2024 All-American Bowl: Live updates from practice 2

SAN ANTONIO — Many of the nation’s top signed and unsigned prospects have gathered in San Antonio ahead of the 2024 All-American Bowl. The All-American Bowl is set to be played on January 6 at the Alamodome. Event organizers have split up numerous high school all-stars into two teams: East and West.

On3 is on-site as the second day of on-field practices kicks off. Follow here for live updates as our national recruiting team breaks down who is standing out among the elite prospects in the 2024 class.

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2:58 p.m. CT: Ohio State WR Jeremiah Smith takes a quick hitter from Purdue QB Marcos Davila and jukes Michigan CB Jo’Ziah Edmond who’s been arguably the top CB on the west so far. Davila hits Penn State TE Luke Reynolds on a crossing route for a walk-in TD. — Charles Power

2:53 p.m. CT: Miami DL Justin Scott stuffs the run. Kansas LB Deshawn Warner beats Wisconsin OT Kevin Heywood with a long arm to force an incompletion. North Carolina WR Jordan Shipp with a contested catch TD. He’s come out here on fire today. Texas QB Trey Owens finds a wide open Georgia RB Nate Frazier down the seam for an easy TD. — Charles Power

2:47 p.m. CT: Arizona QB Demond Williams scrambles and finds North Carolina WR Jordan Shipp over the middle for a TD. Shipp beat USC signee Marcelles Williams on coverage. TCU QB Hauss Hejny scrambles up the middle for around 10 yards. Georgia DL Justin Greene with an emphatic tackle of Arizona State RB Jason Brown. — Charles Power

2:47 p.m. CT: Notre Dame LB signee Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa is making it difficult for the East team to run between the tackles. Made a few stops during the drive. — Mike Singer

2:45 p.m. CT: Georgia RB Nate Frazier gets to the corner and outruns North Carolina LB Ashton Woods to the end zone for a 1 yard TD. Arizona QB Demond Williams hits Ohio State WR Jeremiah Smith on a quick hitter for a nice gain. Ohio State RB James Peoples showing good burst on the middle on an inside run. Miami EDGE Marquise Lightfoot beats South Carolina OT Josiah Thompson off the edge for a sack of Demond Williams. Williams overthrows Clemson WR TJ Moore with Alabama CB signee Zabien Brown in good coverage — Charles Power

2:40 p.m. CT: On to 11-on-11 action — Auburn QB Walker White with a nice gain on a zone read keeper. Would’ve gone for a first down. White hits Missouri WR Courtney Crutchfield on an out-route down to the 1. Wisconsin CB Omilio Agard in coverage. — Charles Power

2:30 p.m. CT: North Carolina WR Jordan Shipp just made a nice snag in the back of the end zone for a touchdown in 7-on-7. Nice double move to get open. — Mike Singer

2:29 p.m. CT: Purdue QB Marcos Davila hits Clemson WR signee TJ Moore on an outbreaking route. — Charles Power

2:26 p.m. CT: Purdue QB Marcos Davila hits Ohio State WR Jeremiah Smith on a bomb for a long TD in 7-on-7. Smith continues to have his way with whoever he faces. Arkansas CB Selman Bridges was in coverage — Charles Power

2:24 p.m. CT: Alabama DL Jeremiah Beaman with another win in 1-on-1’s. Oregon safety Aaron Flowers with a PBU in 7-on-7. Notre Dame EDGE Bryce Young gets around the corner for an easy win. — Charles Power

2:20 p.m. CT: TCU QB Hauss Hejny finds WR Gatlin Bair open over the middle for a long gain in 7-on-7.
Miami DL Justin Scott beats Georgia OT Nyier Daniels off the edge in 1-on-1’s. Alabama DL Jeremiah Beaman with a win in 1-on-1’s. Auburn QB Walker White hits Colorado WR Dre’lon Miller on a long gain with Texas A&M safety Jordan Pride in coverage. LSU OL Coen Echols with a nice rep against Georgia DL Jordan Thomas. — Charles Power

2:14 p.m. CT: LSU WR signee Kylan Billiot gets loose on a post corner in 7-on-7. South Carolina OT Josiah Thompson with a strong pass pro against Miami EDGE Marquise Lightfoot. Really nice kick slide from Thompson. — Charles Power

