Predicting a superstar in school football, especially when talking about children who have never played at school or who have only shown the time it takes to drink a cup of coffee, is more complicated.
Some players simply do not have compatibility with the next level, others do not make the required paintings. In other cases, the skill would possibly be there, but the lighting fixtures would possibly be too bright in the school field. For the most part, it takes time in a strengthening and conditioning program and learning a formula to make an impact.
Then there are the guys who are special. They have an initial brightness to break through the initial alignment, and never look back. There are also those you know from day one in the practice chart who have the “that” factor.
With the pandemic that ravaged spring best practices this year, there were so many freshman stars, but guys like Spencer Rattler, Will Anderson, Noah Sewell, Michael Mayer, Arik Gilbert, Bryan Bresee and Jaylan Knighton, among others, have erupted. .
So who are the 2021 candidates? There are a handful of red T-shirts who have waited their turn to shine or for their injuries and some authentic freshman scholars in a position to show everyone what they can do. There are a lot of offensive stockings and even some callers.
Let’s take a look at the freshman applicants you want to meet.
Billy Bowman can play with any of the balls and be a superstar.
But you don’t pass Norman to play for the Sooners and you’re in defense if you have an elite set of offensive abilities. Oklahoma.
The 38th ranked player in the country can go a long way in revitalizing defensive coordinator Alex Grinch’s unit, who took a big step forward in 2020 and can be one of the defensive backs in the Big 12 right away.
Consider, however, riley’s comments about Bowman: “I don’t know if I’ve noticed a more dynamic athlete in the country this year than Billy,” he said, according to John E. SI. com Hoover.
He’s the head coach, who happens to be one of the most productive offensive minds in school football, so, yes, Bowman probably wouldn’t play defensively, meaning he’ll be Spencerr Rattle’s main weapon in 21.
With the return of Jadon Haselwood, Theo Wease and Marvin Mims, there are many options, but with Charleston Rambo entering the moving portal (via 247Sports Gaby Urrutia), there are representatives who will win between Bowman and her first-year husband Mario. Williams.
Find him and spend a massive first year for an explosive sooners team.
The Florida Gators and head coach Dan Mullen have not yet won the gold medal in the recruitment of offensive backfield, but they know how to get quality clients at the moment.
A year after Lorenzo Lingard left Miami for Gainesville to be closer to home, the Gators were the beneficiaries of another renowned movement that will be enrolled in a crowded backfield.
He would be Clemson’s former prospect, Demarkcus Bowman, who left the Tigers to be closer to his circle of relatives after the death of his two grandparents through TigerNet’s David Hood. It is an unfortunate circumstance, however, the former star of Lakeland High School in Florida may be a game changer for Mullen.
The Florida offensive will replace dramatically in 2021 with Kyle Trask and Kyle Pitts in the NFL, along with Trevon Grimes and Kadarius Toney. With Emory Jones or Anthony Richardson leading the offensive, the Gators may be more focused on the race.
A player like Bowman can have an immediate impact. He is an old 5-star aspirant who is faster than fast, has an elite vision and is an ideal cutting runner. There’s no one on the Florida list who’s as talented as he is.
Before leaving Clemson, he was already getting representatives of coach Dabo Swinney to help Travis Etienne, and it’s hard to believe a situation where he wouldn’t be too worried about Mullen’s offensive in Swamp next year. SEC’s GREATEST young stars.
If that’s the case, he’ll be a player who knows.
There were many primary disappointments for coach Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines in the Big Ten season, which slowed down through the pandemic, but perhaps the biggest was the inability to lead football.
A team with Hassan Haskins and Zach Charbonnet should not stutter as much when it comes to generating yards on the ground, yet the Wolverines have done nothing to their young quarterbacks in 2020.
That leaves the door open for Donovan Edwards.
The 5. 11″ 190-pound home in West Bloomfield, Michigan, has to stay home and leave to help Michigan escape the clutches of mediocrity, and will have every opportunity to make it a true new student. .
Edwards ranks 44th in the country for a reason, and was a primary recruiting victory for Harbaugh in a year in which many of the most sensible groups tried to break into Big Blue’s garden and corrupt the most sensible talent. He was rewarded with the opportunity to be an offensive savior.
