The 10 DL’s Named MVP at A PRZ Next Camp This Spring
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At unpadded camps and showcases around the country, defensive linemen should be licking their chops. The offensive linemen are typically left out on an island, to stop a speeding freight train in one-on-one’s. Unless the offensive lineman has great feet,…
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Continue ReadingAt unpadded camps and showcases around the country, defensive linemen should be licking their chops. The offensive linemen are typically left out on an island, to stop a speeding freight train in one-on-one’s. Unless the offensive lineman has great feet, they’re at a disadvantage without out other big bodies in the vicinity for pass rushers to bump into. Nonetheless, nobody wants to hear excuses; Especially not the 10 defensive linemen below, he won the D-Line MVP at their respective camp.
Seals made the trip from Alabama over to Tennessee for the PRZ Next Rising Prospect Camp and didn’t disappoint. I added him to the 2027 PRZ Next National Watchlist just a few days before camp and then he earned MVP like it was meant to be. A long, athletic kid at 6-foot-2 and 185 pounds.
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Only a class of 2028 athlete, Niven has all the tools to be a really special player–especially with at least one more year of pre-high school football left. He’s a speed rusher off the end–the perfect example of what the modern day “Edge” player looks like at this level. The Massachusetts prospect looked good at the New Jersey camp.
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Another 2028 prospect to get excited about, Georgia’s Christian Williams has won an MVP at nearly every event he’s been to this off-season. While and Osiris Niven are both defensive end’s, Williams is a big space-eater at 5-foot-10 and 270 pounds with power and speed. I look forward to seeing him some more this summer.
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Big Derrick Gleason III is a 2027 prospect I’ve been high on since I first saw him play live in sixth-grade. A tireless worker and a bully on the interior defensive line. He’s big, strong and aggressive with excellent feet for a big man. Comes complete with a Texas-sized personality and work ethic. Also dominates on the offensive line, too.
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Utah’s Krew Jones made the trip to So. Cal for the combined high school-middle school camp and tested off the charts in nearly every combine drill. He backed that up with a great showing against a number of high school varsity athletes. He has length and a phenomenal build. We’ll see what position he ends up at, as his career unfolds.
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Jyheir Sutton
Jyheir Sutton
Illinois’ Sutton came to the PRZ Camp this winter and did a good job, but then came back this spring and earned himself an MVP award. Complete with the torn jersey, he battled in the trenches and use his squatty frame to dominate one-on-one’s with leverage.
I had only heard of Brister ahead of the PRZ Next Rising Prospect Camp this spring, but now a whole bunch of people are going to start to know his name. Reminds me of a dancing bear with his size and ability to control two gaps across the defensive interior. Played with big, strong, heavy hands at camp.
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Fackel made the trip to the Pennsylvania PRZ Next Rising Prospect camp from Virginia, and picked up the MVP. At 6-foot-4 and 230 pounds heading into his freshman season at national powerhouse St. Frances (Baltimore, MD) it was easy to see why he has offers from Maryland and Southern University already.
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Elijah Tucker
Elijah Tucker
Oklahoma’s Elijah Tucker was a name that came out of nowhere for me. Undersized at 5-foot-6 and 200 pounds, he surprised a lot of people with his quickness of the ball. He did a good job of staying lower than the opposing offensive linemen and got his hands on them first, before using quickness to win reps.
In a very loaded defensive line group at the Carolina PRZ Next Rising Prospect Camp, Ibe came away with the MVP awards. A 6-foot, 260-pounder with very impressive raw strength. An interior lineman that gave the offensive line fits with his explosion off the snap. He’s an ideal play-making nose tackle in a 3-4 scheme.