Bay Area 2025 Breakout Candidates (Offense)

Miles passes the eye test at 6'4" 200 pounds, and is a no-brainer FBS caliber talent on either side of the ball. Offensively, he has a huge catch radius and downfield speed with strong hands in traffic and is extremely tough to cover downfield due to his ability to box out smaller defenders and high point the ball. Defensively he is a high IQ player that is always around the ball and shows he can make plays in space and trigger from the open field. Miles attended the National Preps Showcase over the weekend in Sacramento and was one of the more explosive and impressive prospects we saw on the day.   He currently holds offers from Colorado State and NAU, but should see other Big Sky and Mountain West schools come in through the spring and his Senior season.     Morelle is a very interesting prospect at the fullback position and moves extremely well for his size. He is a fluid ball carrier with natural forward lean, shows strong contact balance and looks for contact in the hole. He has a good burst at the first level and is tough to bring down in one on one situations while running behind his pads and breaking arm and ankle tackles with ease. He also shows he can catch the ball out of the backfield and his explosive an open space, especially for a size. Morelle has a rare combination of size and speed and will excel as a bigger ball carrier in the right system.     <a href="https://prepredzone.com/player/riley-mcelvane-2/">McElvane</a> is coming off a very strong sophomore season for Valley Christian and was the wide receiver MVP at the National Preps showcase in Sacramento last weekend. He is an explosive play-maker with natural ball skills and tremendous tracking abilities over the top while able to stretch the field and run a variety of different routes. He displays good quickness out of his breaks and has short area twitch to get into defenders blind spots and has true third level speed in the clear with the ball in his hands. Overall, with still two years left of his prep career he is a no-brainer FBS caliber prospect and holds offers from San Diego State and San Jose State.     Weigel is a still developing prospect that has the ideal frame and length for the tackle position in college and has tons of growth potential at the next level. Coming off a state title run for Carmel, he is a natural bender in his stance that snaps out quickly while able to get an immediate vertical push and does a good job using his length to his advantage on the edge. He is extremely athletic in open space and can scrape to the second level when needed and combo to linebackers with the proper angles. In past protection, he shows patient hands and does not lunge, while doing a good job against speed rushers using his length to to his advantage. He currently does not hold any offers but should be drawing FCS+ interest through the Spring in his senior year for Carmel.     Parker is one of the top running back across the Bay Area and has a very balanced skill-set with good speed in the open field and is a natural ball carrier that can catch out of the backfield as well. Through the first level, he shows a good initial burst, natural forward lean and can break tackles in the hole/make defenders miss in tight windows with short area twitch and start/stop abilities. Parker shows he can cut back against flow, shows vision in tight spaces and forces defenders to take bad angles in the open field with sneaky third level speed. Although not currently holding any offers, he should draw plenty of D3+ offers and opportunities through his Senior season for Campolindo.