The genuine freshman can do it all, and he is not asked to bring all the load into the backfield, he is too talented to stand up and cheer on the bench. Michigan’s problems go far beyond incompetent midfields, however, they all have to be better.
This is a wonderful opportunity for Edwards to come to Michigan. When that happens on a proud show like the one in Ann Arbor, you’re on the national stage, so look to Edwards for lots of titles right away.
When Korey Foreman announced on January 2 that he had signed with the USC Trojans, he not only gave coach Clay Helton the country’s top talented player.
The country’s number one prospect, according to the 247Sports Composite ranking, joining the Trojans is also a primary belief victory for a coach who has lived on the bench, a program that will rise to the top. And a convention that just lost too much West Coast talent.
The most important thing is that Foreman has the skills and ability to back everything up right away.
The defensive end of 6’4″ and 265 pounds from Corona, California, may be the next Chase Young for the Trojans, and while those are the top expectations, he’s also talented. The most productive thing for Foreman is that he goes on a team that wishes him tremendously.
He will meet with his former school principal teammate, Drake Jackson, to terrorize field marshals in 2021, and will have each and every opportunity.
There’s no way Helton can get a recruiting victory like Foreman and not give him a chance to shine. Nor will it be out of pity or perception. Foreman will be one of the most productive freshmans in the country, and it’s a hope you don’t miss it.
If you don’t forget how Kayvon Thibodeaux entered pac-12 for the Oregon Ducks in 2019, you’ve taken notes, Foreman will have a similar show.
This year purported to be the year Oregon coach Mario Cristobal eliminated a talented young body of second talent that rivaled the country’s most productive ensembles.
He did so with freshman Noah Sewell, third-year student Isaac Slade-Matautia and sophomore Mase Funa presenting a unit that was impressive. They were green, but they grew up. Next year, some other elite skill will rise to this organization in former freshman in 5-star red blouse Justin Flowe.
The 6. 2″ and 225 pounds ahead of Upland, California, is a second division advocate who may have had an effect on Sewell in 2020, but broke the meniscus in November and missed everything until the season. . Opener.
Flowe will now play his first season with his brother, Jonathan, who signed with Oregon in the 2021 cycle. Among the three aforementioned supporters and the Flowe brothers, there are a lot of Christopher to release in the Pac-12 offensives next year.
With Justin’s speed, length and athletics, it’s hard to doubt that it’s a key piece of the puzzle for defending the Ducks in 2021.
Just like Sewell did this year, Flowe will be a fast star. A torn meniscus is not a problem, so don’t expect it to have prolonged effects from the injury.
Once Flowe is in the field, he will show everyone why he is one of the most productive advocates in the country in class 2020, and can claim honors at all meetings once he gets representatives at Eugene. He’s so good.
Growing up around Father Damon and Uncle Brock, the blood of the Washington Huskies runs through Sam Huard’s veins. Fortunately for Coach Jimmy Lake, those lines seem to bring the same skill as former NFL quarterbacks.
Now it’s almost Sam Huard’s turn to shine, and it turns out the Huskies can use it.
Although Dylan Morris didn’t do too badly in a shortened season, it didn’t impress anyone.
At 6’2″, 190 pounds, the signer from Bellevue, Washington, has a lot of skill and pedigree, but more than that, he can do many other things. He’s not the ultimate cell field marshal, but he’s not sculptural either.
Huard is accurate, and Brandon Huffman of 247Sports points out his “quick and effortless exit. “Although there are changes in elegance with a more powerful arm, it has a lot of strength and can do the job. Intelligence and intangible assets are what sets it apart.
The Huskies will most likely fall in Oregon in the North Pac-12 if they don’t involve anyone to be the savior of the program. There probably wouldn’t be a superhero dress in Huard’s sports bag, but he’s got a lot of other excited people from Seattle.
Oregon goes anywhere, however, the Huskies can organize a career if Huard is as smart as they announce it. He tries to take him to campus and without delay beat Morris at the first concert.
When former South Carolina main football coach Will Muschamp retired MarShawn Lloyd from Hyattsville, Maryland, in the 2020 recruiting class, many expected the ball carrier to intervene and fight for a first concert with the Gamecocks.
