Warner Takes The Lead With Mega Camp

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The landscape of football recruiting has changed so much with the portal and the NIL deals, student/athletes cannot wait to make a college decision anymore.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>With major colleges and other schools opting to take the older and more experienced players instead of developing high school prospects, smaller colleges are benefitting in way they never have before, and for that reason, athletes and coaches need to understand the facts of getting a college education and playing football.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In the state of Florida, programs in Division 2 and NAIA are now starting to get many of those prospects who are being taken out of the mix at the higher level in favor of portal athletes who are plug and play football talent that can help programs turn the corner quicker.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>One of the programs who understand the landscape that we are now in is Warner University in Lake Wales. Head <strong>Coach Dialleo</strong> <strong>Birks</strong> and his staff realize that what is happening at larger schools will directly impact his program.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>With that in mind, the <strong><em>“Grind To Shine Football Camp” </em></strong>was held on Thursday morning – and with over 100 players from throughout Florida and in other areas of the country, the reality hit home as parents and student/athletes came out to showcase their skills and put themselves on the map.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A number of 2025, 2026 and 2027 talent came out to ensure that when their class is ready to make that move to the next level, they will have their name out there for colleges to see.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>What has happened in the competitive world of collegiate recruiting is that the portal helps athletes start out at one school and can move to another program without the penalty of sitting out for a year. That is why schools like Warner and other smaller programs are taking full advantage.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here are the prospects who came out on Thursday:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>CLASS OF 2025</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Rupert Blackwood Jr. (WR, Fort Pierce Central)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Riley Boudreau (S, Orlando Bishop Moore)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Amari Caro (WR, Pinellas Park)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1322969' first='John' last='Carragher'] (QB, Ponte Vedra Nease)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Samuel Carroll (PK, Hawthorne)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>David Collins (DE, Brooksville Hernando)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Xavier Cowans Jr. (DE, Tampa Blake)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Emaurien Davis (TE, Brooksville Hernando)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>David DeHart (TE, Zephyrhills Christian)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Cale Delaney (DE, Sebring)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ty Dowell (WR, Ruskin Lennard)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Terrence “T.J.” Griffin (CB, St. Cloud)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>William Fodrie Jr. (OC, Deltona Pine Ridge)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Hunter Gilman (QB, Coconut Creek North Broward Prep)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Tanner Hale (OG, St. Petersburg Hollins)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='275844' first='Elijah' last='Hickson'] (RB, Kissimmee Osceola)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='633828' first='Peyton' last='Holloway'] (DE, Niceville)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Christian Hunter (S, Jacksonville First Coast)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Myles Hutchinson (LB, Grove City, Ohio)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1296213' first='Amari' last='Jackson'] (WR, Longwood Lyman)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jamerson Jackson (OL, Baldwin)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Oston Jones (S, Chiefland)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Charles Kemp (DT, Deltona Pine Ridge)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Mekhi Kendrick (DT, Naples Palmetto Ridge)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='829431' first='Lewis' last='King'] (S, Newberry)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Christopher Lankford (WR, Plant City Durant)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Manuel Licia (WR, St. Petersburg Hollins)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Davis Malone (S, Tallahassee Maclay)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Eann Mesa (DE, St. Cloud)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Luis Miranda (OT, Tampa Bay Tech)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Michael Nguyen (OG, Naples Palmetto Ridge)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Omar Perez (OT, St. Cloud)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Zeke Podgorski (TE, Tallahassee Maclay)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>James Pullum (CB, Orlando Lake Nona)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Joel Rosa (QB, Deltona Pine Ridge)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Steve Rousseau (LB, Naples Palmetto Ridge)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jayden Sanchez-Alvarez (WR, Ruskin Lennard)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jaylon Scurry (DT, St. Petersburg Hollins)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='830582' first='Favid' last='Shannon'] (S, Sebring)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Vladimir Simpreaux (LB, Naples Palmetto Ridge)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ethan Spector (QB, River Ridge, Georgia)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Dylan Stepps (OC, Lake