Highland Trojans — Week 9 Scout
Official exchange 2-deep + roster · Fri 10/16 at Highland · film layer pending (defense)
Projected · Pre-Film
Their Defense — vs our offense
3-down front (DE · NT · T) · 2 OLB · 2 ILB · SS / FS · 2 CBBase read off the exchange sheet: 3-4 personnel — DE / NT / T, two outside and two inside backers, two safeties. Staff read: 3-4 Under (nose shaded to the strength, 5-tech, 4i, OLBs walked up). Front alignment and coverage shell are film questions — the names below are from their roster, not the 2-deep spellings.
Their Offense — vs our defense
2-deep as sent · QB / TB / Slot / 2 WR / TE · personnel only, no film tendenciesPersonnel off the exchange sheet: one TB, a slot, two WRs and a TE. Formation and tendencies are not charted (defense-only film lane).
Two-way load — 3 true two-ways, a line that flips
#55 Jace HarrisTRUE 2-WAY: DE1 and RT1 · 6'0 280 Sr
#12 Jake SlavenTRUE 2-WAY: ILB1 + TB1 + QB2 · 5'11 210 Sr — THE circle player
#3 Justin SlavenTRUE 2-WAY: FS1 + WR1 + KR · backup K/P · 6'2 185 Sr
#10 Austin TuckerSlot1 + TB2 + WR2 + SS2 + KR — the next man in when the back end tires
The line flipsSatara (NT1/LT2) · Nelson (T1/LG2/C2) · Thomas (RG1/NT2) · Adams (LG1/T2) · M. Rashad (DE2/RT2) — their DL backups ARE their OL starters
Skill flipsHendrixson (TE1/ILB2) · Howell (TE2/OLB2) · T. Smith (OLB1/TE3/TB3) · Giboney (Slot2/FS2/CB2)
Pre-film attack seeds (confirm on film)
Move the nose#77 Satara is 6'4 365 and the DL backups run 270–305 — angles, down blocks and pullers, not base blocks; make him chase fakes (block a few, trick a few)
Kick out the OLBs#7 Trenton Smith is a 165-lb OLB, #11 Q. Anderson 215 — Buck/Power/Red T pullers vs those edges is a size mismatch
Tempo lateHarris and both Slavens play both ways; the DL relief is their OL starters — push pace in Q2/Q4
Freshman SS#13 Joey Dovich, 5'9 155 Fr, with freshman depth behind him (Giboney, Quezada) — run-action shots and alley runs at him
Size outsidecorners #21 Sperry (So, 165) and #2 Rodriguez (Sr, 165) — Tolliver 6'2 iso is live
Special teams
K#6 Stephen Hacker (Fr, 6'1 155) · then #3 J. Slaven
P#6 Hacker · then #3 J. Slaven
KR / PR#3 J. Slaven, #10 Tucker · then #8 Lee, #21 Sperry
NoteFreshman K/P; returners are two-way starters — no LS listed on the sheet
Flags on their exchange sheet
#67 Rashad2-deep says "Muhsim" — roster says Muhsin (roster used)
#7 Smith2-deep "Trent" — roster Trenton
#16 Dexter StarkeyOLB on the roster, not on the 2-deep — OLB2 is #40 Aaron Starkey
#68 Nelsonlisted T1, LG2 and C2 — iron man or a placeholder; confirm on film
Audit vs filmexchange sheets lie (Portage lesson) — starters get confirmed against film, not the paper
Status: Built from Highland's official exchange 2-deep + roster (from Coach McCormack, received 10/10). Offense 2-deep is personnel only; the film lane is defense only. Next: Hudl defense chart lands → engine run → verified fronts, coverage rates, pressure and the every-snap trace replace the pre-film reads above. Nothing on this page is a stat — it's personnel intel only.