The race for RB1 in Minnesota was as tight as any position group in the 2025 class of prospects. It was a very hard decision, but the race is far from over and there is a lot of runway left in both of the state’s top RBs recruitment. Coming in as the current RB2, Maple Grove’s Charles Langama had a fantastic junior campaign in his first year as a varsity contributor and is one of the PRzMN 2025 Rankings Update’s Top Newcomers as well as one of the 2023 season’s breakout stars. With a great build for the position and a lot of natural ability, Langama posted 1,425 rushing yards and 26 total TDs against some of the top competition the state has to offer before a pregame injury forced him to miss the last two games of the season for the Crimson. They could have used him too, but no cause for concern here, the injury wasn’t anything serious and Langama is poised to dominate the Metro as a senior along with his talented Crimson 2025 peers.

The 5’9, 205 lber. is a beast through contact and owns a powerful build for the position, which is aided by his good weight room numbers that include a 510 lb. squat, 300 lb. bench, and 265 lb. clean, all of which you can see show up in his junior tape. Langama demonstrates excellent contact balance, a mean stiff arm, some lateral twitch, and solid speed to make for a diverse toolkit to break the tackles of would-be defenders in the Metro. The junior does a great job of not allowing defenders to get a clean shot on him, absorbs contact well, and is a tackle-breaking machine who, once he gets up to full speed and is coming downhill at DBs, intimidates them into making business decisions, something you can see in his junior film. I also love how patient he is at allowing his blocking to develop, and he sees the field very well, anticipates the cutback beautifully, sets defenders up in the open field and uses every inch of the gridiron to his advantage. Looks like he’s a couple of steps ahead of a defense once he sniffs out the hole and sees space, and I’d bet that Langama is up there at the top of the state in terms of number of broken tackles and yards after contact. This dude makes things look very easy.

Charles Langama debuts as the #41 overall 2025 prospect and the #2 RB in the newly updated PRzMN Rankings.