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Best blitzers

What Scouts Inc. looks for: Savvy blitzers who can disguise the pressure, anticipate the snap and make themselves thin when needed. Explosive first step and the ability to accelerate to full speed quickly are vital. Needs to find the correct seam at full speed, attack from different angles and possess good bend with hand technique coming off the edge. Best blitzers come with reckless abandon and deliver high-impact, tempo-changing hits.

2. Jelani Jenkins (Wheaton, Md./Good Counsel)

If Jenkins lands in a heavy pressure system at the next -- look out. He is a quick-twitch athlete who can generate a striking burst of speed when given the green light to blitz. A devastating hitter, Jenkins generates the power of a 235-pound linebacker on contact. Explosive in space now, just wait until this 16-year-old finishes physically developing.

Best diagnostic skills

What Scouts Inc. looks for: Reactive athleticism, meaning a player's body reacting instantaneously to what his eyes see. Needs to make quick, decisive reads by following proper keys. Instincts, football intelligence and a natural feel for the game are intangible attributes.

1. Jelani Jenkins (Wheaton, Md./Good Counsel)

Jenkins is a rare quick-twitch athlete who consistently explodes out of stance and beats linemen to the point of attack. He takes very few false or wasted steps to the ball carrier. A very reactive athletic whose savvy skills as a football player seem to come very naturally to him.