As a fan of high school football in south Florida, nobody has to tell you about the defensive back position and how well respected it is.
As we continue to get our complete Miami-Dade and Broward County prospect lists correct – with the pandemic and so many transfers – we now check out the Class of 2024 defensive secondary – and you know that automatically signals the best of the best – anywhere in the country.
If you tried to think back to the last time Miami-Dade and Broward Counties didn’t have a number of quality receiving prospects, you may be there looking back for quite some time.
The position has always been impressive, dating back to the 50s and 60s when the area featured some national recruits.
When projecting into the future with football prospects, it is never an easy thing to do.
Growth and so many other factors play a huge part in looking into a crystal ball and trying to see where this freshman or sophomore will end up. Many change positions two and three times before settling in on the right spot.
For years, south Florida was not the real hotbed if you wanted to find quarterbacks.
The athletes that were developed in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties were just that – athletes. The pass a majority of the time mentality didn’t resonate with so many gifted football players that could play multiple positions.
If you’ve noticed over the past few years, kickers and punters have been getting some spotlight like never before.
With long snappers being draft to kickers and punters being a factor at every level, the attention continues become greater.