Things to Watch in Week 8
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A couple of things to watch as we enter week 8 from Philly QB’s to WPIAL Linebackers. St. Joe’s Prep QB Samaj Jones Samaj Jones 6'0" | 215 lbs | QB St. Joseph's Prep | 2024 State PA Vs.…
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Continue ReadingA couple of things to watch as we enter week 8 from Philly QB’s to WPIAL Linebackers.
St. Joe’s Prep QB Samaj Jones Samaj Jones 6'0" | 215 lbs | QB St. Joseph's Prep | 2024 State PA Vs. Archbishop Wood QB Mekhi Wharton Mekhi Wharton 6'5" | 215 lbs | QB Neumann-Goretti | 2024 State PA
Two sophomore QB’s from the Philly area battle it out for the first time. I consider Jones and Wharton to be the top sophomore quarterbacks in the Philly area. Neither of them doesn’t have stats available but they both do have a receiving threat, Jones has WR David Washington Jr David Washington Jr 6'0" | 185 lbs | WR St. Joseph's Prep | 2024 State PA . and Wharton has TE Markus Dixon Markus Dixon 6'5" | 230 lbs | TE Archbishop Wood | 2023 State PA . Jones has a high. Tight, quick release with a good arm who shows to be accurate. He shows to lead his receivers. Jones is also athletic who can make plays with his legs. Wharton has the size, he also shows high, tight, quick release. He also looks accurate with a good arm but shows to under-throw receivers. I’m really interested to see how each QB plays in this game.
Battle of the Linebackers
I am very interested in this linebacker matchup between Peters Township senior Nico Pate Nico Pate 6'1" | 205 lbs | LB Peters Township | 2022 State PA and Bethel Park’s junior Gavin Moul Gavin Moul 6'1" | 220 lbs | LB Bethel Park | 2023 State PA . Pate has quickness off the edge when blitzing. He also shows twitchiness and bend when coming off the edge. Wish he were more physical, good tackler. Shows some closing burst. He looks smoother out in space. Tried to get stast on him for this season. Moul is a physical kid who is a good tackler. His updated stats on the season 80 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 7 sacks, 5 forced fumbles, and 1 interception. Pate plays running back on offense, so it’ll be interesting to see how they do head-to-head. I believe both linebackers are FBS players.