As the beginning of school soccer season approaches Aug. 23, the white-hot highlight usually shines on skill-position gamers corresponding to QBs, large receivers and operating backs.
Whether or not bulldozing by means of visitors, exploding into the open discipline or catching passes out of the backfield, these 5 elite RBs are poised to ship highlight-reel moments in 2025.
Jeremiyah Love, Notre Dame Combating Irish
Love (6-foot, 206 kilos) could also be one of the best returning operating again in school soccer. He rushed for 1,125 yards and 17 touchdowns final season and was an enormous motive Notre Dame acquired to the nationwide championship recreation in opposition to Ohio State.
NFL Draft analyst Todd McShay believes Love stands above all elite school operating backs.
“[H]e’s a first-round operating again primarily based on his operating abilities,” McShay famous. “The agility, acceleration, imaginative and prescient … contact steadiness and the facility all make him a first-round operating again.”
Professional: “J Love” has breakaway pace, highlighted by his 98-yard landing run final season.
Con: His ball safety and route operating should enhance.
Nate Frazier | Georgia Bulldogs
In his freshman season in 2024, the 5-foot-10, 205-pounder rushed for 671 yards and eight touchdowns and added 85 yards on 12 receptions. Anticipate these numbers to extend in his sophomore season.
Frazier will not be NFL Draft eligible till 2027, however he understands that as an skilled participant, it is his job to be a pacesetter and to proceed to get higher.
“This man’s going to be particular,” George linebacker Justin Williams mentioned within the spring, per DawgNation.
Professional: Velocity. Velocity. Velocity. Per UGA.rivals.com, in highschool, “Frazier ran the 100-meter sprint in 10.58 seconds. His capability to hit the opening and discover a crease is a talent you possibly can’t train, and is a risk for an enormous play each time he touches the ball.”
Con: Ball safety. He fumbled 3 times within the remaining six video games of the 2024 season.
