Prospect comparisons are at all times a subject of dialog, and with the rankings conferences for the 2025 and 2026 lessons starting this week, it is time to take a step again and evaluate a number of the present standout prospects to some faculty or NFL stars.
Following are 5 comparisons for a number of the prime recruits within the Southeast area.
JAMIE FRENCH – KEENAN ALLEN
Large, bodily, assured and polished, a number of the easy descriptors current within the evolution of Allen’s sport carry over to Ffrench. The senior is likely one of the most constant move catchers within the 2025 class, able to catching receptions each in visitors and away from his physique. Like Allen, French is not the quickest thrower within the nation, however his route-running excellence, capturing pace and catch radius mix to separate all three ranges of the protection.
Allen was a bit heavier popping out of highschool as a five-star in comparison with the French, however the younger star has time to proceed filling out his body, a transfer that ought to add to his present strengths. Ohio State, Texas, LSU, Florida State, Miami and several other others stay within the working for Ffrench, a one-time Alabama commit.
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USMAN KROMAN – JOE MIXON
The excessive again used to come back with the bodily title listed subsequent to it. Trendy backs cannot afford the one-dimensionality of that stereotype, and Mixon has confirmed to work nicely towards that relationship again to his prep days in California. Kromah continues to do the identical within the nation’s SEC heartland, the place his emergence as a sensational quarterback is the story after the primary bodily impression — however that is the place it ends. The Georgia native is an elite defender who possesses trendy qualities in each house and passing regardless of his towering dimension.
Mixon took benefit of the bodily ingredient that comes with an even bigger body, proving resilient to that often-elusive second contract, and he is now in his third contract as a Houston Texan due to that mixture of traditional traits and trendy means. Kromah has nice straight-line pace along with his lengthy stride, he has extra motion within the gap and within the open area than you would possibly anticipate, and maybe most significantly, he can greater than maintain his personal within the passing sport as a receiver.
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NATHANIEL OWUSU-BOATENG – LAVONTE DAVID
When a prospect is an NFL legacy, a pedigree comparability is a no brainer, however on this case, the IMG Academy linebacker seems to be a little bit extra like David than Jeremiah Owusu-Karamoa. Whereas the previous Notre Dame star’s dimension matches the goal class via 2025, his youthful brother has but to point out the power to maintain up. As a substitute, Owusu-Boateng has made a residing as some of the energetic and athletic midfielders within the class.
David has been capable of show this mixture of instincts and pace for greater than a decade within the NFL, nonetheless identified for with the ability to play all three downs in house. The younger linebacker has an analogous construct north of 200 kilos, with the kind of quickness and shutting means to show heads towards the run and move. Explosive on contact, has a nostril for the soccer that exhibits up in droves on tape, projections like David and his 40 profession tackles (12 interceptions) to bolster the notion of his sport.
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Justus Terry – Quinn Williams
It is principally extra private. The primary time I met Williams, he was round 250 kilos with great power as a defensive lineman who labored each inside and out of doors. Attending to know Terry, who dropped to 255 kilos this spring, we noticed the identical factor in how these enormous draft tackles deal with the majority so nicely. Williams definitely placed on about 50 kilos of fine weight early in his profession at Alabama to turn into a top-five choose within the NFL draft. We see Terry develop in an analogous means.
USC’s dedication stays in tune with the persona of its small highschool program in Manchester, Ga., and he is nonetheless dedicated to basketball. As soon as the main focus is on soccer, within the Large Ten or the SEC, Terry will be capable to add weight with ease, and the power he already shows may doubtlessly take him to the subsequent degree. With sufficient pace to work off the entrance finish and even a relaxed persona with a smile off the sphere, Terry’s comparability to Williams is likely to be my favourite on this function.
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ALICE WILLIAMS – MARK ANDREWS
Jumbo is a large receiver, a basketball participant, a dominant tight finish. Whether or not it is West Coast native Andrews or Georgia State native Williams, there isn’t any lacking the prospect’s sense of physicality. It is lengthy been a label for the nation’s prime tight finish recruit, who exhibits it much more on the courtroom than Andrews did a decade in the past on the identical stage. However every of them has a variety of motion abilities regardless of their enormous type.
Williams is an analogous mismatch with Andrews on the identical stage, every inside an inch and 10 kilos of one another on the identical stage, however the Baltimore Raven got here from the primary move assault in highschool. Williams comes from a good finish scheme, which suggests he is extra superior as a blocker and nonetheless has rather more room to develop as a receiver — scary for Georgia’s future opponents, given what we’re already seeing on tape and the way this program has developed on place late
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