X Pre-Season Film Evaluation

<p>Week zero kicks off on August 29th with some junior high and high school games earlier throughout the week. Here, we evaluate five prospects' film heading into 2025. </p>    <p class="text-gray-700">[player_tooltip player_id='1569592' first='Tristan' last='Heard'] has next-level talent. He already has the size and foot speed to be successful. Heard can play both the X and Z efficiently. He's a threat after the catch due to solid change of direction, lateral quickness, contact balance, and burst to get upfield. The young talent can high point the football and adjust mid-route due to solid hand-eye coordination, body control, and ball tracking. </p>   <p class="text-gray-700">Note – 4.0 GPA</p>   <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/TristanHea2029/status/1958295874725105971 </div></figure>     <p class="text-gray-700">[player_tooltip player_id='1845790' first='Malachi' last='Warren'] is a physical prospect at the point of attack at both running back and linebacker. At running back, he showcases good contact balance, leg drive, and lower body strength to break through tackles and keep his feet moving. He has the vision, lateral quickness, and COD as well to evade early penetration and locate cutback lanes. Warren is a high motor linebacker who can play off-ball or off the edge with his quickness and ability to chase down ball carriers from the weakside. </p>   <p>Note - 3.0 GPA</p>   <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/MalachiWarren34/status/1959062299928346654 </div></figure>     <p class="text-gray-700">[player_tooltip player_id='1687194' first='Malaki' last='Thomas'] is going to breakout this fall. Add him to your recruiting board. He combines his initial quickness off the snap with solid hand placement, positioning, and active feet to drive and displace opponents on base or down blocks, creating running lanes at the first level. Thomas shows a strong anchor in jump or 45 sets due to good lowlower-bodyrength and balance. </p>   <p class="text-gray-700">Note – 3.8 GPA</p>   <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/Cxsh_Malaki/status/1948143765388153138 </div></figure>     <p class="text-gray-700">[player_tooltip player_id='1695759' first='Antonio' last='Rookard'] was recently listed as a 1-2A breakout candidate for this season. Rookard is one of the top prospects on his team. He's a high-motor linebacker who showcases his physical ability at the point of attack. Rookard displays solid contact balance and leg drive at running back to break through tackles.</p>   <p class="text-gray-700">Note – 3.2 GPA</p>   <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/AntonioRookard1/status/1955756128047952000 </div></figure>     <p class="text-gray-700">[player_tooltip player_id='1845799' first='Darrick' last='Udell'] is one of the younger prospects in the report. He's a strong off-ball linebacker with a quick first step and solid angles when attacking downhill. Udell is a willing tackler and has sideline-to-sideline motor. He's a prospect to watch throughout 2025. </p>   <p>Note - 4.8 40</p>   <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/Darrickudell26/status/1956740515300299175 </div></figure>    <p></p>

Week zero kicks off on August 29th with some junior high and high school games earlier throughout the week. Here, we evaluate five prospects' film heading into 2025.