Minnesota 2027s Making Noise this Fall

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The thing about freshmen is they never get older. In the context of high school football and recruiting specifically, this means that year after year we have a brand new crop of potential superstars, game-changers, and must-know faces of Minnesota prep football that we can evaluate, project, and get excited about. Unfortunately, who would have been Minnesota's top 2027 prospect in our future inaugural ranking - former <em>Benilde-St. Margaret's</em> DL [player_tooltip player_id='409965' first='Khyren' last='Haywood'], who was playing high school football as an eighth grader &amp; earned a P5 offer from Arizona State before transferring to Texas and powerhouse <em>Denton Guyer High School</em> outside of the DFW metro - has gone south for high school, which leaves a void at the top of the rankings. However, his absence leaves room for what is looking like a very promising freshman classes top standouts to earn some top recognition, many of which we are naming and breaking down below. <em>PrepRedzoneMN </em>is giving our lovely subscribers an early look at 20+ initial Minnesota-bred 2027s making noise this fall under Land of 10,000 Lakes lights this fall, and all we can say is the future of Minnesota high school football is in good hands. Let's meet some of the young bucks below! </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>--</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":"Jett Feeney ","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2027 ","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"6'1u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"2409","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Moorhead ","_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":"It's always a big deal to find a potential top-end, high-quality freshman prospect, but given the importance inherently built into the QB position, both in the sport of football and the context of sports in general, finding a freshman gunslinger with a high ceiling is even more consequential. The state of Minnesota has a very exciting freshman quarterback on our hands in the 2027 class in u003cemu003eMoorhead'su003c/emu003e own u003cstrongu003eJett Feeneyu003c/strongu003e, and there are a lot of good things working for the young buck now and in his future going forward. To begin, he's the son of former NDSU QB Kevin Feeney, now his head coach at u003cemu003eMoorheadu003c/emu003e, and his older brother Trey is a redshirt freshman QB at North Dakota who has already seen game action in the Mighty Missouri Valley. u003cstrongu003eJett u003c/strongu003ealready carries good size for his age and position at 6'1, 175, and most importantly, he's starting for the Spuds as a freshman this fall. That isn't an easy task, much less at a 5A program with a deep history of both talent u0026amp; success, and u003cstrongu003eFeeney u003c/strongu003ehas proven he's more than up for the task. 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QB. 5'11, 180 lbs. @thor_soukup</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Colten Bothun</strong> (<em>Dawson-Boyd)</em> ATH. @BothunColten</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Mason Bothun</strong> (Dawson-Boyd) WR. 6', 160 lbs. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Bricker Haugrud</strong> (<em>Pelican Rapids</em>) RB/LB. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Ethan Isaman</strong> (<em>Pelican Rapids</em>) WR/DB. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Yovani Abarca</strong> (<em>Pelican Rapids</em>) WR. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Calvin Norton</strong> (<em>Pelican Rapids</em>) TE/OLB. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1629932' first='Grady' last='Larson']</strong> (<em>Pelican Rapids)</em> ATH. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Emery Xiong</strong> (<em>Tracy-Milroy-Balaton</em>) WR.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Jaxton Hastad</strong> (<em>Dawson-Boyd)</em> WR/DB. 6'1, 160 lbs. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Carson Primus</strong> (<em>Upsala/Swanville</em>) RB. 5'10, 140 lbs. @carson_primus</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Jack Peterson</strong> (<em>Upsala/Swanville</em>) OL/DL. 6'3. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Taytan Nielsen</strong> (<em>Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg</em>) LB/RB. 5'8, 160 lbs. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Gabe Bergstrom</strong> (<em>BOLD</em>) FB. 5'11, 165 lbs. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Jayden Coenen</strong> (<em>Melrose</em>) DB. 3 INTs</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Nick Butzke</strong> (<em>Mesabi East</em>) OL/DL. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Wyatt Collins </strong>(<em>BOLD</em>) WR/DB</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Jaxon Krzoska</strong> (<em>International Falls</em>) OL/DL. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Seth Lubinski</strong> (<em>Lewiston-Altura</em>) ATH. 6', 150 lbs. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1629909' first='David' last='Londgren']</strong> (<em>Braham</em>) RB. 6'2, 180 lbs. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='215238' first='Jackson' last='LaRoche']</strong> (<em>Big Lake)</em> WR. 6'3, 190 lbs. @JacksonLaRoche0 </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Maize Carpenter</strong> (<em>Two Rivers</em>) WR. 5'11, 175 lbs. @MaizeCarpenter </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->