Five Outstanding Defensive Players From the Class of 2025

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>There is a great abundance of talented players from the class of 2025 on both sides of the ball. Here are five excellent defensive players from the class of 2025 to keep an eye on.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["284942"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"This season, Jahmale helped the Trotwood-Madison Rams to a 7-win season, advance to the 2nd round of the playoffs. He plays predominantly as a CB. Against the pass, he does an excellent job of reading the eyes of the QB, locates the ball in the air and times his hands well as he disrupts the trajectory of the ball for a PBU. Against the run, he shows good football intelligence as he quickly reads run/pass, takes good angles in pursuit and delivers a nice form tackle preventing a gain of significant yardage.","_player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations_1_player":["442591"],"_player_evaluations_1_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_1_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_1_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_1_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_1_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_1_evaluation":"This season, Denim helped the Bishop Hartley Hawks advance to the 2nd round of the playoffs. He plays predominantly as an OLB. Against the run, he quickly keys and diagnoses the play, shows good play speed in pursuit before making the stop behind the LOS for a TFL. Against the pass, he locates the ball and times his hands well to make the deflection and shows great concentration as he then makes the catch on the deflected ball for an INT.","_player_evaluations_1_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations_2_player":["446856"],"_player_evaluations_2_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_2_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_2_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_2_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_2_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_2_evaluation":"This season, PJ helped the Princeton Vikings to a 9-win season, advance to the 2nd round of the playoffs and held opposing offenses to 12.75 points per game. He plays as a MLB. Against the run, he quickly penetrates the LOS and uses his good play strength to make the tackle behind the LOS for a TFL. Against the pass, he reads the eyes of the QB and shows excellent range in pursuit of the WR. He displays good closing speed and delivers a powerful hit to the WR preventing a gain of significant yardage.","_player_evaluations_2_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations_3_player":["435178"],"_player_evaluations_3_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_3_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_3_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_3_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_3_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_3_evaluation":"This season, Ty helped the St. Francis DeSales Stallions to a 7-win season, advance to the 2nd round of the playoffs and held opposing offenses to 14.25 points per game. He plays as a NT and DT. Against the pass, he displays excellent play strength as he stacks the C at the point of attack and catches the deflected pass for an interception. Against the run, he uses is quick off the ball and uses his quality strength and physical toughness to defeat the block from the IOL. He delivers a big hit at the LOS making the tackle preventing a first down on 3rd and short.","_player_evaluations_3_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations_4_player":["446857"],"_player_evaluations_4_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_4_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_4_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_4_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_4_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_4_evaluation":"This season, Trey's outstanding play was a bright spot in the 3-8 season of the Hamilton Big Blue. He plays as an EDGE where he lines up in a 2 pt and 3 pt stance. Against the pass, he uses his awesome play speed and bend to defeat the block from the OT and penetrate the LOS quickly. He plays with a great motor in pursuit before finishing up with a sack. Against the run, he uses is good play strength and use of hands to shed the block from the OT and quickly locates the RB. He then makes the tackle behind the LOS for a TFL.","_player_evaluations_4_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations":5,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"edit","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6387f7fbc8217"} /-->