ICYMI: 2024 Rankings Were Posted This Week
In case you missed it, Prep Redzone Dakotas updated our 2024 Prospect Rankings earlier this week! The rankings now include 222 college prospects with a top five of Riley Sunram Riley Sunram 6'5" | 280 lbs | DL Kindred | 2024 State ND , Navarro Schunke Navarro Schunke 6'6" | 290 lbs | OL Brandon Valley | 2024 State SD , Coy Okeson Coy Okeson 6'6" | 280 lbs | OL Minot Bishop Ryan | 2024 State ND , Thomas Heiberger Thomas Heiberger 6'4" | 215 lbs | LB Sioux Falls Jefferson | 2024 State SD , and Nate Tastad Nate Tastad 6'5" | 265 lbs | DL North Prairie | 2024 State ND !
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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 Dakotas prospect rankings are compiled by our Scouts with input from high school and college coaches who watch a ton of Dakotas 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.