2:10 p.m. CT: Here at the joint practice in the Alamodome. A lot of action occurring simultaneously. Minnesota safety Koi Perich with a PBU on Missouri signee Jackson Hancock in 1-on-1’s. Ohio State WR Jeremiah Smith smokes LSU CB Ju’Juan Johnson off the line for a long TD. LSU WR Kylan Billiot also had a TD to kick off the early 1-on-1’s. — Charles Power

Recap from West AM practice: Among skill players, I think you have to start out with Gatlin Bair. The uncommitted receiver simply moves at a different level than everyone on the West team. He had several highlight plays throughout the practice. Got going with a win on a deep ball in 1-on-1s where he slowed down for an under-thrown pass, adjusted, hung in the air and made the catch. Had a fantastic diving, toe-tapping grab on a blaze-out route in 1-on-1s that most receivers would not be able to catch. He elevated for it, drug his foot as he was falling out of bounds. He also got deep for a TD in 1-on-1s. He really eats up grass and plays up to his elite track speed. Showed encouraging ball skills as well and just overall functional movement skills. This is not a track athlete trying to play football. This is a football player who happens to be an elite athlete.

Clemson signee Christian Bentacur and Nebraska signee Carter Nelson both had good days.

On the line of scrimmage, I think the most active players throughout morning practice was Washington EDGE signee Noah Carter. He had a great win in 1-on-1s against Michigan OT signee Andrew Sprague and was all over the place in the team period to close practice. He had a ton of plays behind the line of scrimmage, fantastic play speed, his first-step quickness was evident.

The top defensive lineman looked to be Justin Scott, the five-star Miami signee, he really did what he wanted in 1-on-1s. Very disruptive, was walking guards back to the QB and even lined up as a big defensive end in the team work. Really light on his feet, you can look at him and tell he’s a top athlete. Very well-built at 6-foot-4, 310 pounds.

Other lineman on the front that I thought looked good: USC EDGE signee Kameryn Fountain is built extremely well and had a great win in 1-on-1s on the edge. On the interior, I thought the best rep of the day that I saw was by LSU signee Coen Echols. He looks like a good center prospect, plays with leverage, has a strong anchor.

On the defensive backs, I thought the top corner of the day in the morning was Michigan signee Jo’Ziah Edmond. Tall, long, good coverage instincts. I did not see him get beat in 1-on-1s at all and he was essentially lock down in coverage.

At safety, I think Aaron Flowers showed maybe the most diverse skillset at the safety position. The Oregon signee made plays in every setting of practice, was good in 1-on-1s and was very good in team drills as well. Ran down several plays, showed he has good coverage ability and we know he’s physical and just has good instincts.

Alabama safety signee Peyton Woodyard took a ton of reps in 1-on-1s and had very good coverage. I think he only lost maybe one or two reps that I saw — with one of the few losses being on a deep ball to Ryan Wingo. Also at safety, Minnesota signee Koi Perich had a handful of plays. Blew up an RPO in team drills.

Also in defense, I think the clear standout at linebacker was Notre Dame signee Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa. He was outstanding in 11-on-11. Quickly made multiple plays behind the line of scrimmage. You can tell he’s instinctual and just knows how to play — and plays fast. I think this is a setting that’s difficult for LBs to show out, but Viliamu-Asa managed to do that, so that’s a feather in his cap after a really good showing on day one. — Charles Power

Recap from East AM practice: On Wednesday we had a generally slow day at Trinity University for Team East’s practice this morning. The majority of practice was non-competitive consisting of individual periods, routes-on-air and walk-through periods. During these portions a lot of the skill players on offense shined including Clemson WR TJ Moore and Ohio State WR Jeremiah Smith. They make everything look so smooth and effortless and standout physically among the other receivers on the team.

We did get some pads popping during a limited 9-on-7 period where Florida DL signee LJ McCray was disruptive even in such a short time frame. Notre Dame EDGE Bryce Young was also someone who made their presence felt coming off the edge. From a physical standpoint, the running back group looks incredible. Notre Dame RB Kedren Young, Ohio State RB James Peoples and Georgia RB Chauncey Bowens are all rocked up. We’ll see if we get more competitive periods during the combined portion in the Alamodome. — Cody Bellaire

11:53 a.m. CT — East: Wrapped up at Trinity. Two-hour break and then we meet up at the Alamodome. — Cody Bellaire

