After that includes 21 gamers within the Week 0 version of who we watched, the 247Sports nationwide scouting and recruiting groups mixed for a loaded Week 1 version, that includes reside scouting notes on greater than 50 soccer prospects. Fifty items of scouting intel is across the high-water mark for this characteristic that tracks again to final season.
However with the loaded state of Texas set to get underway this upcoming week, the tempo should not decelerate anytime quickly.
Just like final season, we anticipate a Monday publish date for every of those loaded notes packages. We are going to present a prolonged listing of prospects watched in individual, on TV broadcasts and through the fantastic fashionable technological device of on-line streams (this doesn’t embrace the numerous hours of tape). For additional organizational sake, we are going to listing gamers by area or state. Examples: Midwest, East (assume DMV to the Northeast), South, Florida, Texas, California or West Coast, etcetera.
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At this time’s version options blurbs on 50-plus gamers throughout three completely different courses and consists of commitments for the next colleges: Alabama, Arizona State, Buffalo, Duke, Florida State, Georgia, LSU, Miami, Ole Miss, Oregon, Penn State, San Diego State, South Carolina, Syracuse, Tennessee, Texas, UCLA, Utah and Virginia Tech.
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Calvin Russell, 2026 Top247 WR (in-person analysis): After being pressured to play quarterback for a lot of his sophomore season, the five-star huge receiver spent the primary official recreation of his junior season enjoying huge receiver — and it did not take him lengthy to flash huge upside as a playmaker on the surface. The dangly Russell reeled in a 39-yard landing move down the sideline to present Miami Northwestern an early two-score lead over Coconut Creek on the Broward Showcase earlier than following it up a couple of minutes later with a 16-yard rating the place he took a fast flat route over the center and raced throughout the sector from 16 yards out.
Russell remains to be studying a few of the finer factors of the right way to be an entire huge receiver, however this previous Thursday’s outing was encouraging. He was in a position to create separation on the first, second and third ranges.
Russell, who additionally holds a number of school basketball scholarship gives, might want to add some mass within the coming years (he is very skinny within the decrease half), but it surely’s laborious to not get enthusiastic about his potential given the mix of his dimension, coordination and burst. He ought to put up massive numbers this season with former NFL quarterback Teddy Bridgewater calling performs for the Bulls. — 247Sports director of scouting Andrew Ivins
J’Vari Flowers, 2026 Top247 CB (in-person protection): We’re nonetheless getting a really feel for the cornerback board within the class of 2026, and Flowers is rapidly making a case that he is one of many prime slot defenders within the cycle. It is notable — NFL defenses used a five-DB alignment on 67% of snaps final season, in accordance with Professional Soccer Focus.
Flowers was wonderful this previous Thursday in Miami Northwestern’s rout of Coconut Creek. He broke up a move the one time he was focused in protection and produced an electrical punt return wherein eight defenders touched him earlier than he discovered the tip zone on what would have been a 62-yard landing had it not been for a block within the again.
Flowers is perhaps shorter than 5-foot-11, however he makes up for the dearth of size with a thicker construct and elite velocity. He is the Sunshine State’s reigning 3A champion within the 100-meter sprint (10.43 seconds). It is nonetheless very early, however Flowers reminds us a little bit bit for former Florida nook C.J. Gardner-Johnson, who was a embellished sprinter popping out of Cocoa that offered some pleasure each time he touched the ball on particular groups. — Ivins
Gregory Xavier Thomas, 2025 Top247 security, Florida State commit (in-person protection): It might need are available in a loss for American Heritage, however Thomas deserves a recreation ball for his play in opposition to Milton. Thomas was tasked with shadowing blue-chip huge receiver CJ Wiley and just about shut down his future teammate at FSU.
Wiley, who entered the evening with touchdowns in 14 of his earlier 15 video games, solely noticed a handful of targets come his means and by no means actually ran free within the secondary. That is largely due to Thomas, who caught to Wiley like glue.
