The 2024 high school football season is quickly approaching an end as most of the country is in the thick of postseason action. In this week’s “Who We Watched,” where the 247Sports national scouting and recruiting teams combine to provide the most in-depth nationwide scouting notes from Week 12 of the high school football season.
This week’s edition of “Who We Watched” features 21 prospects from multiple regions of the country primarily focused on 2026 prospects ahead of the upcoming Nov. 13 rankings update.
Similar to last season, we expect a Monday publish date for each of these loaded notes packages.
We will provide a lengthy list of prospects watched in person, on TV broadcasts and via the wonderful modern technological tool of online streams (this does not include the countless hours of tape). For further organizational sake, we will list players by region or state. Examples: Midwest, East (think DMV to the Northeast), South, Florida, Texas, California or West Coast, etcetera.
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Bryce Perry-Wright, 2026 Top247 four-star DL (film study): Perry-Wright clearly plays with get-off juice and power to play through larger opponents. He flashes some playmaking ability as a penetrator and seems to play with some edge to him. Perry-Wright primarily plays in a three-man front and moves around, even with occasional two-point snaps to capitalize on his sudden twitch. While he might need a scheme fit depending on how big he can get, Perry-Wright is certainly an intriguing front-line defender who could develop into an impactful high-major presence. — 247Sports National Scouting Analyst Gabe Brooks
Danny Beale, 2026 Top247 four-star DL (film study): Still getting a grasp on the full context to Beale’s junior season for Cherry Valley (Ark.) Cross County, but what I’ve seen is promising. He’s a small-school beast who impacts games in a variety of ways, including a recent 20-yard jump-ball TD catch between a pair of defenders. That’s quite impressive functional athleticism for such a large D-line prospect. He’s raw, which is common of small-town, rural prospects, but we think he possesses immense long-term potential. — Brooks
