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Jael
Hester DB
Class
2027
Height
5'11"
Weight
145
HS
Donovan Catholic
|
NJ
This offseason Donovan Catholic seemed to clean up South Jersey in terms of transfers. Leaving 3-time North V...
Evaluation by Brendan Mankarious
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Jael Hester

Jael Hester | Donovan Catholic

Jael Hester

Class
2027
Position
DB
Height
5'11"
Weight
145
School
Donovan Catholic
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Position
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Jael Hester is a 5'11" Defensive Back in the 2027 class. Hester attends Donovan Catholic in New Jersey. Hester's Player Profile was created on November 1, 2022. Subscribe to Prep Redzone to see where Jael Hester is ranked and what our scouts have written about them.

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Jael
Hester DB
Class
2027
Height
5'11"
Weight
145
HS
Donovan Catholic
|
NJ
Jael Hester
This offseason Donovan Catholic seemed to clean up South Jersey in terms of transfers. Leaving 3-time North V...
Written by Brendan Mankarious
Read more at PrepRedzone.com
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This offseason Donovan Catholic seemed to clean up South Jersey in terms of transfers. Leaving 3-time North V State Champion Toms River North is Jael Hester Jael Hester Jael Hester 5'11" | 145 lbs | DB Donovan Catholic | 2027 State NJ , as he takes his talents across town to Donovan Catholic. Hester is a safety who flies to fill the alley. His hips are fluid and he flips them well; however, on tape it seems like his movements can be cleaned up so he moves more efficiently. Hester is a solid contact tackler, using his shoulder to do so, but it would be encouraging to see him wrap better. Hester absolutely has the athleticism to be a single-high safety, yet based on how he diagnoses plays from that spot I think he might be a dominant split-field player in the mean time as his eyes and reads get coached up.

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