Kickers Play Football Too: Evaluation Ranking (Lineman, Too)

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>After much anticipation, tedious note taking, scrupulous attention to detail on a spreadsheet with massive amount of datasets on it, and hours of film watched, the time has come to release Prep Redzone's player rankings update for the class of 2027. Here are a few quick hitters to keep in mind:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>With just under 600 players ranked, this is the single, deepest player ranking for football prospects in the state of New Jersey by any media outlet.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Prep Redzone continues to be the industry's leader in terms of state-by-state depth when it comes to player rankings. Nobody has deeper rankings.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Prep Redzone New Jersey, <em>specifically,</em> is the unabashed leader in transparency, as we share our raw, unedited, and unfiltered ranking evaluation notes.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Please be aware that due to the volume of work required for this, there will be typos throughout the notes.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Be sure to follow me on&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/BrendanScoutsNJ">Twitter</a>&nbsp;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='1552682' first='Ziven' last='Lewis'] 5'11" 215 OL Newark Central</td><td>LG, solid stance; gets hands into frame of matchup, could be a bit tighter; needs more leg drive to move people off the line independently; lets opponents run aroudn blocks, allows them to go that way; feels for a gap, eyes on his, before helping in pass protection; plays high</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='2043992' first='Jeremiah' last='Dorlus'] 5'11" 210 EDGE/RB North Plainfield</td><td>Willing to giver up his body for a lose ball on kickoff; good get off at moments, played very poor competition; played standing up, in space, and on the line; must break down when tackling; will try to rip, must get lower; unable to bend corner well</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1692649' first='Ka'heem' last='Hamilton'] 6'5" 215 EDGE/WR Eastside</td><td>Played DL and LB; reaches when tackling; unsure what he is reading; plays high, asborbs tacwhen tackling; a bit hestitant with hands at moments</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1953614' first='Colby' last='Batsch'] 5'8" 125 K Mount Olive</td><td>Center make with ball on 27 yard line; all other makes where inside of that from the center; inconsistent with his kickoffers, capable of getting it inside the numbers to about the 3, most are at about the 10</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1953609' first='Greg' last='Schifrin'] 5'10" 180 K South Brunswick</td><td>able to reach goal line on kickoffs; made form cente rwith ball on 26 yard line; consistently within the 3 yard line on kickoffs; ball on 26 make from right hash;</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1880335' first='Matthew' last='May'] 5'10" 155 K Wayne Hills</td><td>Center make with ball on 10 yard;left make with ball on 15 yard line;</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1880333' first='Mitch' last='Carr'] 5'10" 155 K Immaculata</td><td>Line drives ball on kicoff 5 yards into the endzone at his best; at his worst, gets the ball within the 5 yard line; inconsistently, the ball explodes off of his foot at moments; center make with ball on 25 yard line; left hash ball on 24 yard line; longest make was ball on 27 yard line left hash;</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1921831' first='Robert' last='Warmington'] 6'1" 175 K West Essex</td><td>Ball on 30, left hash make; ball on 27 righth hash make; follows through with his leg swing; no KO on film</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='1529489' first='Shane' last='Palena'] 5'10" 155 K Delran</td><td>KO reaches goal line; longest make ball on 21 yard line form eeither hash; punts, 3 setep punt, can get the ball 50 yards; kickoffs can be short, at the 10; will come up and make a tackle when nencessary</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">New Jersey Class of 2027 Player Rankings Update</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2026/03/updated-2027-new-jersey-rankings">Official New. 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