ICYMI: 2023 Rankings Were Posted This Week
In case you missed it, Prep Redzone California updated our 2023 Prospect Rankings earlier this week! The rankings now include 610 college prospects with a top five of Braedon Simonian Braedon Simonian 5'10" | 175 lbs | ATH St Paul | 2023 CA , Malachi Nelson Malachi Nelson 6'3" | 195 lbs | QB Los Alamitos | 2023 State CA , Nico Iamaleava Nico Iamaleava 6'5" | 200 lbs | QB Warren | 2023 State CA , Matayo Uiagalelei Matayo Uiagalelei 6'5" | 265 lbs | DL St. John Bosco | 2023 State CA , and Jaden Rashada Jaden Rashada 6'4" | 185 lbs | QB Pittsburg | 2023 State CA !
See where your favorite players stack up in the state by viewing the California 2023 Rankings!
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Things you need to know about our Prospect Rankings
How do you decide where a player gets ranked? Let us tell you.
Prep Redzone California prospect rankings are compiled by our Scouts with input from high school and college coaches who watch a ton of California football. We put a lot of time and energy into it and we are as diligent as we can possibly be to get it right. We never intentionally set out to bury a kid or leave them off the list. We try not to be biased, other than favoring athletes with talent and a desire to get better. We work hard at being fair.
Most importantly, this list is about college potential, not current performance. Let us repeat that: This list is about college potential, not current performance. This is the big one, the factor that causes the most consternation, the most misunderstanding, especially among keenly interested parents. With that in mind, getting your film online and attending offseason events matters greatly. It is a reality, that players who do not have accessible tape and do not play in offseason events that are highly attended by other collegiate prospects are diminishing their opportunity to get noticed and distinguish themselves as a recruit and therefore make the rankings.