Now we have gone forwards and backwards about whether or not to listing Thomas as a security or a cornerback, and we’re beginning to lean nook once more. Thomas has the scale that everybody desires on the perimeter and proves to be an environment friendly mover who can preserve part surrendering turf. It must also be famous that that is the second time Thomas has held his personal as a famend move catcher. He additionally fared nicely final season when tasked with attempting to protect Jeremiah Smith. — Ivins
Dia Bell, 2026 Top247 QB, Texas commit (in-person protection): The primary official outing of Bell’s junior marketing campaign was a little bit of a combined bag. He displayed some elite playmaking capacity and threw a pair of landing passes in American Heritage’s loss however lacked consistency and seemed to be a bit gun shy when it got here to throwing at a Milton secondary that featured a trio of Energy 4 commits.
Bell is a unfastened athlete with a easy stroke who does not precisely panic when his safety is breached or the preliminary snap is off beam, however there have been too many occasions when he failed to maneuver off his first learn, which stalled drives. We unofficially had Bell going 15-of-27 passing for 165 yards and the 2 scores. He additionally picked up one other 30 yards or so on the bottom through designed runs and scrambles.
It is easy to see the developmental upside with Bell, however he is nonetheless very a lot a piece in progress. He must get extra assured as a choice maker, particularly when dealing with a better degree of competitors. — Ivins
Byron Louis, 2025 RB (in-person protection): The American Heritage working again introduced throughout ESPN’s broadcast that he has narrowed his recruitment right down to 4 colleges: FSU, Wisconsin, Miami and Georgia. One may make the case that he is a match in any respect 4 applications.
A downhill 205-pound runner, Louis is an upright, short-stepper who’s laborious to get on the bottom as he is sturdy within the core and often in stability. Within the loss to Milton, Louis carried the ball 19 occasions for 171 yards. The speeding complete was fueled closely by a 68-yard scamper within the third quarter the place he discovered a lane and constructed momentum earlier than reaching his prime gear.
Louis may not be the shiftiest working again within the class, however he is acquired the make-up of a possible sledgehammer in an influence unfold assault that may transfer the chains in short-yardage conditions and deal with a heavy workload. — Ivins
Julius Jones, 2027 High-100 WR (in-person protection): One of many few vivid spots Saturday for Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) St. Thomas Aquinas was the sophomore Jones, who ranks early on because the No. 7 huge receiver within the class of 2027.
Jones caught 11 passes for 110 yards within the loss. That included a 52-yard landing wherein he acquired unfastened within the deeper third and shed a deal with earlier than crossing into the tip zone.
Jones is the son of former NFL working again Julius Jones and nephew of former NFL working again Thomas Jones. He is not the most important goal, however he is acquired an explosive decrease half and is ready to generate chunk performs as he is evasive after the catch. Loads of colleges have already supplied the youthful Jones, and he is trying like one of many prime abilities in South Florida for his class. — Ivins
Koby Howard, 2025 WR, Penn State commit (in-person protection): Penn State wants an inflow of expertise at huge receiver, and the Nittany Lions ought to be enthusiastic about Howard following his efficiency in Chaminade-Madonna Prep’s loss. Howard totaled 108 yards of offense and a landing on 9 touches as he break up time at huge receiver and working again.
Having had publicity factors to Howard every of the previous three years, Saturday was arguably the most effective that he has regarded to this point. He confirmed spectacular hand-eye coordination and loads of juice as a ball service as he ran with loads of tempo and was in a position to navigate his means by means of visitors.
Howard is coming off a junior marketing campaign at close by Davie (Fla.) Western wherein he racked up 1,065 receiving yards. He could possibly be in retailer for a giant senior yr. — Ivins
Donta Simpson, 2025 DL, Miami commit (in-person protection): When Miami flipped Simpson from Maryland a couple of weeks in the past, the information flew beneath the nationwide radar. Nonetheless, it is trying an increasing number of like a savvy transfer for the Hurricanes.
Simpson made a distinction within the center Saturday for Chaminade-Madonna Prep as he took on double groups and created some push together with his preliminary get-off. Younger for the grade, Simpson carries his mass nicely and is a somewhat coordinated particular person for somebody who’s believed to be pushing 280 kilos.
We have been impressed with not solely his capacity to anchor, but additionally work laterally down the road of scrimmage, which is backed up by one of many prime three-cone drill occasions on this yr’s Beneath Armour Subsequent camp circuit for a prospect his dimension. Simpson is analogous in some methods to former UM defensive lineman Jon Ford, who additionally got here out of Broward County. — Ivins
