’26 Rankings Update: Film Evals for New Additions, Part XIII

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>To the best of my knowledge, I know two things to be true when it comes to player rankings. First, Prep Redzone is the industry leader in state-by-state depth when it comes to rankings. Second, Prep Redzone New Jersey –&nbsp;<em>specifically</em>&nbsp;– is the unabashed leader in sharing our evaluation ranking notes.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In this series you will find our unedited, raw ranking notes for nearly 300 new additions to the class of 2026's final rankings. The notes are being rolled out alphabetically by first name, so stay tuned and be sure to follow as we release them.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>*Please note that these notes are, indeed, raw and likely contain typos due to the volume of notes.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Be sure to follow me on <a href="https://x.com/BrendanScoutsNJ">Twitter</a> for the latest New Jersey high school football prospect news and not miss a beat!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:separator --> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity" /> <!-- /wp:separator --> <!-- wp:table --> <figure class="wp-block-table"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><tbody><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1557918' first='Owen' last='Stecker'] 6'0" 195 LB Northern Highlands</td><td>Quick when performing gap exchanges, is able to redirect his path quickly as well to keep his contain target; will walk out and cover #2, presses, gets hands on them well and sheds to make plays; patient for cutbacks; would desire him to play a little more down hill; can insert to B gap when walked out to C; breaks on the ball well, keeps his coverage leverage; have not seen hip movement on film; well coached, quality player</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1270236' first='Patrick' last='Degnan'] 6'4" 275 OL Seneca</td><td>Interior tackle, runs around blocks; chases pullers, but gets a bit too far in to the backfield; can beat a cut off block; pulling guard, good skip pull, moves well, gets too high; looks like he has a strong upper body; squeezes when unblocked; down blocks is violent and nasty, fires out and into the person's body; has a better burst on defense; shows flashes at time; pad level and height cuases him to not dominate every down, like he has shown flashes of doing</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1551259' first='Peter' last='Berardi'] 6'1" 210 LB Holmdel</td><td>Works hands upward and over head when engaged with linemen; has a burst when he moves, like his closing speed; really good tackler,able to profile and leverage; attacks ball if he cannot get home to quarterback; seems to delay blitz often, or just shoot the open gap; reads keys, but not quick enough to get down hill - he gets to his spots over the top; does not use periferial vision well yet - runs into work often when trying to read keys; no coverage clips</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1476917' first='PJ' last='Sicoli'] 5'11" 180 ATH Millburn</td><td>Quarterback, runs with a forward lean and cradles the ball, does not pin it; able to roll out and throw an accurate ball about 30 yards down field; runs upright; ball is pretty; loads a bit much; some of the play designs have him spinning around with his back to the defense often; have not seen him throw all that much</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1476865' first='Quinton' last='Fisher'] 5'11" 185 ATH Long Branch</td><td>Does not need a 9 minute highlight; some of the film is very difficult to see because it is not zoomed in and unsteady; needs to get ball to his outside arm when rushing; release is a bit short, not compact, but just short; appears to know where he wants to go with the ball before it is thrown; wind up is slow on some throws; do not think he is a quarterback prospect, just his team's best athlete trying to make things happen for his team; a good runner, not all that elusive</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1524820' first='Ralph' last='Langone'] 6'0" 210 DL Mendham</td><td>Will work arm, over off of the snap; does a nice job of fighting one pass protector and then retartgeted to the next; pushes the pocket when doubled, then bails to pursuit; hard to block when he slants into the gap; film is a bit tough to see for further evaluation</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1513546' first='Randall' last='Blount'] 5'11" 200 RB Pennsauken</td><td>Runs with forward lean; can gallop and gain ground, making horizontal cuts in the process; instinctual as a runner in terms of getting in and out of danger - will spin and shake, reverse field; just when I think he will get caught, he manages to out run pursuit and score; reads things well as a linebacker, physical too; tackling technique can improve; shown some balance along the sideline and when turning a tight cut to up field; ball needs to switch hands; do not think he is 200lbs, maybe 180; want to see him get his legs up a bit higher to avoid low tackles you'd expect him to break;</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1055398' first='Remello' last='Erickson'] 6'0" 175 QB Penns Grove</td><td>Solid high school option at quarterback; goes with his #1 read often, trusts his teammates to make a play on the ball; can evade danger; typically bthrows the ball high, on the top shelf for his teammates; can place the ball a bit better so his guys can catch and run, stop, adjust, catch, start, then run</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1599625' first='Richard' last='Pierce'] 