Southern Ontario’s Under The Radar Players To Watch

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Whether you're familiar with Canada's High School football landscape or not, one consistency that is well known is the hot bed that Southern Ontario is for top talent. In today's article we look at some of the top under the radar prospects in Southern Ontario who we expect to earn their way onto the next National Recruiting Rankings.&nbsp;</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":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"Maddox Smith","_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":"5'10u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"2411","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Waterdown High School","_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":"Smith is in every sense of the mean considered an ATH. Fast, high football IQ, and violent are some of the words that are used to describe the way the 5'10, 170-pounder plays. Watching Smith you can see him line up offensively out of the back field, you can see him lined up on the perimeter, he's considered a threat to score any time he's on the field. However where PRZ Canada sees him excelling at the next level is one the defensive side of the ball. 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The 6'1 pocket passer is about as prototypical of a step back and rip it type of QB as you'll find. Sandilands is the signal caller for the renowned Waterdown High School and has seemingly just brought them back to the national spotlight with a Hamilton City Championship back in 2022. The dynamic passer has the ability to sit back behind his line and go through his progressions with ease before putting the ball in his receivers hands. Sandilands is a pocket passer first, but does have the ability to get outside when need be and extend drives with his feet. 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This next prospect we zero in on certainly has stood out among the talent filled city. The Hamilton Varsity Tiger Cats Wide Receiver is certainly a prospect who deserves more national attention. The long physical receiver can be seen lining up out of the slot on film often running vertical routes and lots underneath. The speed that Wismer possesses along with the great physical size at 6'0, 170+ pounds it's clear he's always going to be a nightmare match up. It's not even so much the size that I like out of the Stoney Creek native, but it's the ability to stem his routes and to break on the cut with little to no hesitation. Wismer has become one of the breakout names we've been hearing around Southern Ontario this summer but the class of 2024 WR is expected to help lead the well recognized Cardinal Newman High School back to a city finals.","_player_evaluations_3_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations":4,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"edit","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-64b6c4c07be10"} /-->