Landen King

With nearly all of the 2021 recruiting class inked, Billy Liucci takes an in-depth look at all the players signed, offers some position grades and looks ahead to what to expect in the 2022 class.

Signees Thurs. - Galena Park North Shore (11-0) vs Pearland Dawson (10-0), 7 p.m. at Webster's Challenger-Columbia Stadium - 6A D1 Playoffs - WR Shadrach Banks (Texas A&M), CB Denver Harris (2022), CB Jacoby Davis (2023), QB Dematrius Davis (Auburn), OL Jaeden Roberts Stream - https://www.texanlive.com/2020/12/north-shore-vs-dawson-12-17-2020-700pm-football-challenger-stadium-area-round-playoffs/ ($) Thurs. - Richmond Foster (7-2) vs. Cedar Park (10-0), 7:30 p.m. at Waller's Waller ISD Stadium - 5A D1 Playoffs - OL Reuben Fatheree (Texas A&M)Stream - https://www.texanlive.com/2020/12/cedar-park-vs-foster-12-17-2020-730pm-football-waller-isd-stadium-area-round-playoffs/ ($) Fri. - Miami (FL) Central (7-1) vs. Lake Minneola (11-1) - 6A Championships - 1 pm ET - RB Amari Daniels (Texas A&M), ATH Yulkeith Brown (Texas A&M), LB Terrence Lewis (Tennessee), QB Braden Davis (2022)Stream - https://fhsaa.boxcast.com/#/broadcasts/q0jvnikfars4quzowfbh?channel_id=vhlhvzxbguryburepez8 Fri. - DeSoto (8-1) vs. Rockwall (10-1), 7 p.m. at Prosper's Children's Health Stadium - 6A D1 Playoffs - DE Shemar Turner (Texas A&M), WR Johntay Cook (2023)Stream - https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/uil/gamf84a95794f ($) Fri. - Katy (9-1) vs Houston Lamar (6-2), 7 p.m. at Katy's Rhodes Stadium - 6A D2 Playoffs - TE Fernando Garza (Texas A&M - injured), DE Malick Sylla (2022), DB Bobby Taylor (2022)Stream - https://www.texanlive.com/2020/12/lamar-vs-katy-12-18-2020-700pm-football-rhodes-stadium-area-round-playoffs/ ($) Fri. - Magnolia (10-1) vs. Frisco Lone Star (6-3), 7:30 p.m. at Corsicana's Tiger Stadium - 5A D1 Playoffs - OL Matthew Wykoff (Texas A&M)Stream - https://www.texanlive.com/2020/12/frisco-lonestar-vs-magnolia-12-18-2020-730pm-football-tiger-stadium-area-round-playoffs/ ($) Sat. - Denton Guyer (8-2) vs Arlington (5-5), 3:15 p.m. at Arlington's Globe Life Stadium - 6A D2 Playoffs - QB Eli Stowers (Texas A&M), CB Deuce Harmon (Texas A&M - injured)Stream - https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/uil/gam069b8c2a16 ($) Season CompleteFort Smith Northside (5-5) - Dreyden Norwood Fort Collins (CO) Fossil Ridge (3-3) - OL Trey Zuhn (Texas A&M - injured)Texarkana Pleasant Grove (9-4) - DL Marcus Burris (Texas A&M - injured), DE Landon Jackson (LSU - injured)La Porte (5-4) - DT Albert Regis (Texas A&M)Beggs (9-3) S Kendal Daniels (Texas A&M) Sugar Land Fort Bend Christian (7-3) - OL Remington Strickland (Texas A&M) Grandview (11-1) - ATH Dametrious Crownover (Texas A&M - unsigned)Not playing this fallKaty Tompkins - DE Tunmise Adeleye (Texas A&M)Philadelphia (PA) Northeast - CB Tyreek Chappell (Texas A&M), DE Elijah Jeudy, DE Ken Talley (2022 - Penn State)Brooklyn (NY) Erasmus Hall - DE Jahzion Harris (Texas A&M) Prospects of Interest ThursdayLewisville (7-3) vs Arlington Martin (9-1), 7 p.m. at North Richland Hills' Birdville Fine Arts/Athletics Complex - 6A D1 Playoffs - WR Armani Winfield (2022), DE Ernest Cooper IV (2022)Corpus Christi Flour Bluff (9-1) vs. San