Sophomore Highlight: Scouting prime 2027 defensive backs
It’s by no means too early to start trying on the subsequent stars of school soccer, so welcome to the Sophomore Highlight. Every week Rivals nationwide knowledge analyst Austin Cochran has highlighted a lot of prospects from every place who made our preliminary 2027 Rivals250.
We conclude the sequence this week by defensive backs.
Participant comp: Jaire Alexander
Dopson’s movie is scientific. He has glorious approach and good athleticism to at all times maintain his man blanketed. He has a lightning-quick escape of his backpedal and comes downhill onerous and quick to make performs on fast hit performs and runs.
The four-star prospect has very easy and fast hips to flip and run on deep balls and keep in part on out and in breaking routes. He’s additionally nice towards the run.
Dopson put collectively a really spectacular season and has picked up presents from Miami and Nebraska up to now month. He additionally has presents from Colorado and Florida State amongst others.
Participant comp: Sauce Gardner
Finney has all of the instruments you need in a cornerback. He has nice measurement, size and athleticism, to not point out he’s a dynamic returner as properly. The four-star prospect is elite in man protection. He has nice pace and reactive athleticism to remain within the receivers pocket. Finney is a really good participant who sees the sector very properly and does an excellent job in zone protection. He had an amazing season this season with 4 interceptions and he led his crew in PBUs with 16. The following step in his growth will likely be to show a few of these PBU’s into extra interceptions as he continues to develop and get higher together with his approach.
With 17 whole presents thus far, Finney has drawn numerous curiosity from, seemingly, all the large canine together with Georgia, USC and LSU. He additionally took a go to to LSU a few weeks in the past to observe the Tigers play Alabama.
Participant comp: Jabrill Peppers
Handler is an especially gifted athlete who excels at each side of the ball. He’s second on his crew in receiving touchdowns with eight, and third on his crew in tackles with 44 to go together with 5 TFLs. He performs in every single place on protection: security, nook, slot and within the field. Hadnely has nice cowl expertise and does an amazing job shadowing the receiver to remain locked to him. He has very lengthy arms and makes use of his size properly.
With 20 whole presents from packages like Alabama, Florida and Ohio State, Handler is the form of athlete that you just simply get on campus in any respect value after which you determine the place to play him later.
Participant comp: Derwin James Jr.
Snell is a big-bodied athlete who likes to play downhill. He has a fast set off and comes downhill extraordinarily onerous and quick and hits like he’s a semi truck, inflicting various fumbles. He additionally has good vary on the again finish to cowl a whole lot of the sector in zone and overlaying the deep ball. The four-star prospect has stable pace and good reactive athleticism to remain in part on receivers when in man protection as properly.
Snell has presents from packages like SMU, Texas and Auburn. He additionally visited SMU earlier this season for its sport towards TCU.
Participant comp: L’Jarius Sneed
Williams is a protracted, athletic, bodily cornerback who’s a whole lot of enjoyable to observe. He does an amazing job in man protection, significantly in press the place he likes to play very aggressively. He makes use of his size very properly to disrupt the receiver and keep within the pocket. The four-star prospect has superb learn and react potential to have the ability to mirror the receiver in addition to come downhill and make a play within the run sport. As he continues to enhance in his approach, he’ll solely get higher and change into extra of a playmaker.
Williams has presents Alabama, Georgia and USC, amongst others.
