ICYMI: 2023 Rankings Were Posted This Week
In case you missed it, Prep Redzone Dakotas updated our 2023 Prospect Rankings earlier this week! The rankings now include 342 college prospects with a top five of Lincoln Kienholz Lincoln Kienholz 6'3" | 185 lbs | QB Pierre | 2023 State , Karter Menz Karter Menz 6'5" | 215 lbs | DL West Fargo Sheyenne | 2023 State , Jason Maciejczak Jason Maciejczak 6'4" | 320 lbs | OL Pierre | 2023 State , Richard Benenge Richard Benenge 6'2" | 220 lbs | LB Harrisburg | 2023 State , and Abraham Myers Abraham Myers 6'4" | 215 lbs | DL Sioux Falls Washington | 2023 State !
See where your favorite players stack up in the state by viewing the Dakotas 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 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.