-LB MVP

Last but not least, we feature our LB MVP from Saturday’s Prep Redzone Dakotas Showcase which like another position group on defense, featured another 11AA target that won an MVP, which belonged to Madden McQuade of Yankton in our 2027 LB group. Madden is a linebacker that would be hard to miss off the eye test alone and he surely proved as an MVP, it wasn’t just the eye test where he stood out in the live eval either. The 5’10 217 pounder, jumped a 9’0 broad jump at that size which emphaized what we would see later in Indy/1v1 reps from Madden. He showed off the sound vision and thumper-like pursuit angles that college coaches and I wanted to see on Saturday as Madden although we were in a non-padded camp, was in my top-tier for one of the most physical linebackers in attendance. He’s one if I were recruiting South Dakota, he’d be getting an offer from me this summer if I were a scholarship-school recruiting coordinator.

Madden is a 2027 linebacker out of Yankton that from my eyes, has created more range as an athlete that can get from sideline to sideline and show off the fluidity you want to see from your middle linebacker getting downhill. The 6’0 220 pounder also has the power to shed of blocks and I like the get off he shows getting off those blocks getting to the point of attack with tight angles. Madden also is a linebacker that can play in muliple spots in my eyes as there’s some plays on tape that flash deeper that show off that flexibility he has at his disposal. He is surely one that I will like to see in college camp settings this summer in a live eval.