Prep Redzone Dakotas Showcase: OL Standouts

We move to the offensive linemen that popped out in the live eval at our Prep Redzone Dakotas Showcase last Saturday in Sioux Falls. We dished out our OL MVPs, the nod for most improved, and more as we ran thru notebook of all the hog mollies that made an impact at our Prep Redzone Dakotas Showcase.    Bodie was a 2028 offensive linemen that showed the promise on tape and showed off some skillsets in the live eval that should help him grow his game. He creates raw strength at the point of attack that is only going to keep getting stronger the more reps he gets in at camps this summer the closer we get ahead to the 2026 season. I was impressed with what Bodie could do getting to the second level, as he also held it down with his hand position and pad-level in the reps I was able to watch live and in-person in Sioux Falls. He needs to develop with his explosiveness and agile movement in the offensive trenches, but he's one that I feel by the end of the summer will be that should grow significantly as an offensive linemen to watch further in 11B.     Josh was a 2028 offensive line prospect out of Fargo South that made the trip down to Sioux Falls for our Prep Redzone Dakotas Showcase that showed some proise. There wasn't much tape out there pre-showcase, but what I liked quickly from a skillset perspective was the drawing hand speed that Josh had in the reps I watched. His ability to not only fire his hands out quickly, but he was one that I felt got better rep after rep I watched as far as his pad-level and overall hand position which it's always a bright spot from a live eval standpoint when you can see that quick growth from OL prospect especially an underclassmen like Josh. The 5'10 285 pounder has good length with his wingspan at 75' inches (6'3) which is telling me that there still could be some growth left in the tank and surely one that I hope gets more tape out there to show the skillsets we saw in the live reps in Sioux Falls.     -OL Most Improved   Joe got my nod last Saturday for one of the most improved offensive linemen from our last winter showcase in Aberdeen and his presence in the offensive trenches has started to get noticed by more college coaches from what I saw last Saturday in Sioux Falls. The verified 6'6 305 pounder boosts a 80.5 (6'8.5 feet) wingspan which by far was the longest of any prospect at our showcase last Saturday. A skillset where Joe has grown from last winter, is the how tight he's gotten with his inside hands it's helped him gain more leverage at the point of attack. That length was also well-noted when defensive linemen would trend outside as Joe was proactive driving those defenders off line. He's surely a offensive linemen college coaches should attack early with the elite size and elite upside he has brewing over the next few seasons. He moved up to the second team on my All-Camp Team as well as one top 4 offensive linemen at our showcase.     -Winter OL MVP   Rowan won OL MVP at last winter's showcase in Aberdeen and although didn't get the nod this time around, he still showed off a 1st Team All-Camp team performance last Saturday in Sioux Falls. He surely showed that he's taken a step forward since last winter with the growth of his agile movement with his footwork, as I thought from the live eval that Rowan was even quicker setting his feet. He showed off the persistent violent hands on every rep that we got to watch and his ability to constantly drive leverage with great pad-level is another area where I feel Rowan took a step up. He moved up our 2028 South Dakota rankings for a reason, and he showed why we have him as our OL4 in the class as one of the biggest stockrisers in that class in the recent update.     -OL Co-MVP   I made a prediction that Skyler might be one of the best 2027 offensive linemen out of the OL group last Saturday that college coaches probably should have an offer on the table sooner on, which although an offer has come yet for the 6'3 280 pounder out of Spearfish he took home the accolade of being our OL MVP last Saturday in Sioux Falls. He boosted the most violent hands I saw in this offensive line group and the amount of strength and powering leverage Skyler can produce early in reps translates a lot to what you see on tape. He's surely one that doesn't have an offer yet that needs some D2 or D1 FCS attention my eyes.     -OL Co-MVP   Believe it or not, I love when a prospect tells me after one of our showcases "I used my rank as fuel today," which was the case of Offensive Line MVP [player_tooltip player_id='2092857' first='Trever' last='Smit'] of Harrisburg. Trever is your blue-collar type offensive linemen that thrives by showing off crushing hands that once he gets a hold of his defender. The verified 6'6 315 pounder impressed me with his bend he showed off with that elite offensive linemen size as there were plenty of reps that Trever had that I was intrigued with how low his pad-level could get. He's surely one that if I were a scholarship-level school, I would surely take a crack at as you also can't miss with Trever's work ethic he showed off on every rep last Saturday at our Prep Redzone Dakotas Showcase.

We move to the offensive linemen that popped out in the live eval at our Prep Redzone Dakotas Showcase last Saturday in Sioux Falls. We dished out our OL MVPs, the nod for most improved, and more as we ran thru notebook of all the hog mollies that made an impact at our Prep Redzone Dakotas Showcase.