That’s precisely what he did until he ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament in August in a contactless exercise.
“It’s notoriously devastating,” offensive coordinator Mike Bobo told Charleston Post and Courier’s David Cloninger. “There are a lot of guys who think they can make a difference, but we want to find a way to put the difference points we have to make. succeed. “
These words would be prophetic. The Gamecocks have struggled all year round, Muschamp has been fired and South Carolina will rebuild with new head coach Shane Beamer at the helm.
But Lloyd remains an axis of the offensive.
At 5. 9″, 211 pounds, the 43rd ranked former player in the country will return with a vendetta in 2021, and can be seen to be one of the most important to SEC players.
He may be the most productive first-year player in the country’s red jersey, and it’s intriguing that there are two players (with Demarkcus Bowman) in the same division. Loyd’s rise and rise is vital to Beamer’s first season.
It has the power to be the centerpiece of the offensive.
The only explanation for why Kelee Ringo stayed out of the box his first year is because a shoulder injury forced him to wear the red T-shirt. He traveled all over the country from Arizona to Athens to play his school ball, and only had to patiently wait his turn.
This happens in 2021.
There is still no one Tyson Campbell in the UGA defensive backfield more physically gifted than Ringo, who has a 5-star consensus hope and one of the biggest victories in top-ranked recruiting elegance in the country. He is physical, has elite speed and is versatile.
You can put Ringo on nickel or security, and it would also be nice there, but it will be the Bulldogs’ number 2 or 3 cornerer at Campbell, especially now that Tyrique Stevenson has entered the moving door.
Although he hasn’t played this year, Ringo has inspired UGA coaches and has All-American skills.
“He’s been out there in a black shirt, and I guess you can say about 70% of the job,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart told Jake Rowe of Dawgs247 the season. “He doesn’t hit anyone, and he can’t do a lot of exercises, but he does individual things. In fact, I’m glad you’re watching and struggling to get back. Kids get hurt and lose focus, and it’s like they get lost in the confusion, yet it’s been in every meeting. He’s very attentive. He’s taking notes. It’s very promising to see that about him. “
With Ringo being a game student and a highly professional player who can run, hit and catch the ball, the sky is the limit for him. He will be the next red and black superstar for a team loaded on the back of the defense.
If you think the two big 12 representatives on this list are out-of-work men, you shouldn’t. Today’s college coaches love taking cool, flexible athletes and locating where they’re doing best.
The thing is, they all come from the same high school. Billy Bowman (heading to Oklahoma) and Ja’Tavion Sanders of Texas were star players at Ryan High School in Denton, Texas. How can you lose a team like this?
Although Bowman is almost certain to play as a catcher (although he can play at the best school), there is no prospect more complicated to identify than Sanders. At 6’3 1/2″, 220 pounds, he covered with the catcher in high school, and loves having the ball in his hands.
But when Tom Herman in Austin, Sanders’ long term probably to upgrade Joseph Ossai, who comes from the edge for the Longhorns. Now that Steve Sarkisian takes over, who knows where Sanders will eventually line up?on both sides of the ball.
Sanders has the ability to have an instant effect on the star coming from the edge as a defensive end or external supporter, and the Horns want it in that aspect of the ball because they don’t have as many differences there.
If you give him the ball too, no one will be disappointed with the results. Sanders is a star, and he and Bowman are going to laugh a lot as school rivals and appearing on their respective shows.
The long term is brilliant for both of us.
There will be no way Clemson will upgrade Travis Etienne, a two-time ACC player of the year who won a national championship with the Tigers. Not only will he be the runner at the school, but also the one at the conference.
One way or another, coach Dabo Swinney wants to combine a player organization to make sure the drop in production in 2021 is too large.
Lyn-J Dixon is able to use some of that load, however, no carrier of Etienne’s outdoor ball has eclipsed the two hundred yards this year. With Demarkcus Bowman on his way to Florida, he opens the door to Will Shipley.
The 5-star hope and the 30th overall rankings of the country is from Matthews, North Carolina, and he struggles in his game. Although there are faster runners, Shipley can do a lot of things with the ball in his hands. .
