Preseason Team Spotlight – Brandon Valley High School

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Brandon Valley has been a powerhouse that has been at the top of the 11AAA totem pole, they have a deep talent pool to sustain that success. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='101217' first='Lucas' last='Slack'] - QB, 6'1" 190lbs, Senior</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Slack with a rocket on him and an even bigger brain in his head. He is a pocket wizard, seemingly having the ability to keep plays alive and move around in any way that he can to get the ball into his receiver's hands. He can create nothing out of something and can be a dangerous threat on all fronts of the field and the offense. Slack has heart and grit with a want and need of sorts to have his team win no matter the cost. Slack loves to spend his time in the pocket and work around the defense that lines up in front of him. Slack can pick apart defenses with his accurate throws and always seems to get the ball exactly where it needs to go. Slack raises his team with his play and his attitude of always wanting to help every last person on his team. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><a href="https://www.hudl.com/profile/12166901/Lucas-Slack">Slack Highlights </a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em><strong><a href="https://www.hudl.com/athlete/13178081">Lorenzo Nelson</a> </strong></em>- ST/DB, 6'0" 170lbs, Senior</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Nelson plays great wherever you want to play him on your team. Nelson is a great role player on special teams units who can make great tackles and is a great man to stifle kickoffs. Nelson is a key contributor to the special teams unit of Brandon Valley and has been since his role started on the team. As a defensive back, you can plug Nelson into a variety of defensive back roles, he can play well as a slot cornerback to match with receivers in one on one coverage scenarios. As a safety role of a defensive player, he can be a lurking ballhawk who makes big hits and bigger plays for his team on the defense. Nelson puts himself and his body first and always will go out on the line to have his team be has successful as they can be. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><a href="https://www.hudl.com/profile/13178081/Lorenzo-Nelson" data-type="URL" data-id="https://www.hudl.com/profile/13178081/Lorenzo-Nelson">Nelson Highlights </a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>Nate Andersen </em></strong>- WR/DB, 6'4" 185lbs, Senior</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Andersen towers over anyone in his way when he is ready to catch a pass from his quarterback. Andersen is imposing in his figure, towering over just about any cornerback that stands in his way trying to guard him. He blows by anyone in his way with his route running and his speed that he can use to get by just about anyone that tries to guard Andersen. He is a force to be reckoned with on the offense, while he is a great pass catcher he also has some abilities that you would not generally expect. Andersen is an exceptional run and pass blocker, when the ball is not being thrown his way you better bet that he will be helping his offense. Andersen is a complete package of a player and everything that you would want out of someone to be a dominant threat on your offense. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Andersen Highlights</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='289605' first='Austin' last='Brummels'] - LB/RB, 5'10" 176lbs, Junior</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Brummels is a force on both sides of the ball, no matter which way you slice it. Brummels wining lining up as halfback is an agile rusher who finds holes and if he does not find one, he makes them. Brummels can force his way into any alley or hole that he can find or make on his own. He is a tenacious runner who puts his head down and powers through any runner he finds in his way. On the other side, Brummels is a coverage expert and can read anything that he finds coming his way. It is almost like Brummels has a sixth sense when it comes to reading passes and the way they are going to go. He can pass rush at a high level too, breaking tackles and finessing his way into the backfield. Brummels is a player that teams want and need to be successful in their endeavors. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><a href="https://www.hudl.com/profile/14862047/Austin-Brummels" data-type="URL" data-id="https://www.hudl.com/profile/14862047/Austin-Brummels">Brummels Highlights</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>Caden Dowd</em></strong> - LB/DB/DL, 5'10" 180lbs, Junior</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Dowd is a jack of all trades defensive player who is a utility player at heart with all of his talents. Dowd when playing linebacker seems to be mostly a run stopper. He can fill gaps and get into tight spots to squeeze the runner out of where he is. If you want to line him up on the edge as an OLB and rush the passer, he has success disrupting and causing chaos in the pocket. As a defensive back, he can apply for solid press coverage and cause offenses to shift around the pressure that he is applying to his team. Dowd, while not having any true area of expertise, excels as someone who plays hard at a high level and his stats, as well as his abelites, translate into that. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><a href="https://www.hudl.com/profile/14841017/Caden-Dowd" data-type="URL" data-id="https://www.hudl.com/profile/14841017/Caden-Dowd">Dowd Highligths</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->