West Michigan's top 10 high school football prospects of 2024

10 PLAYERS IN WEST MICHIGAN. >> TUNE UP THE BAND. I DON'T LOSE YOUR VOICE. >> ON FOR THE RIDE. >> IT'S ANOTHER YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WITH SO MANY TALENTED ATHLETES IN EVERY CONFLICT. 24 SEVEN'S RECRUITING WRITER ALAN TRUE HELPS US GET READY FOR THE SEASON WITH HIS TOP 10 FOOTBALL PLAYERS WEST MICHIGAN. JUST BECAUSE IT'S A LIST OF THE BEST FOOTBALL PLAYERS DOESN'T MEAN THEY CAN'T GET IT DONE ON COURT AS WELL. AND NUMBER 10 CAM THOMPSON FROM WHITE HALL IN DO IT ALL WHEN YEAR. >> 6, 3, AND THAT GOOD AT BASKETBALL AND YOU TURN ON THIS FOOTBALL TEAM AND HE'S USING THOSE SKILLS TO MAKE CONTESTED CATCHES HE HASN'T FOCUSED A TRULY ON ONE SPORT YET. I REALLY NEED TO PLAY EITHER SIDE OF THE BALL IN FOOTBALL TO JUST ONE OF THE BEST ALL AROUND ATHLETES IN WEST MICHIGAN WERE LEAPING FROM WHITEHALL TO CATHOLIC CENTRAL FOR NUMBER 9 JAMIE WILLING WHO'S LOGGED PLENTY OF FREQUENT FLYER MILES ON THE FIELD. >> I THINK HE'S A LITTLE BIT UNDER RECRUITED RIGHT NOW. KIND OF A BIG OUTSIDE RECEIVER ALSO HAS A BASKETBALL BACK. CAN GO UP. >> AND GET THE BALL GUY WHO'S GOING TO FIGHT FOR. AND WHEN WHEN THE BALL'S IN THE AIR AND I THINK SOMEBODY'S GOING STEAL ATTEMPT PLUS GAS. >> NUMBER 7, WE GO BIG. >> JJ HEARD BIG THE SAME SCHOOL THAT GAVE OHIO STATE GAVE VANSICKLE HAS ANOTHER MOLAR ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE. WHEN YOU WATCH THE GAME. >> KEPT SAYING LIKE WHO'S THE OTHER GUY ON THAT LINE WHO'S WHO'S A REALLY GOOD PLAYER. HE BIG FRAME. HE'S THE KIND OF WEST MICHIGAN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT I THINK IS GONNA BE SUPER SUCCESSFUL AT WESTERN ALLEN MAY AS WELL. GO AHEAD AND PUT NUMBER 7 ON HIS LIST NEXT YEAR. GRAND BILLS JADEN TERRY EARNS A SPOT FOR HIS 3RD STRAIGHT SEASON. ONE OF THESE DAYS HE'S GOING TO GRADUATE. BUT HE'S BEEN ON THE RADAR FOR SO LONG. BEEN A PRODUCTIVE PLAYER. GREAT PLAYER FOR THEM. LEGITIMATE SPEED. HE'S SHOWN THAT ON THE TRACK HE WAS PLANNING ON BEING RECRUITED WHEN HE WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO I THINK HE'S BEEN VERY PREPARED FOR THIS MOMENT. WE'RE GOING TO STOP BY MUSKEGON FOR A BECAUSE THEY'VE BUILT AN OFFENSIVE LINE THAT WILL GIVE WEST MICHIGAN HEADACHES FOR STOP. JIM HARRIS WHOSE RAPID IMPROVEMENT HAD PLENTY OF SCHOOLS INTERESTING AT FIRST. MAYBE THEY WEREN'T INITIALLY SURE WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO GET WITH THEM. THEN AS THE YEAR WENT ON, HE JUST IMPROVED SO MUCH FROM GAME ONE TO THE END OF THE YEAR. REALLY, REALLY GOOD PLAYER STILL SO MUCH POTENTIAL LEFT THERE TO GO. AND WE HEAD TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRENCH WORK HARDER KITCHEN WHO IS A SOPHOMORE IS ABOUT TO BE VERY FAMILIAR WITH COLLEGE RECRUITERS. I THINK BY NEXT YEAR, CERTAINLY BY THE YEAR AFTER HE MIGHT BE THE