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Blake BaumgartnerESPN Staff Writer
Before they instrumentality the tract arsenic assemblage shot players connected Saturdays, immoderate of the apical recruits successful the 2023 and 2024 ESPN 300 are playing underneath the lights connected weeknights.
Los Alamitos High School (California) backmost and USC perpetrate Malachi Nelson exploded connected Thursday during a seventh consecutive triumph for the California prep power.
Nelson, the No. 1 wide subordinate successful the 2023 ESPN 300, accounted for six touchdowns (five passing) successful a 68-0 shutout of Fountain Valley High School (California).
Dante Moore (No. 3 wide successful 2023, No. 3 QB-PP), headed to Oregon, tossed 3 touchdowns during Martin Luther King High School's (Michigan) 41-28 triumph implicit River Rouge High School (Michigan) connected Friday.
Here's however immoderate different of the nation's apical recruits looked this week.
No shoe, nary problem
Hykeem Williams didn't let the information helium mislaid his near footwear deter him connected the mode to taking this catch-and-run reception 80 yards to the location connected Friday nighttime for Stranahan High School (Florida) against Cardinal Gibbons High School (Florida).
Florida State perpetrate Hykeem Williams with an 80-yard touchdown. pic.twitter.com/UZaqNkvixM
— solvingfootball (@solvingfootball) October 28, 2022The Florida State-bound Williams is 24th wide successful the 2023 ESPN 300 and the third-best receiver successful this cycle.
Simmons strikes
Colin Simmons (No. 8 wide successful 2024, No. 1 DE) is an emerging unit connected the antiaircraft line.
The Duncanville High School (Texas) antiaircraft extremity wreaked havoc successful the reddish portion successful the archetypal 4th against DeSoto High School (Texas) connected Friday.
— Shawn McFarland (@McFarland_Shawn) October 29, 2022The inferior has offers from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Miami, Michigan and Ohio State and helium visited TCU connected Oct. 15 for its crippled with Oklahoma State.
Trader triumphs
Joshisa Trader is 1 of 2 highly regarded inferior wide receivers for Chaminade-Madonna Prep School (Florida).
Trader (No. 2 wide successful 2024) is the apical receiver successful the inferior people and owns offers from Miami, Ohio State, Alabama, Florida, Florida State and Georgia, among 30 offers.
He made his lone drawback number connected Thursday against St. John Paul II Academy (Florida) during a 63-0 victory.
Rolling: @Nadeboyz up 42-0 astatine halftime. First play Cedric Bailey 80 yds to Joshisa Trader @SBLiveFL pic.twitter.com/nXMxWU5VsM
— Joe Frisaro (@JoeFrisaro) October 28, 2022For the year, Trader has 24 receptions for 424 yards and 4 touchdowns.
Smith speed
Jeremiah Smith is simply a precise skilled wide receiver successful his ain right, with 40 offers (Miami, Ohio State, Alabama, USC).
Between him and Trader, Chaminade-Madonna Prep opponents person a batch to beryllium acrophobic with connected the extracurricular and successful the slot.
Smith (No. 12 wide successful 2024, No. 2 WR) caught 3 passes for 80 yards and a touchdown successful a 63-0 triumph implicit St. John Paul Academy connected Thursday.
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— Jeremiah Smith ✞ (@Jermiah_Smith1) October 28, 2022Smith, who plans to sojourn Auburn successful November, has 31 catches for 608 yards and 10 touchdowns this season.
Williams Jr. puts them successful the rotation cycle
Basha High School backmost (Arizona) Demond Williams Jr. made aggregate tacklers from Chandler High School (Arizona) miss during this agelong jaunt down the tract Friday night.
UNREAL tally by 4⭐️ ESPN inferior 300 QB Demond Williams 😱 @QBDwilliams1 @BashaAthletics pic.twitter.com/z1mEliVMiH
— SportsCenter NEXT (@SCNext) October 29, 2022Williams (No. 169 wide successful 2024, No. 7 QB-PP) went to Ole Miss connected an unofficial sojourn Oct. 15 and helium owns offers from Ole Miss, UCLA, Oregon, Michigan State and Auburn.
In 7 games, helium has thrown for 1,384 yards, 16 touchdowns with conscionable 1 interception portion moving for 305 yards and 2 scores.
Pair of four-star juniors recap Penn State visits
St. Louis wide receiver Ryan Wingo (No. 23 wide successful 2024, No. 4 WR) and Youngstown, Ohio antiaircraft extremity Brian Robinson (No. 51 wide successful 2024) were among the recruits that saw Penn State bushed Minnesota past week.
"The achromatic retired was similar thing I've ne'er seen," Robinson wrote successful a substance to ESPN. "And I emotion Coach (James) Franklin's household values."
Wingo echoed immoderate of the aforesaid sentiment.
"The fans determination were crazy," helium said successful a substance to ESPN.
Both Wingo (35 receptions for 670 yards and 11 touchdowns successful 9 games) and Robinson (58 tackles, 5.5 sacks, 15 TFLs successful 8 games) volition beryllium successful Ann Arbor connected Saturday nighttime for Michigan State-Michigan.
Four-star inferior antiaircraft tackle gets Alabama offer, preps for Michigan visit
Justin Scott (No. 34 wide successful 2024, No. 2 DT) received an connection from Alabama connected Oct. 21 -- his 25th.
On the heels of visits to Ohio State (Oct. 1) and Miami (Oct. 8), the St. Ignatius College Prep (Illinois) inferior volition beryllium successful Ann Arbor Saturday. The Wolverines offered Scott backmost successful March and he's welcoming the accidental to spot what Jim Harbaugh's programme is each about.
"Seeing the field for the archetypal clip and getting to conscionable coaching staff," Scott texted ESPN.
Four-star inferior information cuts list
Jaylen Heyward of Rockledge High School (Florida) is the second-best information successful the inferior class, according to ESPN's rankings.
Heyward (No. 44 wide successful 2024), who has 25 tackles and 3 interceptions successful 7 games, trimmed his database to a last six connected Friday: Alabama, Georgia, Ohio State, Florida, Tennessee and Michigan.
After taking successful Florida's triumph implicit Utah connected Sept. 3, helium precocious took unofficial visits to Ohio State (Oct. 1) and Georgia (Oct. 8).
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