Vic’s Mailbag, September 6th: Rapid-Fire Evals

Vic Castillo September 6, 2021 @ 11:19 AM

Our main goal at Prep Redzone is to help prospects at every level get the recruiting attention they deserve. A great way is to expand our prospect database by opening up our DM’s on Twitter to your film! Don’t shy away, honest feedback, as well as strengths and weaknesses, will be discussed. All in the name of getting more players in our rankings and thus, more exposure. Send us your film at @PrepRedzonePA, as well as at my personal Twitter, @PRZPAvic. Parker Guy | 5’9, 175 | ATH | Penn-Trafford | 2025 8th-grader on the Penn-Trafford Freshman team. That’s saying something. He’s a tough runner for his size! He utilizes open space to his advantage, setting up his blockers in the open field. That’s an advanced trait you don’t see too often from young kids. He’s got the IQ early on, a good sign of a future productive player. He’s active in the screen game because of his solid hands. He’s a contributor on defense as well. Elias Ernst | 5’11, 195 | LB/OL | New Oxford | 2023 Week 1 stats go as follows. 1 forced fumble, 2 TFL’s, 12 total tackles. This kid is powerful enough to win tackles one-on-one with some of the opposing team’s biggest players. He’s a hybrid LB/OL prospect, a combination you don’t see often. Overall impressive strength. He’s an old-school, brute of a linebacker with solid lateral vision, My favorite part of this kid’s game is his ability to bring down ball carriers without his entire body. He can bring you down with his legs, one arm, a shoulder blow, it doesn’t matter. He doesn’t need all of himself to bring you down. I like his reps at offensive line, just undersized for the position. Louie Douglas | 5’10, 220 | DL/TE | Gateway | 2023 Limited film out of Louie Douglas. Love his use of leverage. He possesses strong legs that plant into the ground, making him capable of eating up blocks and limiting push-backs. Great push-then-shed technique. Has good downfield pursuit. Sam Siafa | 6’4, 252 | DL | Downingtown West | 2022 So intrigued by this prospect. A little bit of recruitment is seen on his socials, but there is so little film to base a true evaluation off of. The limited film still showed off a prospect with incredible size. It’s not just the measurables themselves, it’s the way he carries that build. Chiseled and cut. I love his camp reps more than anything. I see huge potential in this kid, especially at Downingtown West. I want to get him ranked, just need a little bit more film out there. | 6’0, 170 | QB/ATH | Norwin | 2022 Athletic prospect at quarterback. Can take-off out of the backfield thanks to his great burst. Capable of running zone-read option sets out of shotgun. Levendosky’s film is littered with wideout and safety reps as well. Levendosky is limited as a passer but his superb athleticism makes up for it. I was able to catch some updated tape out of Norwin where I saw a huge difference in his timing on passes and his overall movement. Love to see some growth. George Arendt | 5’10, 150 | ATH | Germantown Academy | 2025 Super raw prospect who was brought to my attention by coaches at Germantown Academy. There isn’t much film to go off of so I will hold off on a true evaluation but the kid is on my radar as a possible early entrant into our 2025 rankings. I’ll keep my eyes peeled. | 6’0, 182 | WR/DB | Solanco | 2023 One of the most underrated prospects in the 2023 class, , our 184th ranked junior has some stellar film to watch. He’s going to provide DB and WR/RB reps if need be. This kid can get up! He can leap with his pads and secure difficult INT’s. Awesome ball awareness on both sides of the football. His tape is littered with impressive catch after impressive catch. He’s got serious hands and a radius that extends well above his head. Good body control. I think Cunningham could be a special safety prospect because of said ball awareness, and the fact that he is an aggressive tackler who plays with an attitude. He can even be an effective blitzer. Highly productive player, my favorite part about his game is that he is capable of all these things despite a less than spectacular build. He gets the job done. | 5’10, 180 | ATH | Imani Christian Academy | 2022 The best playmaker in this group by far. Serious track-star acceleration out of Jackson. Awesome displacement on jump cuts in the trenches, he does this often when repping zone runs out of shotgun. Offensive alignment versatility. Can give you reps at RB, as well as inside or outside receiver. Insane production, big play after big play. His elusiveness is legit, I don’t throw elusiveness around either. The kid doesn’t like to run out of bounds and will frequently lower his shoulder before thinking about jogging off the field. He’s a dog on defense too, his play suggests a LB/S hybrid prospect who is utilized as a blitzer by Imani Christian. He’s a great contributor on defense but a special talent on offense.