5'11" 185 RB Cumberland</td><td>Tailback, tempts outside to set up inside cut back up the middle; look at making pressure cuts upfield when he sees a hole; a scamper-type runner, unsure of top speed; follows his blockers; has some balance, will use his body, as a weapon to plow ahead; uses the full field when he is running, cuts back and forth at any moment; makes many cuts at level 2/3 tomake people miss; pins ball to chest as danger looms</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1538520' first='Richie' last='Trotman'] 6'0" 200 QB JFK Iselin</td><td>Will throw to a receiver depsite him not being open or creating separation; appears to lock on to one receiver; tries to get his all on th ball, struggles some with further throws; ok when over the middle, want to see mor elead and more juice on his tosses; sort of just uncorks the ball when throwing it deep</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='284073' first='Rob' last='Carstarphen'] 5'11" 230 DL Winslow</td><td>No need for an 11 minute highlight tape; interior lineman; good at long sticking 2 gaps down; hits and dumps, has a lot of force when he tackles; used for line stunts often; good get off; will club an off balance linema; must fight holds by hitting a move; plays a bit high, have not seen him explode/upward bend; shown a flash of bending when he grabbed grass and got low on a rip; pretty twitchy, very raw, plays the game without thinking - just processes and goes</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1529766' first='Ryan' last='Clark'] 6'3" 180 DB Middletown North</td><td>Single high safety; stays in his backpedal and weaves when quarterback opens shoulder or looks; has. bit of a hard time turning tight angles/corners; long limbs make him more apt to disrupt pass attempts and clog the lanes; not a big fan of the angle of his drops; must stick to his backpedal and not freelance; will hit someone and wrap them well with a full head of steam; has a tendency to make a lot of big plays and plays on the ball</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1543887' first='Ryan' last='Moye'] 6'1" 180 QB Pingry</td><td>Looks comfortable in pocket, does not get antsy to run and move; can throw the ball nearly 60 yards downfield without much strain; puts deep ball in spot where his target can run under it and continue going; desire to see more weight transfer, rather than flip and rip, in lower half when throwing the ball; want to see him pin the ball to his body when he decies to take off and run, carries it kind of low and at his side; balls tend to be on target high a lot of the time; can throw against his body to a comeback route</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1547075' first='Ryan' last='Staton'] 5'11" 180 DB Oakcrest</td><td>Does not need an 11 minute highlight film; reads quarterbacks eyes well, jumps passes and gets good breaks; beneficiary of poor throws; balance must improve, hard cuts he must use the hand to support himself off of the ground; pins the ball at times, not all the time; played wr; physical, rallies, uses hands, sets force on bubble screens; tackles high, but wraps and keeps his feet going; must read his keys to fit the alley a bit better when single high, gets clipped at times; never saw him defending the deep pass</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1228385' first='Ryan' last='Stoehr'] 5'10" 165 QB Saint Augustine Prep</td><td>Manages to dance a lot, step up, stop, and get the ball off; always sort of looks like he is threatened when he throws; prone to the deep ball, can deliver a good one when he has time; a lot of the time he looks as though he is moving for his life; looks for the big play, not much short or intermediate; very hard to evaluate him, has to run for his life a lot of the time it seems</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='939358' first='Ryan' last='Walsh'] 6'0" 165 QB Hightstown</td><td>Can throw a flag 45 yards on the run to a spot where only his guy can make the play, beteween the defender and the boundary; adjust throwing angle when to his left, in the flat, and on the run; throw can be a bit high in the flat when he does not set his fet; has shown to go through progression from primary right to check down player; ball has some zip on it when he has time to set his feet; want to see him run lower when he is called to run</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1552333' first='Salvatore' last='Livoti'] 5'10" 175 WR Ramapo</td><td>Does not need a 10 minute highlight film; Can separate and has speed up the sideline; for sure has speed, can get behind cover 3; plays a bit far back when in the slot, can get closer to the line turns shoulders sutly to create space and separation; do not like how he slows his film down at times; want to see more dramatic hip sink on 90 intermediate routes; uses hands to receive the ball; very good field awareness, stays in bounds, toe taps, understands where sideline is; adjust to under thrown balls well; has not shown that he creates for himself in the open field, reliant on speed and angles to beat people</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1558128' first='Sam' last='Conetta'] 6'1" 190 LB Pope John</td><td>Breaks on ball well, comfortable in getting to his drops; faster linebacker; moves well in space; disciplined in coverage, plays to his scheme; reads reach well; communicates on defense, see him adjusting the front to motion; reads his keys effectively, can make plays in the backfield due to quick reads; tackling can improve a bit, inconsistent with it, but hsows flashes of great tackling - particularly with his pad level; really good in passing things off in coverage and