Four games in the northeast featured some big-time college prospects. It started

on Friday night when Potomac (Md.) Bullis School fell to Woodberry

Forest (Va.) Woodberry Forest School 66-65 in overtime. That same night, Wayne

(N.J.) De Paul Catholic lost to Montvale (N.J.) St. Joseph's 20-7, their second

loss in a row. The first of two games on Saturday was a very entertaining 59-47

Bradenton (Fla.) IMG Academy win over Oradell (N.J.) Bergen Catholic. In the

last game of the weekend Baltimore (Md.) Gilman School went to Paramus (N.J.)

Paramus Catholic and won 41-17.

Any fan, scout or reporter will have a hard time seeing as many quality

quarterbacks as we did over the weekend. On Friday night Rivals100 Maryland

commit Dwayne Haskins Jr. and junior Lindell Stone filled up

the stat sheet for Bullis and Woodberry Forest. The two combined for 12

touchdown passes and over 700 passing yards. Haskins also ran for 74 yards and

one touchdown. He has continued to grow and improve his timing, consistency and

toughness. Stone has fully recovered from a broken collarbone last season and

returned to form.

In the first game on Saturday, Ole Miss commit Shea Patterson, the nation's top player, and Tennessee commit Jarrett Guarantano, the fifth rated dual-threat quarterback, put on an exciting

show of toughness and athleticism. Patterson battled cramps while scrambling all

over the field to find open receivers. He ended the day with over 200 yards

passing and three total touchdowns while completing 50-percent of his passes.

Guarantano went 30-of-38 and amassed about 450 total yards and scored five total

touchdowns.

Junior Kasim Hill led Gilman to an impressive defeat of

Paramus Catholic. He did a good job of keeping Gilman on schedule and making big

plays when they needed it. Hill's 77-yard run early in the game helped jumpstart

the Gilman offense and it was smooth sailing from there. Sophomore's Shelton Applewhite from De Paul and Allan Walters from Paramus Catholic

have bright futures and are certainly important prospects to track through their

development.

Five-star tight end Isaac Nauta wasn't a major forced offensively for

IMG on Saturday but he was very good as a defensive end. He was very effective

at the point of attack and held up well against the run. Nauta also did not

allow runs to get outside of him and, when the play went away from him, he did a

good job of chasing the play down.

Paramus Catholic outside linebacker Drew Singleton played like a madman

on Saturday. The 2017 Rivals250 prospect made stops in the backfield and from

sideline-to-sideline. On one play Singleton missed a tackle near the line of

scrimmage but he got up and chase the runner 30 yards to make the tackle. At one

point Singleton had to leave the game for what looked like an injury but he

returned and continued his great play.

Nobody doubts five-star Rashan Gary is one of the top players in the

country but he wasn't as effective as he could have been on Saturday. The

Paramus Catholic defensive lineman made plays when Gilman went his way but

Gilman did a very good job of scheming away from him. Gary made a very

impressive play when Gilman tried to run an option towards him but Gary stopped

the quarterback and forced a field goal. He made the most of his opportunities

but they were not plentiful.

Listed at just 5-foot-9, 157-pounds, 2017 Rivals250 wide receiver Emmanuel Greene is absolutely electric. He had three catches for 83 yards and two

touchdowns. One of those touchdown catches was a 70-yard bomb from Patterson.

Greene also had a touchdown on a kickoff return. Bergen Catholic tried a pooch

kick but Greene picked it up on the bounce and went 68 yards for the touchdown.

 

Most schools are recruiting Damani Neal as a safety but the Bullis

junior went off on offense. He was Haskins' main target and pulled in an

eye-popping 15 catches for 163 yards and four touchdowns. Neal, at 5-foot-10,

183-pounds was virtually unguardable on crossing patterns and came up with some

very important catches in a tight game.

After a one point loss to Lakewood (Ohio) St. Edward in their first game of the

season, Gilman has really turned it on offensively. In their past three games

they've averaged about 40 points. Korey Stevens and Dorian Maddox been major contributors and Hill has done a very good job directing

traffic. Not to be overlooked, the Gilman offensive line, featuring four-star

Michigan commit Devery Hamilton and three-star Stephen Spanellis, has really been able to open up gapping holes for the Gilman

running backs.

After getting trounced from Olney (Md.) Good Counsel a week ago, many expected

De Paul to bounce back in a big way against St. Joseph's Regional but that

didn't happen. St. Joseph's really dominated most of the game and their

offensive line set the tempo. The few bright spots were the individual

accomplishments of Michael Dwumfour and Quayshon Alexander.

Five-star Ohio State running back commit Kareem Walker had an up and

down game but had a bad fumble deep in DePaul's territory that led to a St.

Joseph's touchdown. He did get some time at cornerback and made some pretty

athletic plays.

If

you didn't already know, IMG Academy is absolutely loaded with top-tier talent.

Other than Patterson and Nauta, five-stars Rahshaun Smith and Shavar Manuel play for the Ascenders. Four-stars Saivion Smith, Drake Davis, Tyler Gerald and many others are seniors. In the junior

class, five-star Josh Kaindoh is the headliner followed by four-stars

Greene, Jordan Anthony, Robert Hainsey, Cesar Ruiz,

Elvis Hines and many more.

Gilman is a very talented team but their younger players may turn out to be

better than the juniors and seniors. The headliner in the sophomore class is

Taron Vincent but Evan Gregory, Ja'Mion Franklin and

Thomas Booker will get a lot of attention. Freshmen Shane Lee

and Zach Dixon could be big time players.

Paramus Catholic has been known for their defensive linemen over the past couple

years but transfer Parris Heath could end up being a cornerstone left

tackle. He is every bit the 6-foot-4, 295-pounds he is listed and moves very

StanfordClick well. Down the road some school will be glad they took Heath.Here to view this Link. offensive line commit Clark YarbroughClick well. Down the road some school will be glad they took Heath.Here to view this Link. has come a long way

since his sophomore year. He is still very athletic for a big guy but he has

added a lot of lean weight and gotten much stronger. Yarbrough did a good job of

handling anything the Bullis defensive linemen threw at him and he laid some big

hits when pulling.