Minneota has been pumping out state titles like a factory line since I played high school football for Minneapolis Southwest back in the early 2010s, and in addition to their nine state titles, including back-to-back the past two seasons, the Vikings have been producing high-quality RBs and LBs at an impressive clip as well. Maybe the best in recent memory, 2025 5’10, 200 lb. RB/LB Ryan Meagher is coming off an incredible junior campaign that saw him post an eye-catching 230 carries for 2,224 yards and 40 TDs (!) that came out to a 9.7 YPC and 160 YPG average in the Viking’s undefeated 2023 state championship run. He earned All-State honors for his efforts and is one of only a couple returning AP All-State selections from last season, so Class A better be working their tails off in a helpless effort to try and contain Meagher this coming fall as a senior.

The thick, broad-shouldered RB’s monster production seems to be in large part due to his dangerous combination of speed and power, which is aided by his big-play speed that could turn what should have been routine gains into long, explosive TD runs. Meagher also demonstrates lateral agility that can bounce from hole to hole until seams begin to open up and explodes back into the cutback lane between the tackles, can cut at top speed and change direction at the last second, leaving opponents grasping at air and occasionally hitting the deck, and owns a mean truckstick that can plant would-be tacklers on their butts and keep on trucking forward like it was a gust of wind. In the red zone, the 200 lber. is a bowling ball of contact, especially when the endzone is in sight, and can pop off big runs between the tackles and through contact or out in space, and his junior tape, opponents look unmotivated to tackle him and I’m sure he wears down a defense over four quarters. Someone is going to land a decorated, experienced, balanced, and physical small school back from one of the most dominant programs in MN. Now that’s the makings of a successful future college RB.