It is an excellent receiver outside the backfield, and can only run between tackles, but it also has the kind of second-level speed needed to move away from defenders.
With the DJ: The Uiagalelei era is ready to start smart on Clemson, the offensive game plan shouldn’t replace much, however, you’re going to want that of a lot of young boys. Shipley is the best kind of competitor with the ability to move a lot of things with the ball in his hands.
Put yourself in a position for the next superstar in the Tigers backfield.
Perhaps the most exciting player, but still Field Marshal Drake Maye at the time of Mack Brown’s full elegance in North Carolina is Keeshawn Silver, an elite high school basketball player with the kind of athletics that would drool to any school coach.
The 6. 6″ and 275-pound defender of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, would possibly have even greater merit than the hopes of defensive end/external supporter Desmond Evans and Myles Murphy of category ’20, and that says a lot.
Silver can earn an additional 20 pounds and stay away, and will be the type of player who will come as a quarterback from many other angles for the next 4 years.
He told Gregory Hall of Inside Carolina that he hopes to be a “different race” for the Tar Heels, and that he has the size, speed, duration and skill for him.
“Prepare your popcorn,” he said, “they’re about to be 3 or 4 years old. “
Thanks to Sam Howell and Co. , the offensive helped the Heels turn the corner temporarily and make a sensation at Brown’s time of year, all going to the Orange Bowl this season before wasting Texas A.
The way Brown recruits, however, would possibly not take long to make another leap forward. Silver is the kind of player who can replace things quickly.
If there’s a Group of Five rookie to watch closely, it’s SMU’s 4-star quarterback, Preston Stone, who has the ability to be special.
It is not every year that a program like the Mustang gets a coveted signer through the SEC Big 12, Pac-12 and virtually anywhere in the country, however, that’s what Sonny Dykes did in Class 21.
Dykes sold Stone as the next Jared Goff, and with Shane Buechele heading to the NFL, the Episcopal Parish prospect can step in and become a star. It’s perhaps one of the two or three most sensible quarters of an American athletics convention loaded with Dillon. Gabriel and Desmond Ridder.
Stone is an ideal quarterback to run the Dykes system. You don’t have a huge arm to push the ball down, but you can perform all the throws independently, adding the deep ball. Its precision and precision allow it to be a force in the game. short pass game.
More importantly, he has already studied the system, directed a program in high school and is a brain quarterback who temporarily reads his progressions.
Buechele fell into Dykes’ lap and turned the Mustangs into a force in recent years while everyone was healthy, however, he began his career in Texas. Stone will be a mustang for life and may even have a higher roof than the headline.
Don’t be if Stone provides big pass figures like a real rookie in 2121.
This is the simplest screening for a superstar on the list, if only C. J Stroud can win the starting position next year in Columbus.
All the offensive skill the Buckeyes have accumulated around him makes it almost certain that Stroud will publish large numbers if he has already understood the offense. His abundant set of double-threat skills prepares him to succeed Justin Fields.
Sure, Fields can go back to OSU, but with a first-round score, that would be silly. It will be Stroud, his compatriot Jack Miller III freshman or the new 5-star Kyle McCord who is in the middle of Ryan Day’s Attack, and Stroud is a strong bet to win.
Although Stroud hasn’t noticed many replays this year as Fields’ replacement (he had a 48-yard landing in a win over Michigan State and no pass attempts), he has abilities.
The 6’2 1/2″ quarterback from Rancho Cucamonga, California, an overdue addition to the 247Sports 5-star in class 2020, and an optimist composed of 4 stars before waiting for the era of overdue signatures and deciding on chestnut trees.
That’s what he did.
“I think [Stroud] did a smart task when assigned there,” Day told Stephen Means of Cleveland. com after the victory over Michigan State. Jack did a clever task the last time he got in there. you may have, better. “
A lot can happen until next year, Miller and McCord have the ability to make a massive leap, and the Buckeyes can get another quarterback like Fields, who came here from Georgia. But if Stroud stays in line for Fields’ shots then. year, he’s going to have a great first year in a red shirt.
All statistics are courtesy of CFBStats. com and Sports Reference. Recruitment rating through the composite ratings of 247 Sports, unless otherwise indicated.
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