LAST GUY WE TALKED ABOUT ON THIS LIST BECAUSE HE'S SO TALENTED. AND I THINK WHEN YOU WATCH A KID WHO'S. >> 6, 6, >> YOU KNOW, 215 POUNDS OF RUNDOWN. A SKILLED GUY FROM BEHIND, YOU KNOW, 3040, 50 YARDS DOWN FIELD. THAT'S JUST SUPER AIR, BUT EXPLOSIVE. AND THERE'S EVEN COACHES WATCH THIS TAPE IN DETROIT WHO SAY MIGHT BE THE NUMBER ONE RECRUIT IN THE 2027 CLASS. IF YOU FIND A WAY TO GET PAST. JIM HARRIS ON THE BIG RED LINE. GOOD LUCK. BEATING NUMBER 4, MCKAY WIN. >> IT'S SUPER SUPER PHYSICAL MAY TEACH THAT I'M SKIING HE EMBRACES THAT HE'S I THINK YOU SAY WHEN YOU STAY SAFE. >> I JUST DON'T SEE A WAY HE DOESN'T GO TO COLLEGE AND THIS PRODUCTIVE AND STARTS MULTI YEARS FOR RIGHT HERE MICHIGAN. HEAD COACH SHANE FAIRFIELD ISN'T TAKING ALL THE CREDIT. HE SAYS THIS GROUP WANTS TO MAKE EACH OTHER BETTER STRENGTH IS THE FACT THAT THEY ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE THAT THEY HAVE THEIR OWN MEASURABLE THING AND THEY HAVE THERE'S ARE THAT THEY'VE SAID. >> WE GO OFF THE BEATEN PATH FOR NUMBER 3, LAWTON'S MASON MEANS MAULING ABILITY CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF NORTHWEST A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND THE STATE, MAYBE EVEN WEST MICHIGAN MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT HIM IS HE'S AT LAWTON. AND I THINK HE'S ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN STANDING. NORTHWESTERN CAME IN AND STOLE ONE HE'S AN INCREDIBLE WEIGHT ROOM. GUYS THROWING THE SHOT OVER 60 FEET. JUST A GREAT ALL AROUND ATHLETE. AND AND AT THAT LEVEL OF FOOTBALL HE'S DOMINANT FORCE ON FRIDAY NIGHT DOMINATION IS ALL MAINE IS INTERESTED CONSTANT. >> NONSTOP DESTRUCTION. COM, AS CALL IT OVER AT POPEYES. SOMEONE SCORES A TOUCHDOWN. BETTER BELIEVE 6 FOOT 7 DARREN SHEREE IS THERE FOR LIFTOFF. THE BIG GUY EARNS HIS SECOND NOT ON THE LIST. YOU CAN'T JUST BE BIG AND HE'S PUT IN A LOT OF TIME AND WORK. HE STARTED EVEN WORKING OUT WITH A PASS TRACK TEAM. THE LAST SUMMER TO IMPROVE ON HIS QUICKNESS AND SPEED. I THOUGHT THAT MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SOPHOMORE TAPE. >> IN HIS JUNIOR YEAR. SO MANY GREAT PLAYERS. BUT THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE NUMBER ONE, THAT GOES TO PORTAGE NORTHERN'S GREGORY PATRICK, WHO'S NUMBER ONE ON PLENTY OF COLLEGES RECRUITING BOARDS. BUT YOU WOULDN'T KNOW IT BY TALKING TO KIND OF HAS THAT LINEMAN MENTALITY TO. >> DOESN'T KNOW. TALK SOUTH A LOT WHEN YOU WHEN YOU DO INTERVIEWS WITH RIGHT NOW IS FOCUSED ON THESE GUYS, YOU KNOW, BEING BEING IN HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE IT ONLY ONE WAS HE IS A COLLEGE IS A BUSINESS THAT'S JUST GOT TO GO OUT THERE AND YOUR BEST FRIENDS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT IT'S A COMBINATION OF ATHLETICISM IT'S COMING NATION OF TECHNIQUE AND INTANGIBLE AND HE HAS ALL OF THOSE. FELT REALLY SAFE