11:52 a.m CT — West: Strong DB showing as well from Michigan signee Jo’Ziah Edmond — long and rangy and good playing the ball. Oregon safety signee Aaron Flowers was excellent on coverage underneath and downfield. In this analysts opinion one of the most well rounded playmaking safety in the nation, and he showed it at west today in AM practice. — Sam Spiegelman

11:50 a.m. CT — West: Strong downfield coverage by Oregon LB Kamar Mothudi to break up a wheel route thrown by Auburn QB Walker White intended for Arizona State RB Jason Brown. Washington EDGE Noah Carter with another tackle for loss on a run play. TCU QB Hauss Hejny keeps it, shows off his speed but Oregon safety Aaron Flowers has an angle and makes a play. Working on punt now for the West, presumably to wrap up practice. — Charles Power

11:45 a.m. CT — East: Going through walk-through right now. Think coaches are keep the players fresh for the competitive periods when we link up with Team West at the Alamodome. Have not had a competitive period outside of 7-on-7 for one period. Slower day out here for the East. — Cody Bellaire

11:40 a.m. CT — West: Action from the west: Notre Dame LB Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa triggers quickly to stop a QB sneak in its tracks. Iowa LB signee Derek Weisskopf tracks down a swing pass to Arizona State RB Jason Brown in the flats. Washington EDGE Noah Carter tracks down a Jason Brown outside run from behind. Texas QB Trey Owens with a bomb to WR Gatlin Bair, a very long throw but a bit under thrown and USC CB Marcelles Williams makes up the gap to force a PBU.

Arkansas DL Charleston Collins stymies an outside run by Georgia RB Nate Frazier. Great read on the run by Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa to bring down Nate Frazier behind the line. Auburn QB Walker White rolls out and hits Nebraska TE Carter Nelson in the end zone for a TD — Charles Power

11:30 a.m. CT — East: Clemson WR TJ Moore in routes on air is as natural as it gets. Gets in and out of breaks quickly and efficiently. Textbook at the catch point. Kid is legit. Ohio State WR Jeremiah Smith and TJ Moore on the field at the same time is simply not fair. Both are ready to go at the next level right now. — Cody Bellaire

11:27 a.m. CT — West: Watching 11-on-11 on the west. Washington EDGE signee Noah Carter gets pressure on the edge against Auburn IOL DeAndre Carter to force an errant downfield pass by TCU QB Hauss Hejny. LSU CB Ju’Juan Johnson with good coverage on Notre Dame WR Cam Williams downfield. — Charles Power

11:24 a.m. CT — East: 7-on-7 period was quick, but Florida DL signee LJ McCray made his presence felt. He’s been disruptive along the interior. — Cody Bellaire

11:20 a.m. CT — West: Live from day two at West All-American bowl practice some of the top pass catchers include uncommitted WR Gatlin Bair, who is swollen and easily maneuvers down field he’s had some incredible grabs, going vertical and underneath beating guys and separating; Missouri WR Courtney Crutchfield has shown good hands and good catch radius working underneath; Alabama safety Peyton Woodard has impressed during DB drills, and also in coverage he’s very sticky moving with some of the best wide receivers out here. The same goes for five star wide receiver, Ryan Wingo, the Texas signee can get downfield in a hurry, and mad made some good grabs so far In one-on-one. — Sam Spiegelman

11:17 a.m. CT — West: Wrapping up the 1-on-1 period at west practice. The top receiver in that period had to be Gatlin Bair. Just moves at a different level than everyone else here, at least on the west side. Separated with ease, super twitchy, made a diving catch on the sideline and also made an outstanding adjustment on a vertical route where he contorted his body and tracked the ball to come down with a long grab.

It was a defensive back heavy session. At DB, Michigan signee Jo’Ziah Edmond — did not see him give up a completion on several reps. At safety, Oregon signee Aaron Flowers had a good session, as did Alabama signee Peyton Woodyard. Also like what we saw from Nebraska TE signee Carter Nelson working in the intermediate areas of the field.

