Film Deep Dive: 5 Must-Offer Prospects

Young was a top performer at the National Preps Showcase earlier last month, and recently picked up his first P4 offer from Arizona. He is a very strong receiver with natural hands, good tracking abilities over the top and is a precise route runner with patience and possesses the ideal downfield separation with return abilities as well. He shows he can effectively run in-breaking and out-breaking routes, win on 50-50 balls downfield and has a big catch radius. With the ball in his hands, he's a physical runner that can make defenders miss in the open field and has lateral agility and short area quickness in tight spaces. Look for Young to be one of the top playmakers across Southern California this Fall and is a name to note along with the rest of the top uncommitted prospects across the region.     Cromartie is one of the top wide receivers in the 2027 class across the state of California and is a true downfield threat with natural ball skills and elite speed when working vertical. He is a precise route runner that can go up and attack the ball in the air it is a long strider that covers a ton of ground when stretching the field. The rising Junior is a true burner with elite length and a huge catch radius and has the ideal size, speed and length for the P4 level. Currently he holds offers from New Mexico, State, San Diego, State, Oregon State and should be a 15+ offer guy by this time next year.     Rivera is one of the more fluid runners across all of Southern California and has had a busy spring this far and dominated various camp he has attended. He is explosive with a ball in his hands and shows good feet in traffic, quick start/stop abilities and can shake defenders in the hole while doing a good job running behind his pads and finishing runs in the open field. He has tremendous downfield speed and can create separation in the clear, force defenders to take bad angles and shows vision in space when working against flow and shows natural hands out of the backfield as well and is a overall very well rounded back. The 3-star prospect currently has an early offer from Sac State and should see plenty of FCS+ offers roll in over the next 12 months.     Roberts is a versatile playmaker that can lineup in the backfield or out wide as a receiver. He is a physical ball carrier that looks for contact in space and finishes runs with nasty intentions. He shows a good initial burst through the first level and has good vision in tight windows with cutback abilities and is extremely tough to take down in the open field. Roberts is also a very strong route runner with consistent hands, high point abilities and tracks the ball well over the top/can create separation downfield. He provides tremendous position versatility at the next level and can be used in many ways offensively. The Yorba Linda product was one of the top players in his group at the National Preps Showcase earlier last month and has been flying under the radar up to this point but is a no-brainer college prospect.     Hewitt is one of the more underrated backs in the state of California and is a natural ball carrier and a physical runner that looks for contact in the hole and is tough to bring down once he gets going. He runs well behind his pads with natural forward lean and leg drive through contact while showing he can make defenders miss in the hole and bounce off arm and ankle tackles with these. Hewitt excels both when running inside the tackles or when bouncing it outside, and is a no-brainer next level prospect that fits the ideal mold of a bigger back that is very fluid and light on his feet with the ability to catch the ball out of the backfield as well.