PSR Showcase Event Coverage: Wide Receivers That Caught My Eye
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Our event coverage of Coach Pennisi’s PSR Showcase continues. First we will review positional breakdowns of prospects that caught my eye at each position. These breakdowns are only from my subjective on-site observations. They do not take into consideration film, highlights, or…
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Continue ReadingOur event coverage of Coach Pennisi’s PSR Showcase continues. First we will review positional breakdowns of prospects that caught my eye at each position. These breakdowns are only from my subjective on-site observations. They do not take into consideration film, highlights, or anything else.
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Top Wide Receivers from the PSR Showcase
The Jackson Memorial product, D’Alessandro, is an athlete who puts himself out there and is not afraid to compete. This is not the first time D’Alessandro and I have crossed paths during this offseason’s camp circuit. Time-in and time-out, this unassuming receiver finds a way to stand out. At the PSR Showcase what jumped out to me was consistency in his well-rounded game. D’Alessandro runs clean routes, goes for the ball with his hands, and can win at the line. Each rep this rising senior takes, often with players bigger or faster than him, he competes. It is his scrappiness, sweat-equity, and love for football that propels him to prevail. D’Alessandro is a very solid player that colleges would love to roster.
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“Yo, Adrien!” – Rocky Balboa & fellow campers at the PSR Showcase every time Ian Adrien Ian Adrien 6’0″ | 160 lbs | WR Don Bosco Prep | 2025 State NJ made a play.
I heard this quite a few times, actually. The rising junior did a nice job all afternoon long. His ability to impress starts at the line with his release. Adrien demonstrated a variety of moves to get a clean release off the line, including head fakes, foot work, and hand fighting to gain the immediate advantage. I also witnessed him perform a few double-moves at the top of his route to shake a defender and create even more space. Finally, Adrien has strong hands and wants to use them exclusively to make the catch, rather than his body.
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Randall, one of the few in attendance representing Morris County, is another FCS-caliber talent that was showcased. Blessed with great size for the WR position, Randall also has the skills to back that up. Highly proficient at route running, Randall was one of the few receivers I took note of that ran the full gamut of routes in the route tree. He tracked the deep ball’s flight in the air very well, managed to gain a step when running sharp-breaking intermediate patterns, and made everyone know he can make a play with the ball in his hands with the short pass. There were few questions left unanswered about the precision in his craft: this prospect is a tactician.
Aside from looking the part, Barner showed up on the field as well – and in more than one way. He registered for the event as a wide receiver and put on for the Barrons when split out wide. He uses his length to his advantage when going up for grabs, extending his arms. This said, by proxy Barner likes to use his hands to come up with receptions in front of him and above his head. He his a plus-jumper too. The other interesting thing Barner did was take spins at QB as well. Not sure if it was for fun or part of his aspirations, but he threw a pretty accurate ball during the handful of spins I caught. If it is indeed something he wishes to do, it would behoove Barner to tighten his throwing motion.