playing team coverage defense</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1105237' first='Sayvien' last='Adams'] 5'11" 160 QB Rancocas Valley</td><td>Does not need an 11 minute highlight film; can throw a strike on a deep flag route; shifty runner who looks like he runs well, can weave in and out of danger and in traffic; good placement on deep ball rolling to his left; plants off front foot, not drive and weigh transfer; he is a twitchy mover it appears; has raw arm strength - completion about 40 yards over the middle with a defender right in his face, no room to get it off of his front foot; makes reads in midline option correctly, runs his trackn inside out; has enough to dart a slant in between zones near the goal line; mostly gets the ball to his guy in safe places or where they can run after it; runs with ball rocking, not pinned; really like his game, unsure of size translating to collegiate level</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1566415' first='Sean' last='O'Reilly'] LB Camden Catholic</td><td>Dramatic turns in his pass drop, coverage; can pressure the passer when spying; hips are not super quick, but get the job down; scrapes to the outside well; does a great job playing the pass near the goal line; capable of having stopping force tackles; not many tackles made for a loss = not sure he sees keys clearly enough to get down hill; have not seen him use hands to disengage with blockers</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Class of 2026 Rankings Update Coverage</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2025/04/26-rankings-update-film-evals-for-new-additions-part-i"></a><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2025/04/26-rankings-update-film-evals-for-new-additions-part-i"></a><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2025/04/26-rankings-update-film-evals-for-new-additions-part-i">Ranking Evaluation Scouting Notes, Part I</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2025/04/26-rankings-update-film-evals-for-new-additions-part-ii">Ranking Evaluation Scouting Notes, Part II</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2025/04/26-rankings-update-film-evals-for-new-additions-part-iii">Ranking Evaluation Scouting Notes, Part III</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2025/04/26-rankings-update-film-evals-for-new-additions-part-iv">Ranking Evaluation Scouting Notes, Part IV</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2025/04/26-rankings-update-film-evals-for-new-additions-part-v">Ranking Evaluation Scouting Notes, Part V</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2025/04/26-rankings-update-film-evals-for-new-additions-part-vi">Ranking Evaluation Scouting Notes, Part VI</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2025/05/26-rankings-update-film-evals-for-new-additions-part-vii">Ranking Evaluation Scouting Notes, Part VII</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2025/05/26-rankings-update-film-evals-for-new-additions-part-viii">Ranking Evaluation Scouting Notes, Part VIII</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2025/05/26-rankings-update-film-evals-for-new-additions-part-ix">Ranking Evaluation Scouting Notes, Part IX</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2025/05/26-rankings-update-film-evals-for-new-additions-part-x">Ranking Evaluation Scouting Notes, Part X</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2025/05/26-rankings-update-film-evals-for-new-additions-part-xi">Ranking Evaluation Scouting Notes, Part XI</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2025/05/26-rankings-update-film-evals-for-new-additions-part-xii">Ranking Evaluation Scouting Notes, Part XII</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2025/05/26-rankings-update-film-evals-for-new-additions-part-xiii">Ranking Evaluation Scouting Notes, Part XIII</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2025/05/26-rankings-update-the-athlete-film-room-part-i">Athlete Film Room, Part I</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2025/05/26-rankings-update-the-defensive-back-film-room-part-i">Defensive Back Film Room, Part I</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2025/05/26-rankings-update-the-defensive-line-film-room-part-i">Defensive Line Film Room, Part I</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2025/05/26-rankings-update-the-defensive-line-film-room-part-ii">Defensive Line Film Room, Part II</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2025/04/26-rankings-update-the-linebacker-film-room-part-i">Linebacker Film Room, Part I</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2025/05/26-rankings-update-the-offensive-line-film-room-part-i">Offensive Line Film Room, Part I</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2025/04/26-rankings-update-the-quarterback-film-room-part-i">Quarterback Film Room, Part I</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2025/05/26-rankings-update-the-running-back-film-room-part-i">Running Back Film Room, Part I</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2025/05/26-rankings-update-the-special-teams-film-room">Special Teams Film Room</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2025/04/26-rankings-update-the-wide-receiver-film-room-part-i">Wide Receiver Film Room, Part I</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2025/04/26-rankings-update-shake-up-within-the-top-150-ranked-part-i">Biggest Rankings Jump, Ranked Prospects, Part I</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2025/04/26-rankings-update-watchlist-prospects-that-entered-the-top-25">Watchlist Prospects that Entered the Top 25</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->