Class 2A: 5 Prospects I’d Offer Now

CJ Marable January 23, 2023 @ 10:24 AM

Here are some guys I would love to have on my squad if I was a Director of Player Personnel. Check them out!   Jackson McMillian - QB - Southeastern HS / @JacksonMcMilli2   Jackson has a strong arm and the ability to drive the ball downfield. He puts excellent velocity on his deep out routes and can fit throws into tight spots. Has a quick snap release...McMillian must harness his tools and become more polished. But his tools, size, mentality and aptitude to handle whatever is thrown at him give him exceptional upside--and will make him a very hot commodity.   [player_tooltip player_id='240674' first='Elinneaus' last='Jackson'] - RB - 5'7 160 - Tanner HS / @ElinneausJ   Jackson exhibits twitchy footwork and an understanding of how to properly position opponents for cuts and fakes when put in open space. He occasionally performs swift and shifty movements that leave crashing linebackers or safeties in the dust. Jackson accelerates quickly, which enables him to achieve his top speed quickly. He can easily alter linebackers' and safeties' angles to the football with his burst of acceleration and place them in trail positions if they aren't mindful of him.   Josh Hester - RB - 6'0" 190 -Gaston HS / @JoshHendrix25   He is a solid athlete showing a combination of very good balance, lateral quickness and agility, solid explosiveness, and average acceleration with average play speed. He shows good vision and decision making on zone runs as he finds the open hole as well as good patience on power runs as he waits for the block to be set up by the pulling OG. He shows good short area quickness to stop on a dime and change direction if need be.   Tray Youngblood - WR - 6'0" 148 - Vincent HS / @TrayYoungblood   Has good speed, possesses good hands, versatility, and vision after the catch to add value to a pro team. Has good hands – looks the ball in and can make midair catches. Does a good job of adjusting high and low and tracking the ball midair. Can come down with the ball and win contested catches. Shows good vision and patience to follow blocks after the catch.   Isaiah Warnick - DB/WR - 6'0" 175 - Falkville HS / @WarnickIsaiah   Great all around athlete. Very fluid route runner as he is able to get into the DBs hip and sink his hips to manipulate them, displaying very good separation. Sudden on all his breaks keeping DBs on their toes. Displays ability to out-leverage DBs whether they are shaded inside or outside. Good acceleration as his routes develop. Very good hands, as he catches the ball naturally and doesn't fight it while having a good catch radius making him a very reliable target. Displays good physicality and body positioning through to the catch point. Good on contested catches due to very good body adjustment and control, being able to contort his body mid-air to high-point the ball over defenders and take hits while coming to the ground.

Here are some guys I would love to have on my squad if I was a Director of Player Personnel. Check them out!