2025 Film Review: Potential Breakout Defensive Backs
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During the off-season, we’ve been doing an extensive film review over 100s of prospects in the Natural State. This article will go over potential breakout defensive back prospects in the class of 2025. Here are five ball hawks that will…
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Continue ReadingDuring the off-season, we’ve been doing an extensive film review over 100s of prospects in the Natural State. This article will go over potential breakout defensive back prospects in the class of 2025. Here are five ball hawks that will showcase their skillset in 2024
Joshua Smith
Joshua
Smith
5'11" | 170 lbs | DB
Joe T. Robinson | 2025
State
AR
is a versatile safety who can line up inside the box, deep thirds, off-man or at nickel. Well balanced with dominance in run support and pass coverage. Smith displays a quick read and react ability, instantly attacking downhill in run support to make a tackle in space with good technique, angles and physicality. Demonstrates good change of direction, lateral agility and pursuit to break with the wide receiver, not allowing any room for separation and forcing a PBU. In Zone coverage, he displaces any target of their route and timing that comes across his face.
Note – 3.8 GPA
’23 Stats: 112 tackles, 11.5 TFL, 4 PBU’s & 1 FF
Highlights
Taheem Frost Taheem Frost 6'0" | 180 lbs | ATH Marion | 2025 State AR showcases quickness and athleticism on the boundary. Frost displays a quick read and react ability, instantly breaking on the football with good change of direction, lateral agility and pursuit to force a PBU or INT. In Zone coverage, his awareness and lateral agility with acceleration is put on notice, to arrive at the catch point to make a play. Has solid fluidity to transition out of his backpedal and stay with his man.
Note – 4.0 GPA
Highlights
Cameron Mitchell Cameron Mitchell 5'10" | DB Little Rock Christian | 2025 State AR showcases very good speed, athleticism and awareness in the secondary. Mitchell displays good technique with good hip fluidity to transition out of the backpedal when defending. Good read and react ability, breaking on the ball and making a play efficiently and consistently. Very disciplined corner in both man and zone coverage.
Note – 3.7 GPA
Bryce Barnes
Bryce
Barnes
5'11" | 170 lbs | DB
Pulaski Academy | 2025
State
AR
is a fluid and controlled defensive back who can transition or break quickly. Barnes displays good read and react ability with good change of direction, balance and recognition to break with the wide out and not allow any separation. His mental processing is beneficial in run support, attacking downhill quickly with good angles and technique.
Note – 3.4 GPA
Highlights
Chancey Dale is dominate in run support, showcasing his sideline-to-sideline motor with physicality. Dale displays good read and react ability, attacking downhill vs the run with good change of direction, angles and technique to make a play in space. Good awareness in coverage with good recovery speed and transition ability.
Note – 4.0 GPA