A true athlete coming out of Ridgefield Park, sophomore Francisco Then Francisco Then 5'10" | 170 lbs | QB Ridgefield Park | 2026 State NJ did a little bit of everything for his team in 2023. Throwing for 479 yards and rushing for another 249, you can see Francisco has the capability to take control of a game and hurt the defense in multiple ways. And with 5 touchdowns through the air, 5 on the ground, and 1 returned for a punt, Francisco will become even more familiar with the endzone in 2024. While Ridgefield Park went 2-7 last season, Francisco is enough reason to believe the team is trending in the right direction.

Then is the only sophomore to make today’s list. Ridgefield Park’s young signal caller put forth an extremely strong effort in their tough, 34-20 loss at Ramsey. In his first two games Then served as a game manager passing for less than 100 yards. He then exploded to the tune of 291 yards and two scores in the game. Then threw two picks and was 9 for 17 while rushing for 13 yards in the game as well. With a breakthrough performance under his belt, perhaps Ridgefield Park will allow Then to open things up a bit more this week at Tenafly.