South Dakota: Playoff Round One/Final Week Standouts

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>SOUTH DAKOTA--</strong> Which prospects made significant noise last Thursday across South Dakota? We saw school records be broken, new running backs on our radar that have exploded the last two weeks, and an uncommitted 2024 prospect that had averaged 2.3 first downs per carry in the final week of the season. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["447237"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"u003cstrongu003eStat Line: u003c/strongu003e279 rushing yards (Tea Area school record)rnrnKeegan rallied for a Titans school record against Watertown as the MSU-Moorhead commit showed off plenty of growing instinct on tape from its first looks. I am super impressed with how swift Keegan's agility has grown since evaluating him a couple summers ago, as his change of direction has swarmed to create plenty of separation with his vision. 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