Friday Film Review Part Two (Feb. 17th, 2023)
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Every Friday during February through April, we’re going to throw on the tape and break down athletes across Oklahoma. Earlier this month, we put out a tweet asking prospects in the 2024-2026 classes to send us their film for our Film Review feature. Over 150 responses later and we’re off to the races. Keep it locked in to Prep Redzone Oklahoma every Friday for more breakdowns on athletes across Oklahoma. This week, we put out not one, but two Film Reviews and this is part two! You can check out Part One RIGHT HERE.
If you’re not featured this week but have sent us your film, don’t worry! You’re on the list and will be covered in the future. Now, all of these breakdowns are based on the film we have access to. And this isn’t just a puff piece. While the majority of the breakdowns will be positive, it will also include areas to improve, question marks and more for the prospect to work on as we head into the spring and summer.
We have several 2026 athletes that we are going to feature here this week in our weekly Friday Film Review. We are going to start off with Auston who shows that he has a good frame on tape who plays wide receiver and defensive back for Lawton MacArthur. One important trait that he possesses is being able to shield his defender with his body to be able to catch the ball. During film review, he brought in several catches and would high point the ball. At defensive back, he showed he has a good back pedal and drives on the ball when it comes out of the quarterbacks’ hand. There were a couple of times that he would come off the edge with a natural bend attacking the quarterback. Auston was active around the football and even created some turnovers on a few clips. Auston is a physical defender, but I would like to watch him play more coverage to truly evaluate him on defense.
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Blaine Hipp
Blaine Hipp
Standing in at 6’4″ at 185 pounds, Hipp is an athlete in the 2026 class at Hominy and might be the most interesting in this group. Hipp shows that he has good body control, especially with his size and a 2026 athlete. Hipp high points the ball and shows that he has good eye hand coordination with the ball. What stood out with me was his deep route capability which gave him an advantage with his size. Hipp also competed for the jump ball and even came back for the short ones. Even with his height, Hipp showed good hips in and out of his brakes. On the defensive side of the ball, he lined up at outside linebacker (safety) and was physical on coming up on the tackles. Hipp does a good job of playing outside in and keeping the ball carrier on his inside hip. Hipp will be someone in the 2026 class to keep an eye out for this upcoming season.
Henryetta Knights have a good signal caller from the class of 2025 in Norman. Norman is 6’2″ and weighs in around 170 pounds with a good frame to add. The first thing that jumps out at me with Norman is his ball placement. He throws the ball in an area for his receivers to catch it. Norman has a good deep ball and is strong throwing the ball over the middle of the defense. Norman knows his wide receiver core and places the ball all over the field for them to find work. He has a good frame and will keep developing as the Knights’ quarterback in the near future. He shows a good pocket presence and keeps his feet underneath for his delivery. With a good offseason, I look for Norman to add good weight and continue to get stronger in the weight room.
Harlam Henry
Harlam Henry
Henry plays guard for the Redhawks and is in the class of 2024. He stands in at 6’3″ and 330 pounds. Henry has a good initial punch and fits up with his defender with his hands inside. He likes to finish off his drive blocks on run plays with his defender on the ground while being physical. Henry runs a good track to engage on his defender and moves his feet. I would like to see more run fits and pass protection on his film to really evaluate him being a 2024 lineman.
Out of all the linemen I evaluated in this film session, I liked watching Lea’s tape out of Norman North. He is a 2024 lineman who is 6’4″ and weighs 240 pounds. He shows a good kick step in pass protection and engages his defender with good technique. Linemen are told not to lock out or engage on the defender right off the bat or when the ball is snapped in pass protection. When they show pass protection, keep their hands inside with thumbs up ready to strike their opponent. Multiple times, Lea showed this technique and swiped down his opponent’s arms to finish his block. Lea has good hand placement on his run blocks with a solid base and good knee bend as an offensive lineman. Lea moves well out in open space and gets to his second level with no trouble finding work. Lea likes to play physical which shows in the run game. With a great offseason, Lea could have a solid senior season which could attract some attention for his recruiting.
Rich was a fun athlete to watch on film. He is from Ponca City in the class of 2024 and is listed at 6’5″ 240 pounds. In the last two years of doing this film review, this is my first Ponca City player to evaluate and put eyes on and he didn’t disappoint. Rich finds open windows in the passing game and is able to throttle it down to make his catches. He is a physical blocker in the running game that can line up at H back, tight end, or split out. With his big frame, he is able to use his big body to shield the defenders away from him and the ball. He looks like a good possession receiver that will go get you the yards that are needed and does the dirty work you want out of your tight end in the run game. By splitting him out wide, he can attack smaller corners with screen passes and gain outside leverage for his ball carrier.
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It was crazy to think that in watching DeBusk’s film that he is only a freshman at Jones. He looks like he has a Junior or Senior body out on the field. He is physically gifted in that area that just blows you away that he is a 2026 athlete. We watched him play linebacker on film and I really like how he scrapes to find the open gaps to close in on the ball carrier. He is patient as the cutback player and gets physical playing downhill. When the play is ran away from him, he gets down the line of scrimmage. DeBusk is physical on the point of contact and gets off his block while keeping his separation from the blocker. I liked how DeBusk reads his read key and reacts. It will be exciting to see the growth in year 2 for DeBusk as he moves on as a sophomore.
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Mason Torres
Mason Torres
Torres is a 2025 athlete at Lincoln Christian that plays the outside linebacker position. The Bulldogs do a great job in developing all of their players that I have watched, even coached against, over the years. We watched his film and the first thing that stood out to me was he is a good spill player that is fundamentally sound. He reads his read key and attacks exactly where he is supposed to for the Bulldogs. Torres sets the edge and keeps everything to his inside hip. Torres plays well in pass coverage and works to get under the #1 wide receiver on most boot or sprint out plays. Even with his size, 6’0″ 165 pounds, he gets off his blocks quickly and plays sideline to sideline.
Moore plays quarterback for the Mannford Pirates and is in the class of 2026. He is listed at 6’3″ weighs in at 175 pounds and is only 14 years old. I was intrigued in watching Moore’s film with him being a freshman and seeing how he did. One of the hardest positions to play coming in as a freshman, is the quarterback position. I liked how Moore moved his feet in the pocket and stayed active with his eyes. Moore throws the wide receiver open and doesn’t just throw the ball or force it much. When he feels the pocket collapse, he just doesn’t take off and run with the ball. Moore will step up and deliver the ball with good placement. Moore makes good decisions and is even seen making 2 man reads while still getting the ball out of his hand on time.
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Putnam City West, Ford, is a 2025 athlete that can play multiple positions. His first play on tape is him at quarterback running the read option. Ford kept the ball and took off to the house untouched. He shows good speed and change of direction. Putnam City West does a good job finding different ways in getting Ford the ball. Ford catches the ball with his hands and catching the ball in any direction it is thrown. As a defensive back, he plays physical on making his tackles. One a few clips, he drove on the wide receiver once the ball came out of the quarterbacks hand. I would like to see more clips of him in coverage with his back pedal to truly evaluate him for the 2025 class as an all around defensive back.