Minneola)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Brandon Sullivan (OG, Newberry)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>LaJayvion Swanson (RB, Birmingham Banks Academy, Alabama)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Octavio Ulloa (CB, Windermere)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Sebastian Tollefson (S, Blufton, South Carolina)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Frank Vomero Jr. (RB, Wellington Palm Beach Central)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ethan White (WR, Deltona Pine Ridge)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Tyler Whye (LB, Naples Palmetto Ridge)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Mason Zehnder (QB, Fort Myers Bishop Verot)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='606167' first='Travis' last='Zimmerle-Vigil'] (DE, Ocala Vanguard)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>CLASS OF 2026</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Mason Bacus (QB, Ponte Vedra Nease)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jakobe Blackwood (WR, Fort Pierce Central)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Anthony Cruz (OG, Tampa Blake)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Rocky Dinsmore (S, Jacksonville Bishop Kenny)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Michael Evans (LB, Deltona Pine Ridge)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Colton Fickett (QB, Mount Dora)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Blake Galley (WR, Tampa Alonso)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Isaac Garcia (WR, Naples Palmetto Ridge)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1581691' first='Kai' last='Grimes'] (WR, Naples Palmetto Ridge)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ezekiel Gunn (S, Orlando Christian Prep)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Nicholas Halvorson (WR, Piedra Vista, New Mexico)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Phoenix Hicks (WR, Ruskin Lennard)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Torry Holloman Jr. (S, Inspirational Academy)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>LaDavion Johnson (WR, Bradenton Bayshore)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1827596' first='Jayce' last='Jones'] (WR, St. Petersburg Northside Christian)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='882782' first='Zeaven' last='Jones'] (OL, Navarre)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Gavin Kennedy (CB, Orlando Lake Nona)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Aldarius Medina (WR, St. Augustine Tocoi Creek)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Devon Messenger (TE, Naples Palmetto Ridge)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Benjamin Milliken (QB, Sarasota Christian)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Christopher Newman-Hall (WR, Tampa Blake)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Josia Pellant (QB, Naples Gulf Coast)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Gavin Priest (OG, Lakeland Victory Christian)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Keilan Prothro (WR, Bowdon, Georgia)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Evan Richards (DT, Brooksville Hernando)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Isaac Rivera (LB, Oviedo Hagerty)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1626870' first='Anthony' last='Roman'] (DB, Pinellas Park)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Tripp Schultz (CB, Branford)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Brock Shelton (OC, Lake Minneola)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jsai Smith (CB, Clearwater Central Catholic)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kendrick Smith Jr. (LB, Hollywood Avant Garde)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Caleb Stahl (LS, Pope John Paul II Catholic, North Carolina)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Rashawn Summers Jr. (WR, Pinellas Park)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kemarion Taylor (DT, Pinellas Park)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Caden Torani &nbsp;(LB, Windermere)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Trace Town (OC, Fort Meade)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>CLASS OF 2027</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Brenson Bostick (RB, Zion Christian Academy, Tennessee)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='833741' first='Jaylin' last='Brown'] (QB, Pensacola Catholic)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Christopher Cusson Jr. (RB, Plant City Durant)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1258720' first='Takeo' last='Edwards'] (WR, Lake Minneola)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1681651' first='Corey' last='Evans'] (DE, Deltona Pine Ridge)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1303693' first='Jadarian' last='Gunsby'] (RB, Moore Haven)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Caden Huffman (S, Bradenton Lakewood Ranch)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Evan Johnson (LB, Panama City North Bay Haven)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Keenan Nephew (WR, Deltona Pine Ridge)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1258707' first='Karon' last='Palmer Jr']. (QB, Lake Minneola)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jayden Rodriguez (RB, Celebration)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Keivan Santiago (S, Newberry)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1343517' first='Trevor' last='Walker'] (WR, Pensacola Catholic)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Busy Off-Season Across The Sunshine State. </strong><a>https://prepredzone.com/2024/05/busy-spring-across-the-state/</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Statewide Coverage Daily.</strong> <a href="https://prepredzone.com/florida/">https://prepredzone.com/florida/</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>You Can Contact Larry Blustein with prospect or team information at:</strong> <a>Floridakids1@aol.com</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->