AYF All-Star Review: Big Man Standouts

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I got the opportunity to check out three practices leading up to the AYF National All-Star Game, which was played on Saturday in conjunction with Pro Bowl weekend. There were nearly 60 kids from AYF-sanctioned teams that were selected and showed up to the prestigious event.&nbsp;Here are the top Offensive and Defensive Linemen that stood out to me from watching the three practices.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["969576"],"_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":"Vernon is an absolute dawg on both sides of the ball theres no doubt about that. Although he is one of the shorter linemen on this list he may be the strongest. The Philly native is going to be terrorizing Qb's for the next 4 years at whichever high school he chooses to go to. Overall Vernon is a dominant force on both sides of the ball but will likely focus in on DL in high school. 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Being listed at 6'4 225+ Wade has the size and ability to take his football career as far as he want. 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