Fresh Faces Emerge For The 2027 Class
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As we wind down the first week of spring football across the state of Florida, there are several talented young men that are doing their thing.
With so many highly-regarded prospects to choose from that we watched throughout the 2024 season, there are also some fresh faces that will continue to emerge – and the rising junior class of 2027 has more than a share of elite talent that began to surface this off-season.
As you already know, there are plenty of quality players every year from Florida that take their place among the nation’s best, and as Prep Redzone Florida is putting things together for the initial list of this class, there are so many prospects that will be included – with more added over the next two seasons.
Today, we bring you 20 prospects that you will want to keep an eye on this spring and into the summer.
On offense, there are
Mark Matthews
Mark
Matthews
6'6" | 270 lbs | OL
Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas | 2027
State
FL
(6’6, 280, OL, Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas),
Osani Gayles
Osani
Gayles
5'11" | 165 lbs | WR
St. Marys | 2027
FL
(5’11, 165, WR, Bradenton IMG Academy),
Zion White
Zion
White
6'3" | 170 lbs | WR
Bradenton IMG Academy | 2027
State
FL
(6’3, 170, WR, Bradenton IMG Academy),
Clayton Lee
Clayton
Lee
6'7" | 290 lbs | OL
Callahan West Nassau | 2027
State
FL
(6’7, 290, OL, Callahan West Nassau),
Landon Wolny
Landon
Wolny
6'4" | 205 lbs | WR
First Baptist Academy | 2027
FL
(6’4, 205, WR, Community School of Naples), Jamarin Simmons (5’11, 152, WR, Tallahassee Godby),
Amos Bradford
Amos
Bradford
6'0" | 170 lbs | RB
Pembroke Pines West Broward | 2027
State
FL
(6’0, 170, RB,
Pembroke Pines West Broward
Pembroke
Pines West Broward
FL
),
Reed Ramsier
Reed
Ramsier
6'5" | 305 lbs | OL
Orlando The First Academy | 2027
State
FL
(6’5, 305, OL, Orlando The First Academy) and
Champ Smith
Champ
Smith
6'1" | 165 lbs | QB
Cocoa | 2027
State
FL
(6’2, 190, QB, Boca Raton Spanish River).
THE DEFENSIVE PLAYERS ARE AMONG THE NATION’S BEST
As solid as the 2027 offensive players will be, there are also some impressive defensive players that you will want to keep an eye on as well.
Prospects such as
Mekhi Williams
Mekhi
Williams
6'3" | 160 lbs | DB
Ruskin Lennard | 2027
State
FL
(6’3, 160, S, Ruskin Lennard),
Frederick Ards
Frederick
Ards
6'5" | 225 lbs | EDGE
Orlando Jones | 2027
State
FL
III (6’5, 225, Edge, Orlando Jones),
Larry Moon III
Larry
Moon III
5'11" | 175 lbs | DB
Aliquippa | 2027
FL
(5’11, 185, S, Bradenton IMG Academy), Kaneilius Purdy (6’0, 190, Athlete, Lake Wales),
T’ari Miller
T’ari
Miller
6'4" | 180 lbs | DB
Miami Central | 2027
State
FL
(6’4, 180, CB, Miami Southridge), Desmond Malpress (6’3, 205, Edge, Jacksonville Atlantic Coast), Jamar Thompson (6’3, 270, DL, West Boca Raton),
Anthony Cavallaro
Anthony
Cavallaro
6'5" | 200 lbs | EDGE
Largo Indian Rocks Christian | 2027
State
FL
(6’5, 200, Edge, Largo Indian Rocks Christian),
Santana Harvey
Santana
Harvey
6'5" | 225 lbs | EDGE
Lakeland | 2027
State
FL
(6’5, 220, DL, Lakeland),
Jaylyn Jones
Jaylyn
Jones
5'11" | 182 lbs | DB
Hollywood McArthur | 2027
State
FL
(5’11, 182, S, Davie Western), and
Amare Nugent
Amare
Nugent
6'1" | 180 lbs | DB
Plantation American Heritage | 2027
State
FL
(6’1, 177, CB, Plantation American Heritage).
As we make our rounds this spring and during the summer, we will continue to spotlight football talent that we have watched firsthand and not from a computer at home. Our scouts Drew Johnson, Shannon Jordan and Larry Blustein put in the work on the ground at all events!
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