John Dayton Bigden III

2025/ 6’1/260 lbs/ IOL-DL /LaSalle Academy /3.8 GPA/NCAA #2303830203 / National Society of High School Scolars recipient

2023 Highlight Film Evaluation: A pleasure to evaluate his film after he attended our December 2023 showcase and was selected as a top performer. His film shows he has the ability to dominate the LOS and knock HS players on the ground. He gets both cleats in the ground while in his stance with a natural wide base. He plays to the whistle and he finishes his blocks. His film lacks clips to sufficiently evaluate his pass blocking ability pass sets, slide and mirror skills. Can get to the second level. Displays good balance, stays off the ground and can man handle/whip defenders to the ground. Plays with solid pad level.

His physical measurables (Height & Weight) align with Low D2/NAIA/All D3 Offensive Linemen.  His season play earned him All-Division honors as a Offensive Linemen for his season performance. 

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• 6’2, 260 | 2025
• 3.8 GPA | NHS Scholar Recipient

Performed well, named top performer out of a very small OL group. Would have likely impressed even if more competition was in-house. Sparred with names like Cooper Long Cooper Long 6'5" | 285 lbs | DL/TE Salisbury School | 2026 State New E and CJ Talabi-Oates. Iron was certainly being sharpened at our event. La Salle Academy’s John Bigden looked the part of an interior lineman. Not overtly tall, yet still packed a ton of power throughout his body/limbs. Good weight, would like to see him beef up a tad before his senior year at LSA. Beefing up will require Bigden to keep his movement skills too, movement skills as an interior lineman might be his calling card right now. Can’t add weight just to lose arguably his top skill. In terms of event performance, Bigden was attentive to detail provided by coaches, tested relatively well for a kid pushing 260 pounds. Won his fair share of reps against much bigger defenders. Low numbers had Bigden working a ton, not much time for resting, no complaints. Conditioning, which isn’t usually on my list of traits to evaluate when I cover events, ended up being a prime focus of mine since again, we were dealing with low numbers for this position. Bigden passed the test, thankfully we aren’t too far out of football so Bigden looked the part in terms of fitness. Great stature/balance during kick-backs. Didn’t over-extend and get himself beat inside. Solid hand-shooter. I already liked Bigden as a top 50 lineman in his class, I won’t be thinking otherwise when rankings get updated soon.

Quick Tape Eval…

Posted a three-minute junior tape on Hudl, primarily showcasing his skills at left guard for La Salle Academy. I see Bigden as a better finisher, best of his reps come closer to the whistle than to the snap. Can move laterally well, seen pulling with mean intentions.  Likes to bend his back and absorb the initial rush. Looks to get his opponent off balance so he can steer and drive kids out of position, sometimes even into the turf. His second and third leg churns are powerful. Excited to see if he moves up our ranks this January.