Antonio Southside (9-1), 7 p.m. at San Antonio's Alamo Stadium - 5A D1 Playoffs - OL Johnny Dickson (2022) FridayCy-Fair (10-1) vs Katy Tompkins (9-0), 6 p.m. at Katy's Legacy Stadium - 6A D1 Playoffs - RB LJ Johnson Jr, QB Jalen Milroe (Alabama)El Paso Burges (3-2) vs Wichita Falls Rider (8-2), 6:30 p.m. at Odessa's Ratliff Stadium - 5A D2 Playoffs - RB Tavorus Jones (2022) Allen (9-0) vs South Grand Prairie (7-2), 7 p.m. at Arlington's Globe Life Park - 6A D1 Playoffs - OL Neto Umeozulu (2022)Klein Cain (7-2) vs. Spring Westfield (7-1), 7 p.m. at Spring's Planet Ford Stadium - 6A D1 Playoffs - RB Jaydon Blue (2022)Humble Atascocita (6-2) vs Pearland (8-2), 7 p.m. at Houston's Sheldon ISD Panther Stadium - 6A D1 Playoffs - OL Kameron Dewberry (2022), TE Landen King (Auburn)Katy Taylor (8-2) vs. Houston Heights (7-1), 7 p.m. at Houston's Delmar Stadium - 6A D2 Playoffs - OL Bryce Foster, OL Hayden Conner (Texas) Denton Ryan (10-0) vs College Station (10-1), 7 p.m. Friday at Waco's Waco ISD Stadium - 5A D1 Playoffs - CB Austin Jordan (2022), DT Bear Alexander (2022), LB Anthony Hill (2023), DE Ja'tavion Sanders (Texas) Fort Bend Marshall (10-0) vs Montgomery (8-3), 7 p.m. at Porter's Randall Reed Stadium - 5A D2 Playoffs - WR Chris Marshall (2022)Beaumont West Brook (5-5) vs Clear Falls (6-3), 7 p.m. at Galena Park's Galena Park ISD Stadium - 6A D2 Playoffs - S Bryce Anderson (2022 - LSU)Frisco (7-1) vs. South Oak Cliff (9-2), 7:30 p.m. Friday at Dallas' Kincaide Stadium - 5A D2 Playoffs - OL Cole Hutson (2022) SaturdayDuncanville (7-1) vs. Dallas Skyline (5-4), 2 p.m. at Dallas' Kincaide Stadium - 6A D1 Playoffs - OL Jaylen Early (2022), OL Cameron Williams (2022), DE Omari Abor (2022), OL Savion Byrd (Oklahoma), LB Kendrick Blackshire (Alabama) Season Complete Flower Mound Coram Deo (1-6) - DL Jadon Scarlett (2022)West Orange-Stark (8-1) - OL Demetrius Hunter (2022)El Campo (9-2) - RB Rueben Owens (2023)Spearman (11-2) - ATH Brenen Thompson (2022) Lexington (8-4) - S Jarred Kerr (2022)Fort Worth Nolan Catholic (8-1) - RB Emeka Megwa (2022)Plano John Paul II (3-4) - CB Terrance Brooks(2022)Argyle Liberty Christian (2-7) - ATH Cristian Driver (2022)Garland (5-4) - S Chace Biddle (2022), WR Jordan Hudson (2022 - Oklahoma) Frisco Liberty (6-5) - WR Evan Stewart (2022)The Woodlands (5-4) - LB Martrell Harris (2022 - injured)Dickinson (6-3) - OL PJ Williams (2022), TE Donovan Green (2022) Cypress Park (6-5) - LB Harold Perkins (2022)Wylie East (1-7) - DE Anthony James (2023)Humble Summer Creek (3-6) - OL Kelvin Banks (2022)Houston Clear Lake (2-6) - CB Julian Humphrey (2022)Walker (LA) (2-6) - WR Brian Thomas Baton Rouge (LA) University Lab (9-2) - S Jardin Gilbert Tallahassee (FL) St. John Paul II (5-4) - S Terrion Arnold Martin (TN) Westview (7-5) - QB Ty Simpson (2022)Edmond (OK) Deer Creek (4-6) - OL Jacob Sexton (2022)Oradell (NJ) Bergen Catholic (5-1) - DT Tywone Malone

