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The 2021 high school football season is only a week away as teams across the state are getting in their final reps at fall camp before game week arrives. Last night, I dropped in at Byron Center for a four-team scrimmage between the host Bulldogs, Rockford, Portage Central, and Wyoming... read more

Cass Tech 2022 OG/DT Jackson Pruitt announced on Twitter tonight his final 12 schools he's considering.Penn State, West Virginia, Coastal Carolina, Howard, Tulsa, Louisville, Tennessee, Indiana, Liberty, Charlotte, Missouri, and Pittsburgh... read more

Rockford 2016 K Quinn Nordin has signed as a UDFA with the New England Patriots on Wednesday evening. read more

Renaissance 2016 OG Alaric Jackson was drafted #15 overall in the Canadian Football League draft.Jackson earlier in the week signed as an Undrafted Free Agent with the Los Angeles Rams. read more

Dakota 2015 TE Daniel Crawford was invited to the New York Jets rookie mini-camp.Crawford finished his career at NIU with 65 catches for 691 yards and 3 touchdowns. read more

One of the greatest DL in Michigan in the past decade is back in the spotlight after being out of the picture for the past 3 years.Malik McDowell was the former #35 overall draft pick by the Seattle Seahawks out of Michigan State, but an ATV accident ended his career before it started... read more

Clarkston 2017 K Alex Kessman has signed as a UDFA with the Los Angeles Chargers out of the University of Pittsburgh.Kessman set the Heinz Field record with a 55-yard FG in 2018. read more

Reeths-Puffer 2017 RB Nate McCrary signed as a UDFA with the Baltimore Ravens on Saturday night.McCrary, 6'1 225 missed this past season due to the season being canceled for Saginaw Valley State in Division-II... read more

Lansing Catholic 2016 TE Tony Poljan was signed as Undrafted Free Agent soon after the 2021 NFL draft ended on Saturday evening by the Baltimore Ravens.Poljan began his career at Central Michigan where he signed as a QB out of high school, but in 2020 he transferred to the Virginia Cavaliers... read more

Renaissance 2016 OG Alaric Jackson was signed as Undrafted Free Agent soon after the 2021 NFL draft ended on Saturday evening.ESPN said this about Jackson, "Jackson is a big offensive tackle with good power and is at his best in a phone booth even though he played in a zone-heavy scheme at Iowa... read more

Walled Lake Central 2016 DE Adetokunbo Ogundeji was drafted #182 overall (#38 pick in the 5th round) of the 2021 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons.The 6'5 260 lbs Ogundeji didn't have a wild recruiting process, he was offered by Western Michigan in July 2014 and later committed 6 months later... read more

Ann Arbor Skyline 2016 DE Daelin Hayes was drafted #171 overall (#27 pick in the 5th round) of the 2021 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Ravens... read more

Consortium 2016 OG Jaylon Moore was drafted #155 overall (#11 pick in the 5th round) of the 2021 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers.The 6'4 311 lbs OG was initially recruited to Western Michigan as a TE following a good performance at their 7on7/Big Man Camp on June 7th, 2015... read more

Brother Rice 2017 OT/OG Larry Borom was drafted #151 overall (#7 pick in the 5th round) of the 2021 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears.The 6'5 322 lbs prospect was drafted as an OT but is projected by many to be an OG... read more

Waterford Mott 2016 WR Desmond Fitzpatrick was drafted #109 overall (#4 pick in the 4th round) of the 2021 NFL Draft by the Tennessee Titans.The 6'2 208 lbs receiver had close to 20 offers while in high school and committed to Louisville just two days before signing day in 2016... read more

Detroit King 2017 CB Amby Thomas was drafted #102 overall (#39 pick in the 3rd round) of the 2021 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers.The 6' 190 lbs CB/WR held 41 offers before he committed to the University of Michigan and was selected as The D Zone's Defensive Player of the Year in 2016... read more

East English Village Prep 2016 DE Chauncey Golston was drafted #84 overall (#21 pick in the 3rd round) by the Dallas Cowboys.The 6'5 270 lbs DE received his first offer from Iowa during his junior-senior off-season and Golston played at Iowa from 2016-2020... read more

Grand Rapids Catholic Central 2018 OT Jalen Mayfield was drafted #68 overall (#4 pick in the 3rd round) by the Atlanta Falcons... read more

Cass Tech 2022 DT/OL Deone Walker has had an unforgettable off-season as he went from 9 offers to 32 since his junior season ended and he even trimmed it down to 13 schools he's interested in this week... read more

Kansas City: Eric Fisher - Stoney Creek/Central Michigan (OT)Baltimore: Matt Judon - West Bloomfield/Grand Valley State (OLB)Philadelphia: Brandon Graham - Crockett/Michigan (DE) read more

Davison 2021 QB Brendan Sullivan will finish his career with the Cardinals win or loss on January 2nd when they play Detroit Catholic Central.Sullivan is one of a few recruits in Michigan who will be graduating high school early and enroll in college for the next semester... read more

NOVI, Mich., October 15, 2020 -- Detroit Catholic Central High School today announced it will face University of Detroit Jesuit High School in the Fox Sports Detroit High School Football Game of the Week on Friday at 7:30 p.m. The game will be held on Tom Mach Field at Catholic Central’s Fr... read more

The Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Cranes (0-0) will take on the Detroit Loyola Bulldogs (2-0) in Week 3 CHSL AA-division action. Cranbrook opens their season at home after a delayed start to high school football contests because of the ongoing concerns around COVID-19... read more

Belleville 2021 QB Christian Dhue-Reid has led Belleville to a 36-3 record these past 4 years and along the way his stats have piled up. Dhue-Reid enters the 3rd week of the season on pace to break or be just shy of the state passing records in the 2 biggest categories: 1... read more

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The D Zone has all 2020 football schedules on our site.Top 10 games in week 1On on our schedule page you'll be able to select by week; the top 50 teams, top 200 teams, by conference, and by Division.Schedule page read more

The LA Rams announced that West Bloomfield 2016 WR Trishton Jackson made their 53-Man Roster.The Rams signed Jackson earlier this year as an Undrafted Free Agent. Jackson began his collegiate career at Michigan State before transferring to Syracuse... read more

The D Zone has released our pre-season top 200 Michigan High School Football Rankings.View the top 200 teams read more

On August 29th, the NCAA hosted their first football game of the 2020-21 season. The D1-FCS game featured one lone Michigan High School graduate, Dwight Blakey a 2016 graduate from Cass Tech... read more

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Aug. 14 – The Representative Council of the Michigan High School Athletic Association today announced it will move the 2020 Fall football season to Spring 2021, due to football’s higher risk for spreading COVID-19, with the rest of Fall sports proceeding as scheduled... read more