The transition to 6A ball would not have gone so swimmingly without the efforts of tough, confident, weight-trained standouts like Samouka Kanneh, a Park Center transfer who is also a heckuva wrestler poised for a nice bump in the 2027 rankings. Ranked 6th in the loaded 189AAA rankings from The Guillotine, Kanneh also had a strong season with the Huskies 2025 football team, finishing as the third-leading tackler (49) according to MNFootballHub.

A brick with a neck roll smack dab in the middle of Andover’s defense, Kanneh shows big-time pop at the contact point, with hits so jarring that he knocked the ball loose and/or sending a ball-carrier twirling like a helicopter in mid-air (see the second rep of his highlights) on a couple hits off of pure power alone. He’s one of the biggest thumpers in Minnesota’s 2027 class, with good play speed, effective pursuit and leverage angles to the football, and the strength and agility to easily glide through and withstand big blocks and hits from climbing OL and streaking RBs around the box. Kanneh has college linebacker prospect written all over him.

The transition to 6A ball would not have gone so swimmingly without the efforts of tough, confident, weight-trained standouts like Samouka Kanneh, a Park Center transfer who is also a heckuva wrestler poised for a nice bump in the 2027 rankings. Ranked 6th in the loaded 189AAA rankings from The Guillotine, Kanneh also had a strong season with the Huskies 2025 football team, finishing as the third-leading tackler (49) according to MNFootballHub.

A brick with a neck roll smack dab in the middle of Andover’s defense, Kanneh shows big-time pop at the contact point, with hits so jarring that he knocked the ball loose and/or sending a ball-carrier twirling like a helicopter in mid-air (see the second rep of his highlights) on a couple hits off of pure power alone. He’s one of the biggest thumpers in Minnesota’s 2027 class, with good play speed, effective pursuit and leverage angles to the football, and the strength and agility to easily glide through and withstand big blocks and hits from climbing OL and streaking RBs around the box. Kanneh has college linebacker prospect written all over him.