Commits Thurs. - Galena Park North Shore (10-0) vs Deer Park (5-5), 7 p.m. at Galena Park's Galena Park ISD Stadium - 6A D1 Playoffs - WR Shadrach Banks (Texas A&M), CB Denver Harris (2022), CB Jacoby Davis (2023), QB Dematrius Davis (Auburn), OL Jaeden Roberts (Auburn)Stream - https://www.texanlive.com/2020/12/deer-park-vs-north-shore-12-10-2020-700pm-football-gpisd-stadium-bi-district-playoffs/ ($) Thurs. - Richmond Foster (7-2) vs. Goose Creek Memorial (6-3), 7 p.m. at Rosenberg's Traylor Stadium - 5A D1 Playoffs - OL Reuben Fatheree (Texas A&M)Stream - https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/lamar-consolidated-independent-school-district-rosenberg-tx/gamc4af18385d ($) Fri. - Miami (FL) Central (6-1) vs. Palmetto (9-3) - 6A Playoffs - 7:30 pm ET - RB Amari Daniels (Texas A&M), ATH Yulkeith Brown (Texas A&M), LB Terrence Lewis (Tennessee) Stream - https://palmettotigers.com/tigervision/ Fri. - Magnolia (9-1) vs. McKinney North (3-6), 7 p.m. at Magnolia's Bulldog Stadium - 5A D1 Playoffs - OL Matthew Wykoff (Texas A&M), WR JJ HenryStream - https://www.texanlive.com/2020/12/mckinney-north-vs-magnolia-12-11-2020-700pm-football-bulldog-stadium-bi-district-playoffs/ ($) Fri. - Beggs (OK) (9-2) at Washington (10-2-1), 7 p.m. - 2A Playoffs - S Kendal Daniels (Texas A&M) Stream - https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/washington-high-school-washington-ok/gama339b451a6 ($) Fri. - Katy (8-1) vs Fort Bend Elkins (2-5), 7:30 p.m. at Katy's Rhodes Stadium - 6A D2 Playoffs - TE Fernando Garza (Texas A&M - injured), DE Malick Sylla (2022), DB Bobby Taylor (2022)Stream - https://www.texanlive.com/2020/12/fort-bend-elkins-vs-katy-12-11-2020-700pm-football-rhodes-stadium-bi-district-playoffs/ ($) Sat. - Denton Guyer (7-2) vs Coppell (6-3), 1 p.m. at Denton's Collins Stadium - 6A D2 Playoffs - QB Eli Stowers (Texas A&M), CB Deuce Harmon (Texas A&M - injured)Stream - https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/denton-independent-school-district-denton-tx/gam92f8222c2c ($) Season CompleteFort Smith Northside (5-5) - CB Dreyden Norwood (Texas A&M)Fort Collins (CO) Fossil Ridge (3-3) - OL Trey Zuhn (Texas A&M - injured)Grandview (11-1) - ATH Dametrious Crownover (Texas A&M)Texarkana Pleasant Grove (9-4) - DL Marcus Burris (Texas A&M - injured), DE Landon Jackson (LSU - injured)La Porte (5-4) - DT Albert Regis (Texas A&M) Not playing this fallPhiladelphia (PA) Northeast - CB Tyreek Chappell (Texas A&M), DE Elijah Jeudy, DE Ken Talley (2022 - Penn State)Charlotte (NC) Hough - LB Kaci Seegars (Texas A&M), DT Curtis Neal (2022), RB Evan Pryor (Ohio State)Brooklyn (NY) Erasmus Hall - DE Jahzion Harris (Texas A&M) Prospects of Interest ThursdayArlington Martin (8-1) vs Richardson (5-5), 7 p.m. at Arlington's Globe Life Park - 6A D1 Playoffs - DE Ernest Cooper IV (2022)Duncanville (6-1) vs Killeen Harker Heights (7-3), 7 p.m. at Duncanville's Panther Stadium - 6A D1 Playoffs - OL Savion Byrd, OL Jaylen Early (2022), OL Cameron Williams (2022), DE Omari Abor (2022), LB Kendrick Blackshire (Alabama)Klein Cain (6-2) vs Cypress Woods (6-3), 7 p.m. at Klein's Memorial Stadium - 6A D1 Playoffs - RB Jaydon Blue (2022)DeSoto (7-1) at Killeen Shoemaker (7-2), 7 p.m. at Killeen's Buckley Stadium - 6A D1 Playoffs - DL Shemar Turner, WR Johntay Cook (2023)Cy-Fair (9-1) vs Houston Westside (4-3), 7 p.m. at Cypress' Pridgeon Stadium - 6A D1 Playoffs - RB LJ Johnson JrCypress Park (6-4) at Tomball Memorial (9-0), 7 p.m. at Tomball's Tomball ISD Stadium - 6A D2 Playoffs - LB Harold Perkins (2022)Fort Bend Marshall (9-0) vs. Port Neches-Groves (5-5), 7:30 p.m. at Missouri City's Hall Stadium - 5A D2 Playoffs - WR Chris Marshall (2022) FridayLake Minneola (FL) (10-1) vs. St. Augustine (10-2), 7:30 p.m. ET - 6A Playoffs - QB Braden Davis (2022)Denton Ryan (9-0) vs. Dallas Adams (5-4), 7 p.m. at Denton's Collins Stadium - 5A D1 Playoffs - CB Austin Jordan (2022), DT Bear Alexander (2022), LB Anthony Hill (2023), DE Ja'tavion Sanders (Texas) Allen (8-0) vs Plano West (6-4), 7 p.m. at Allen's Eagle Stadium - 6A D1 Playoffs - OL Neto Umeozulu (2022)Lewisville (6-3) vs McKinney Boyd (4-6), 7 p.m. at Lewisville's Goldsmith Stadium - 6A D1 Playoffs - WR Armani Winfield (2022)Dickinson (6-2) at Pearland Dawson (9-0), 7 p.m. at Pearland's Pearland ISD Stadium - 6A D1 Playoffs - OL PJ Williams (2022), TE Donovan Green (2022) The Woodlands (5-3) at Spring (7-0), 7 p.m. at Spring's Planet Ford Stadium - 6A D1 Playoffs - LB Martrell Harris (2022 - injured)Garland (5-3) at Rockwall-Heath (8-2), 7 p.m. at Rockwall's Wilkerson-Sanders Stadium - 6A D2 Playoffs - S Chace Biddle (2022), WR Jordan Hudson (2022 - Oklahoma) Humble Atascocita (5-2) at Pasadena Dobie (9-0), 7 p.m. at Pasadena's Veterans Memorial Stadium - 6A D1 Playoffs - OL Kameron Dewberry (2022), TE Landen King (Auburn)Katy Taylor (7-2) at Richmond George Ranch (5-3), 7 p.m. at Sugar Land's Mercer Stadium - 6A D2 Playoffs - OL Bryce Foster, OL Hayden Conner (Texas) - canceled, Katy Taylor advancesFrisco (6-1) vs. Royse City (5-3), 7 p.m. at Frisco's Ford Center - 5A D2 Playoffs - OL Cole Hutson (2022)El Paso Burges (2-2) vs. El Paso Ysleta (3-3), 7 p.m. at El Paso's Mustang Stadium - 5A D2 Playoffs - RB Tavorus Jones (2022) Baton Rouge (LA) University Lab (9-1) at Lafayette St. Thomas More (8-0), 7 p.m. - Division II Playoffs - S Jardin Gilbert, Walker Howard (2022 LSU)Frisco Liberty (6-4) at Ennis (8-0), 7:30 p.m. at Ennis' Lion Memorial Stadium - 5A D2 Playoffs - WR Evan Stewart (2022)Corpus Christi Flour Bluff (8-1) vs. Brownsville Pace (4-1), 7:30 p.m. at Corpus Christi's Hornet Stadium - 5A D1 Playoffs - OL Johnny Dickson (2022) SaturdayFort Worth Nolan Catholic (8-0) vs. Dallas Parish Episcopal (9-1), 7 pm at Waco Midway - Division I Playoffs - RB Emeka Megwa (2022), QB Preston Stone (SMU) Season Complete Flower Mound Coram Deo (1-6) - DL Jadon Scarlett (2022)West Orange-Stark (8-1) - OL Demetrius Hunter (2022)El Campo (9-2) - RB Rueben Owens (2023)Spearman (11-2) - ATH Brenen Thompson (2022) Lexington (8-4) - S Jarred Kerr (2022)Plano John Paul II (3-4) - CB Terrance Brooks (2022)Houston St. Thomas (7-3) - WR Cameron BonnerArgyle Liberty Christian (2-7) - ATH Cristian Driver (2022)Klein Forest (1-7) - RB Ahmonte WatkinsWylie East (1-7) - DE Anthony James (2023)Humble Summer Creek (3-6) - OL Kelvin Banks (2022)Houston Clear Lake (2-6) - CB Julian Humphrey (2022)Sugar Land Fort Bend Christian (7-3) - OL Remington StricklandWalker (LA) (2-6) - WR Brian ThomasTallahassee (FL) St. John Paul II (5-4) - S Terrion ArnoldMartin (TN) Westview (7-5) - QB Ty Simpson (2022)Edmond (OK) Deer Creek (4-6) - OL Jacob Sexton (2022)Oradell (NJ) Bergen Catholic (5-1) - DT Tywone Malone Not PlayingPhiladelphia (PA) Imhotep - DT Taleeq Robbins