Crown College Elite Camp: Standouts, Part I

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Saint Bonifacius, Minn--</strong> Last Friday, we made the trip out to Saint Bonifacius for the Crown College Elite Camp to check out a handful of Midwest prospects from Wisconsin, South Dakota, and of course the state of Minnesota. It was one of the biggest camps the Crown College Polars have ever had as far as numbers and for us at Prep Redzone, was a great time to evaluate several under the radar prospects from across the area as well as a handful of prospects we have covered in the past that had an impressive camp with the Polars with a few walking out of camp with an offer to play at the next-level.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This is will be a multi part series of standouts over the next coming days as we are deep into prospect camp season. Lets dive into Part I now!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":875212,"_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"Jalen Beard","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2024","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"5'8u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"2410","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Minneapolis North","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_0_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Jalen showed off a excellent amount of instinctive agility with watching his change of direction at Crown's Elite Camp last Saturday. 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