On the OL and DL, top performers in that group primarily on the D-line, Miami 5-star DL signee Justin Scott did what he wanted. Very athletic and strong. Won most, if not all of his reps. On the edge there were a few emphatic wins, Washington EDGE signee Noah Carter beat Michigan OT signee Andrew Sprague with a pretty nasty up-and-under. USC EDGE signee Kameryn Fountain beat Tennessee OT signee Bennett Warren with a swim move. — Charles Power

11:10 a.m. CT — East: Moving to inside run scrimmage. Notre Dame DL signee Bryce Young makes a stop on the first play. — Mike Singer

11:00 a.m. CT — East: Uncommitted CB Zavier Mincey is so smooth in his backpedal. One of the most impressive DBs out here. — Cody Bellaire

10:58 a.m. CT — West: Texas WR signee Ryan Wingo gets past Alabama safety signee Peyton Woodyard with a quick burst upfield.

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10:54 a.m. CT — West: Notre Dame WR Cam Williams beats LSU CB Ju’Juan Johnson off the line for a long TD. Nebraska TE Carter Nelson has had a good session. Alabama safety Peyton Woodyard with good coverage on Missouri WR Courtney Crutchfield. Oregon safety Aaron Flowers with strong coverage on Alabama WR Amari Jefferson. — Charles Power

10:50 a.m. CT — East: Clemson WR TJ Moore and Ohio State WR Jeremiah Smith make plucking the football look so so easy. Notre Dame EDGE Bryce Young is showing some serious juice during bag drills. Smooth and fluid with burst. — Cody Bellaire

10:48 a.m. CT — West: 1-on-1s, Texas WR Ryan Wingo loses his footing on a come back. Oregon safety Aaron Flowers kicks down Colorado WR Dre’lon Miller on vertical. Missouri WR Courtney Crutchfield beats Minnesota safety Koi Perich but Perich recovers for a PBU. Michigan CB Jo’Ziah Edmond gets a PBU on NC State WR Terrell Anderson. Alabama safety Peyton Woodyard with a PBU on Alabama WR Amari Jefferson. Good coverage from LSU CB Ju’Juan Johnson but Texas WR Ryan Wingo comes down with a well thrown pass. Gatlin Bair gets past Arkansas CB Selman Bridges for a long TD. Bair moves at a different speed — Charles Power

10:46 a.m. CT — East: The practice this morning has consisted of individual drills and now offensive install, while the defense continues working with their position groups. The East receiver group looks fantastic. Penn State tight end signee Luke Reynolds is impressive. — Mike Singer

10:45 a.m. CT — West: 1-on-1s, Arkansas CB Selman Bridges beats Colorado WR Dre’lon Miller. Minnesota safety Koi Perich forces the pass breakup on Alabama WR Amari Jefferson. Uncommitted WR Gatlin Bair with a great adjustment to beat USC CB Marcelles Williams on a vertical route. — Charles Power

10:42 a.m. CT — West: The QBs for the west are all spinning it well after the downpour yesterday. Texas signee Trey Owens and Auburn signee Walker White have looked good on air thus far. — Charles Power

10:28 a.m. CT — East: Defensive guys who impressed off the bus: NC State LB Elijah Groves, Florida State CB Jamari Howard, Florida DL LJ McCray, uncommitted CB Zavier Mincey, Auburn LB Demarcus Riddick, Stanford EDGE Dylan Stephenson and Notre Dame EDGE Bryce Young. — Cody Bellaire

10:26 a.m. CT — West: On the offensive line, Tennessee signee Bennett Warren sticks out like a sore thumb – he’s massive at 6’8 and 325 pounds and has a very long arms. Nebraska OL signee Grant Brix has a really nice frame. He should be able to add considerable good weight once in Lincoln. Uncommitted RB Daniel Hill is built like a tank at around 6’0, 235. Auburn QB signee Walker White has an SEC ready build. — Charles Power

10:23 a.m. CT — East: Practice has begun, going through individual period right now. Offensive guys who impressed off the bus: Georgia RB Chauncey Bowens, Penn State OL Cooper Cousins, Ole Miss DL William Echoles, Wisconsin OL Kevin Heywood, Clemson WR TJ Moore, Ohio State RB James Peoples, Penn State TE Luke Reynolds, North Carolina WR Jordan Shipp, Ohio State WR Jeremiah Smith, South Carolina OL Josiah Thompson and Notre Dame RB Kedren Young. — Cody Bellaire

10:17 a.m. CT — West: We’re in positional walk throughs and working on punts at the West practice. Looking at the wide receiver and DB groups – Oregon safety signee Aaron Flowers and uncommitted WR Gatlin Bair are two who are well built and pass the eye test. — Charles Power