Freshmen Phenoms

The 2025 class in Arizona has looked extremely promising given the maturity and production from these young athletes at the varsity level throughout the 2021 season. Here's a look at 5 freshman who are the next superstars of Arizona high school football: &nbsp; <strong>Bear Tenney</strong>, <em>TE, Casteel/Hamilton<img class=" wp-image-64677 alignright" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/redzone/uploads/2020/10/IMG_4635-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="208" height="277" /></em> Tenney played his freshman season at Casteel, and recently transferred over to Hamilton. He already sizes up with a terrific frame at 6'5" 220lbs. He possesses an excellent base and center of gravity as a blocker while having a good understanding of leverage as he's flashed the ability to redirect opponents as a down TE. Willing blocker when lined up in the slot or isolated on the outsides as he does a great job using his length to his advantage. Tenney possesses strong, reliable hands and is an ideal redzone target. An instant mismatch when isolated on the outsides given his frame and athleticism. He holds offers from Louisville, Colorado State, Marshall, Arizona State, Arizona, and Oregon State. &nbsp; <strong>Jamar Malone</strong>, <em>QB, Higley</em> Malone sizes up with a 6'3" 205lb frame. He shows some moxy with a good pocket presence, and delivers with a smooth, fluid, and quick release with good body language in his upper half upon delivery. Advanced football IQ for a 2025 prospect as he's shown it in a variety of ways throughout the season. He does a great job knowing when to use velocity vs touch, and can hit those difficult deep out routes and comebacks with some zip and placement. Good arm strength to stretch the field vertically with touch and placement as well. He can be a threat on the ground on zone read plays along with eluding pressure and taking off, as he is checking all the boxes as a legit power 5 QB. He holds offers from Arizona and Iowa State. https://twitter.com/jamar1malone/status/1484603694792380417?s=20 <strong>Dajon Hinton</strong>, <em>DB, Saguaro </em> The state champ played an important role on that Saguaro defense at CB throughout the season, and flashed promising intangibles every time I saw him live. He possesses raw skillset with loads of potential, and projects to be a top DB in the 2022 season. Hinton tracks the receivers hips well and possesses good speed to turn and burn vertical with receivers downfield, and does a great job getting his head around in time to accurately punch through the ball to force PBU's. Solid hips and twitch for a young prospect which will only continue to get better. He looked very promising in the run game as he's not afraid to come downhill and deliver a big pop to ball carries. He holds offers from Arizona and New Mexico. &nbsp; <strong>Dezmen Roebuck</strong>, <em>ATH, Marana</em> Roebuck did a terrific job at WR for Marana, and was very effective from the slot. He's dangerous in space as they loved to feed him the rock on bubble screens, as he possesses a swift, effortless movement in the open field with good top end speed. He's physical at the POC if he needs to be, and could easily be a new name to pop off in 5A in 2022. He flashed some twitch at the top of his routes, and will look to capitalize on that moving forward. He racked up 44 receptions for 502 yards and 5 TD's, while contributing 36 tackles on defense. &nbsp; <strong>Kaleb Jones</strong>, <em>OL/DL, Mountain Pointe</em> Jones has gotten a ton of praise for his maturity and willingness to step up and fill a big role as a freshman. He displays a nice base and pass set to absorb shock and hold ground well. He flashes a nice and strong punch to knock opponents off balance, and translates that weight room strength to the field nearly perfect. Good mobility and bend within his 6'1" 275lb frame with the quickness to kick out and reach edge rushers. Nasty in the run game with strength and power at the POA, with the ability to redirect opponents to create clear lanes for ball carriers. He'll finish blocks to the ground or to the whistle, as his nasty play is very impressive. He currently holds an offer form New Mexico State.