Grandville Scouting Report vs. Davison

<p>Yesterday, I had the pleasure of finally watching some Grandville Football. This is a team I've been wanting to see for a while, especially with some of their most prominent players. I have quite a bit of thoughts surrounding the game, so let's discuss some Grandville players! </p>   <h2 class="wp-block-heading">RB | [player_tooltip player_id='206418' first='Jayden' last='Terry'] | <a href="https://www.hudl.com/profile/16847249/Jayden-Terry/about">Hudl</a></h2>   <p>The main guy I came to see for Grandville was [player_tooltip player_id='206418' first='Jayden' last='Terry']. All in all, he performed up to expectation. Terry didn't get too many touches in the first-half, and was mostly used as a decoy. During the second half, he was leaned on to run the ball a heck of a lot more. In short, Jayden had some great plays and was far and wide Grandville's best rusher.</p>   <p>One of the things that makes Jayden an elite back is his patience and balance. He doesn't turn on the jets right away. Instead, he waits for the play to develop, and he's able to explode through the holes when possible. There were several instances of the Davison D-Line plugging up holes well, and Jayden calmly taking a step back, pivoting, and exploding forward toward positive yardage. Jayden also displayed great contact balance in the open field, shrugging off multiple tackles. I don't usually like comparing players, but early this summer I was able to watch [player_tooltip player_id='206418' first='Jayden' last='Terry'] and Billy Roberson (Lake Orion) workout in the same day, and I found that Jayden was at that high level of athleticism and skill, but two years younger than Billy</p>   <p>Lastly, Jayden went down with what seemed like an ankle injury late in the game. I feared a bad sprain, but he went back out there shortly thereafter. While still obviously hurt, Jayden still played hard at every snap and even had some good pass pro while injured. This game reinforced my feelings of Jayden being a future Power 5 Prospect. </p>    <h2 class="wp-block-heading">DB | Jaxon Sanchez | <a href="https://www.hudl.com/profile/15107319/jaxon-sanchez/about">Hudl</a></h2>   <p>Jaxon may be one of the smallest players I've ever scouted (listed at 5'8 140, but wrestled at 112 last winter). Although the smallest player on the field, Jaxon had some phenomenal plays at DB. In the first half, Jaxon came up with a huge interception on an underthrown ball. In the second-half, I decided to pivot to watching Jaxon a lot more. As I watched him in half #2, he had some great coverage plays where he wasn't targeted. He had a few reps where he did lose a step on the opposing receiver, but in nearly all cases, he recovered extremely well. I wish I got it on video, but I watched the entire rep as he guarded a future D2/D1 receiver down the sideline on a vertical route. Jaxon lost a step, the ball was accurate, but Jaxon timed it perfectly and batted the ball out of the receivers hands, saving a touchdown. Jaxon had several other PBUs on the day, and was about an inch away from a second interception. </p>   <p>Lastly, I'd like to mention that Jaxon was one of the only Grandville players I saw that stayed positive, calm, and tried to encourage his teammates as the game got out of hand. I saw a lot of hanging heads and unconfident body language down the stretch for Grandville, but not Jaxon. I remember late in the game during a goalline stand, Jaxon was the only player attempting to encourage his teammates for a stop. I'm not sure if Jaxon is a college prospect with his size and lack of effectiveness in run defense, but he sure plays with a ton of heart and fundamental prowess. </p>   <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src="https://prepredzone.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/09/IMG_1253-crop-1252x822-1693601137.jpeg?w=800" alt="" class="wp-image-979249" style="width:457px;height:300px" width="457" height="300" /></figure>   <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/Snooze2you/status/1697393186438627775 </div></figure>   <h2 class="wp-block-heading">QB | [player_tooltip player_id='875978' first='Cash' last='Ruff'] | <a href="https://www.hudl.com/profile/15105061/Cash-Ruff/about">Hudl</a></h2>   <p>[player_tooltip player_id='875978' first='Cash' last='Ruff'] impressed me greatly, especially in the 2nd-half. During the first-half, Cash barely did anything other than hand the ball off, and I didn't have many takeaways form that portion. As Grandville was forced to throw the ball a bit more and get generally more creative, Cash stepped up. First off, his passing was insanely impressive from Wing-T QB Standards. Although a smaller sample size and simpler plays, he was the most accurate QB on the field. He was able to drop back during play action and find a receiver pretty quickly, even late in the game when Davison was expecting the pass a bit more. Cash did have one interception, and it was late in the game against great 1-on-1 coverage. The ball was thrown pretty dang well, but the DB made a nice play to high-point the ball. Cash also ran the ball more during the second-half, and I liked what I saw. He's a strong runner who can shed tackles and bulldoze his way forward. I actually think Grandville could have given him many more carries. I'm not sure if Cash is a college QB per say, but there should surely be room for him on a D3 or maybe even D2 college football roster. </p>   <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src="https://prepredzone.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/09/IMG_1367-crop-1551x1018-1693600974.jpeg?w=800" alt="" class="wp-image-979245" style="width:393px;height:258px" width="393" height="258" /></figure>   <h2 class="wp-block-heading">LB | [player_tooltip player_id='602455' first='Reid' last='Graverson'] | <a href="https://www.hudl.com/profile/16491132/Reid-Graverson/about">Hudl</a></h2>   <p>One of the biggest strengths of this Grandville team is surely their linebacker core. I was generally impressed with how Reid played. First off, he's the hardest-hitting defender on the team. He's not afraid to hit hard and drive his feet through the tackle, preventing the ball carrier from falling forward. Reid was able to make a few great goal line tackles as well as open field/sideline plays. He also had a big clean hit on the sideline, but it was wrongfully flagged as a late hit. I didn't watch Reid as much as I did some other Grandville players though I watched him and heard his name enough to know that he did well. </p>

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of finally watching some Grandville Football. This is a team I've been wanting to see for a while, especially with some of their most prominent players. I have quite a bit of thoughts surrounding the game, so let's discuss some Grandville players!