You Are Athlete Event Coverage: Linebacker Notebook, Part IV

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>On Saturday, May 2, 2026 I was invited out by You Are Athlete to cover their annual Regional Exposure Camp for the third consecutive year. This year's event was hosted by Piscataway High School and was, in my experience, their best yet. Featuring the best crop of talent I have seen out of their events yet, it was extremely well ran and plenty of reps to be had.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Below are my notes for a handful of prospects at the position group I referenced in this article's title.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- 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:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"Isimen-River Eromosele","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2029","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"5'10u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_weight":"192","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_weight":"field_65b288425ecf6","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"2496","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Hillside","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_program":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_program":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_0_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6a218d8432b9b"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">Although he is young, Isimen-River Eromosele is a prospect that is a bit of a 'tweener right now. Competing at linebacker, I did not think he was necessarily the quickest of the bunch. Additionally, he popped up to play with poor bad level, and by proxy little balance. That said, I can see him being a B-to-B gap plugging mike; or, as his Hudl indicated, playing some defensive line in the future.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["1263136"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6a218d8432c3d"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">My oh my how this young man has changed. Since I first saw him about 4 years ago at the now defunct Jersey Juice event, [player_tooltip player_id='1263136' first='Cinque' last='Matthews'] has grown up. When I first met him, Matthews was an undersized edge player with outstanding quickness and knew how to work a move. Fast forward four years later, and he is built like a brick you-know-what house playing mike linebacker. He looked very top heavy to me, leading me to wonder if he can bench press 400 pounds yet. With regards to Matthews' play, relative to his peers he struggled to stop-and-start, while also lunging and extending his arms a bit too frequently for me. Getting his body in proper position will eliminate false steps and extra tread on Matthews when moving and covering.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"Zavion Williams","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2029","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"null","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_weight":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_weight":"field_65b288425ecf6","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"2496","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"NY","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_program":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_program":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_0_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6a218d8432d27"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">Another youngster, Zavion Williams, was too young and too green for me to provide a fair evaluation. I thought that his feet were too slow. Give it some time and I am sure Williams will improve with more reps.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["1924106"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6a218d8432d9d"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">A prospect worth another look at after the season is Somerville's [player_tooltip player_id='1924106' first='Shyheim' last='Hobbs-Harris']. Currently a top 200 prospect in his class, Hobbs-Harris showed extremely good pad level, more so than his positional counterparts. Blessed with a big body and big frame, during 7v7 Hobbs-Harris used his body to box out defenders as he played his leverage well. With sound play like this, Hobbs-Harris might be due for a rankings bump in the near future.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["2199694"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6a218d8432e05"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">Coming from the Empire State, [player_tooltip player_id='2199694' first='Joe' last='Devita'] appears to have the mental aspect of the game down. Devita seemed indicate that he knew what to do and what's going on, often communicating; however, he must move his body along with his mouth and mind. During 7v7 I watched as Devita communicated to his fellow defenders that the back released into the flat. As if he telegraphed it, the quarterback delivered the rock to that running back. Although he initially pointed it out, Devita did not move nor get down hill in time to complete his portion of what should have been a vice tackle. As such, the running back evaded Devita's vice teammate, squeaked up field a bit, and then cut across Devita's face to break into the secondary. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">You Are Athlete New Jersey Regional Exposure Camp Event Coverage</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2026/05/you-are-athlete-yaa-event-coverage-the-offensive-eye-test">You Are Athlete (YAA) Event Coverage: The Offensive Eye Test</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2026/05/you-are-athlete-yaa-event-coverage-the-defensive-eye-test">You Are Athlete (YAA) Event Coverage: The Defensive Eye Test</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2026/05/you-are-athlete-event-coverage-defensive-back-notebook-part-i">You Are Athlete Event Coverage: Defensive Back Notebook, Part I</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2026/06/you-are-athlete-event-coverage-defensive-back-notebook-part-ii">You Are Athlete Event Coverage: Defensive Back Notebook, Part II</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2026/06/you-are-athlete-event-coverage-defensive-back-notebook-part-iii">You Are Athlete Event Coverage: Defensive Back Notebook, Part III</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2026/05/you-are-athlete-event-coverage-defensive-line-notebook-part-i">You Are Athlete Event Coverage: Defensive Line Notebook, Part I</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2026/05/you-are-athlete-event-coverage-defensive-line-notebook-part-ii">You Are Athlete Event Coverage: Defensive Line Notebook, Part II</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2026/06/you-are-athlete-event-coverage-defensive-line-notebook-part-iii">You Are Athlete Event Coverage: Defensive Line Notebook, Part III</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2026/06/you-are-athlete-event-coverage-defensive-line-notebook-part-iv">You Are Athlete Event Coverage: Defensive Line Notebook, Part IV</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2026/05/you-are-athlete-event-coverage-linebacker-notebook-part-i">You Are Athlete Event Coverage: Linebacker Notebook, Part I</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2026/05/you-are-athlete-event-coverage-linebacker-notebook-part-ii">You Are Athlete Event Coverage: Linebacker Notebook, Part II</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2026/06/you-are-athlete-event-coverage-linebacker-notebook-part-iii">You Are Athlete Event Coverage: Linebacker Notebook, Part III</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2026/06/you-are-athlete-event-coverage-linebacker-notebook-part-iv">You Are Athlete Event Coverage: Linebacker Notebook, Part IV</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2026/05/you-are-athlete-event-coverage-offensive-line-notebook-part-i">You Are Athlete Event Coverage: Offensive Line Notebook, Part I</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2026/05/you-are-athlete-event-coverage-offensive-line-notebook-part-ii">You Are Athlete Event Coverage: Offensive Line 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Are Athlete Event Coverage: Quarterback Notebook, Part IV</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2026/06/you-are-athlete-event-coverage-quarterback-notebook-part-v">You Are Athlete Event Coverage: Quarterback Notebook, Part V</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2026/05/you-are-athlete-event-coverage-running-back-notebook-part-i">You Are Athlete Event Coverage: Running back Notebook, Part I</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2026/05/you-are-athlete-event-coverage-running-back-notebook-part-ii">You Are Athlete Event Coverage: Running Back Notebook, Part II</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2026/06/you-are-athlete-event-coverage-running-back-notebook-part-iii">You Are Athlete Event Coverage: Running Back Notebook, Part III</a><br><a href="//prepredzone.com/2026/06/you-are-athlete-event-coverage-running-back-notebook-part-iv">You Are Athlete Event Coverage: Running Back Notebook, Part IV</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2026/05/you-are-athlete-event-coverage-receiver-notebook-part-i">You Are Athlete Event Coverage: Receiver Notebook, Part I</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2026/05/you-are-athlete-event-coverage-receiver-notebook-part-ii">You Are Athlete Event Coverage: Receiver Notebook, Part II</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2026/05/you-are-athlete-event-coverage-receiver-notebook-part-iii">You Are Athlete Event Coverage: Receiver Notebook, Part III</a><br><a href="https://prepredzone.com/2026/06/you-are-athlete-event-coverage-receiver-notebook-part-iv">You Are Athlete Event Coverage: Receiver Notebook, Part IV</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->