong>|LB|2023 Digiovacchino made 58 tackles (35 solo) last season. <strong>Jaedyn Stewart</strong>|LB|2022 Stewart made 52 tackles (35 solo) last season. <strong>Jared Schoppe</strong>|LB|2023 Schoppe made 39 total tackles (23 solo) and sacked the quarterback three times last season. Schoppe rushed 84 times for 54 yards and seven touchdowns last season. &nbsp; <strong>HAMMONTON</strong> <strong>AJ Ryker</strong>|5-10|175|LB|2022 Ryker may not be the biggest at his position but he is among the quickest. <strong>Andrew Wehner</strong>|6-1|190|LB|2024 <strong>Austin Hudak</strong>|6-3|210|LB|2022 Hudak plays both tight end and linebacker for his high school team. After watching his film, I believe he has a higher ceiling at the middle linebacker position. Hudak is a physical tackler and comes downhill in a hurry to make plays. &nbsp; <strong>DEPTFORD</strong> <strong>Brandon Pitts</strong>|6-0|245|DL|2022 Pitts plugs up the middle against the run and disrupts action in opposing backfields. <strong>Mikey Long</strong>|6-0|150|2023 <strong>George Rodgers</strong>|6-0|200|2022 &nbsp; <strong>MAINLAND</strong> <strong>Noah Torres|</strong>5-10|170|WR|2022 <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="146663" first="Jabriel" last="Mace"]</strong>|5-10|170|Rb|2023 &nbsp; <strong>CLEARVIEW</strong> <strong>Ryan Visalli</strong>|5-8|160|DB|2022 &nbsp; <h2>NATIONAL</h2> <strong>CHERRY HILL WEST</strong> <strong>Makhi Thompson</strong>|5-10|170|WR|2022 <strong>Lenix leo Fernandez</strong>|5-9|165|LB|2023 <strong>Dhante Johnson</strong>|5-6|155|RB|2022 &nbsp; <strong>BRIDGETON</strong> <strong>Jermaine Bell Jr.</strong>|5-10|180|RB|2022 <strong>Edward Gravely</strong>|5-10|190|ATH|2022 <strong>Richard Mosley</strong>|6-0|170|QB|2023 <strong>Jared Gonzalez Guzman</strong>|5-8|140|WR|2022 <strong>Daveon Morris</strong>|5-8|215|LB|2022 &nbsp; <strong>PAUL VI</strong> <strong>Declan Williams</strong>|6-2|215|LB|2022 Williams controls the middle of the defense for Paul VI. He does a great job as both a run and pass blitzed. <strong>Logan Clark</strong>|6-2|185|DB|2022 <strong>Isaiah Shafer</strong>|5-8|155|RB|2022 &nbsp; <strong>TRITON</strong> <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="146664" first="Justin" last="Brown"]|</strong>RB|2023 Brown carried the football 133 times for 958 yards and 12 touchdowns in eight games last season. <strong>Alex Rivera</strong>|LB|2022 Rivera made 55 total tackles (25 solo) last season. <strong>Jake England</strong>|LB|2022 England made 40 total tackles (11 solo) last season. <strong>Jarret White|</strong>6-2|180|WR|2022 <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="146664" first="Justin" last="Brown"]</strong>|5-9|160|RB|2023 <strong>Blake Staiano</strong>|5-9|155|RB|2022 &nbsp; <strong>ATLANTIC CITY</strong> <strong>Eric Trecker</strong>|6-3|180|QB|2022 <strong>Jahmeer Cartagena</strong>|5-11|160|ATH|2022 <strong>Dwayne Carter</strong>|5-11|WR|2024 &nbsp; <strong>CHERRY HILL EAST</strong> Mark Hendri|ATH|2022 &nbsp; <h2>PATRIOT</h2> &nbsp; <strong>HOLY CROSS PREP</strong> Chase Young|6-2|195|ATH|2022 &nbsp; <strong>FLORENCE</strong> <strong>Tyler Brunner</strong>|6-0|190|LB|2023 <strong>Jamar Dowling</strong>|6-0|160|WR|2023 <strong>Jamiel Home</strong>|5-8|150|RB|2023 <strong>Wade Andre</strong>|6-0|230|LB|2022 &nbsp; <strong>WOODBURY</strong> <strong>Theodore Lockhart III</strong>|5-9|175|RB|2022 <strong>Derron Moore</strong>|6-0|210|LB|2023 <strong>Jordan Smith</strong>|RB|2022 <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="172488" first="Anthony" last="Reagan"] Jr.</strong>|5-9|170|ATH|2024 &nbsp; <strong>PALMYRA</strong> <strong>Deondre Bailey</strong>|5-10|RB|2022 <strong>Zack Kahana</strong>|5-11|215|DE|2022 <strong>Kwinten Ives</strong>|6-3|180|ATH|2024 <strong>Gerald Griffin IV</strong>|6-2|260|OL|2022 &nbsp; <strong>GLASSBORO</strong> <strong>Ralph McBride</strong>|RB|2022 <strong>Jonathan Sutton</strong>|5-11|190|WR|2022 <strong>Azahmir Cromartie-Cooper</strong>|6-1|220|ATH|2023 &nbsp; <strong>BURLINGTON CITY</strong> <strong>Jacquez Hunt</strong>|6-3|190|LB|2022 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;