Class of 2027 Prospect to Know
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Carl Frederick and I have started a series featuring prospects in the state of Virginia for the class of 2027. In today’s article, I am featuring more offensive and defensive players to know. To see my previous articles click here.To see Carl’s…
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Continue ReadingCarl Frederick and I have started a series featuring prospects in the state of Virginia for the class of 2027. In today’s article, I am featuring more offensive and defensive players to know.
Dheyvion is a big play waiting to happen. He played for Patriot’s JV and Varsity team in 2023. He currently plays Running Back for Patriot but has the ability to play WR as well. He has natural ability to be an inside runner, effortlessly weaving through traffic, and also displays the speed to get to the edge on outside run plays. His vision and burst stand out, able to find the hole and quickly make a cut to accelerate through it while staying balanced through weak and arm tackles. He has good run strength requiring defenders to form tackle him. He shows the ability to create a play when his blocking breaks down with his good reaction time, lateral agility, and change of direction. When he hits the second and third levels, his athleticism takes over and displays the ability to get into another gear to outrun most DBs.
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Justyn is an outside CB who can play in Man and Zone coverage. He plays with good physical toughness, willing to use his hands to disrupt a route and be physical at the point of attack. Shows good change of direction out of his backpedal, with the ability to quickly close on the ball to disrupt the pass. Good run support with good tackling and can be trusted to make an open-field tackle. Be sure to keep watch on Justyn over the next few seasons.
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Mason plays Center, Guard, Defensive Tackle, and Long Snapper. On the offensive line, he plays with good leverage and pad level, staying under his opponent to drive him out of the gap. At defensive tackle, he comes off the line quickly and has developed the ability to use his hands to keep blockers out of his chest with separation, and utilize a rip and swim move. He is relentless and will fight through the entire play through the whistle and making stops downfield to prevent big plays because he chased the ball carrier.
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This is not the first time Prep Redzone has mentioned Iveon in an article as Al Pops featured him in a previous article. Iveon has very good release off the ball with the ability to stem his route and create separation. He has very good hands and concentration to make the contested and sideline catch. He’s an elite deep threat, but don’t sleep on his ability to create more yards once he has the ball in his hands on short and medium routes. He has many Power 5 offers and more will come. Hudl / Twitter
Zion is a very good athlete displaying very good traits of foot quickness, speed, change of direction, and hip fluidity. He plays Safety and WR on varsity as a starter where he was honored as 2nd Team All-Region and Honorable Mention All-Metro as an All-Purpose player.
SafetyAs a Safety, he displays very good backpedal and hip fluidity. He can stay behind on top of the WRs while making his initial reads. Good reaction timing, with very good change of direction to come downhill to make a play on a throw or in run support. Very good hip fluidity to turn and run with a WR with tight coverage and very good deep Zone coverage with an understanding of route schemes to read the play and react while reading the eyes of the QB. Very good ball skills to force an incompletion or make an interception.
Wide ReceiverAs a WR, he has good release off the ball, showing the ability to stem his route and utilize his very good change of direction and foot quickness at the top of the route to make a cut and create separation. Good ball carrier with good agility and the ability to make defenders miss with breakaway speed that will outrun defensive backs.
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