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James

Aldrich OL/DL

Class

2025

Height

6'5"

Weight

280

HS

Donovan Catholic

|

NJ

James Aldrich

Perhaps one of the biggest risers from the watch list was Donovan Catholic’s James Aldrich . Aldrich ascended...

Written by Brendan Mankarious

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Brendan Mankarious | Prep Redzone Scout

Brendan Mankarious

Prep Redzone Lead Scout

Perhaps one of the biggest risers from the watch list was Donovan Catholic’s James Aldrich James Aldrich 6'5" | 280 lbs | OL/DL Donovan Catholic | 2025 State NJ . Aldrich ascended to be within the top 20 overall and top 5 at his position. Aldrich is exceptionally physical and violent when blocking. He is one of those old school, nasty offensive linemen. Obviously his mean streak shows up in the run game, however Aldrich absolutely looks to decleat opponents when he is uncovered in pass protection. Conversely, when covered he does a nice job of chopping the hands of his matchup and then getting them to the ground to cover them. A load who keeps working, we see him wrangle his matchup with Aldrich’s end-goal to be to embarrass them and dump them on the ground. As a puller, we see him accelerate through the hole on his skip pulls. Lastly, when double teaming down-linemen, all the momentum of the double is going in the same direction that Aldrich is working, and not that of his teammate.

Written 7 months ago

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