Any time you start to settle into a season, the real sports hawks are already looking ahead. To piggyback off of the recent Top QBs & RBs article, the Wizard is now going to look ahead. It is time to give some love to that New New. The next wave of talent that is going to be hitting up the Mid-Penn. The sophomore athletes that are going to continue to carry the torch for the Football Blue Bloods or the young standout who is going to take a bottom of the barrel team and give a town something to rally around. Anyhow, here is the Wizard's take on the current top talent in the Sophomore classes in the Mid-Penn Conference by Division.
Colonial Division
Nick Gustafson (So.) - Shippensburg - 3-1
Height - 6'5" Weight - 195
*Stats through Week 3
Receptions - 7 Yards - 160 Touchdowns - 2
Hudl Site - http://bit.ly/2hoGnUR
Kyle Swartz (So.) - Northern York - 2-3
Height - 6'0" Weight - 190
Rushes - 99 Yards - 596 Touchdowns - 7
Hudl Site - http://bit.ly/2fIFQta
Capital Division
Jose Lopez (So.) - Middletown - 4-0
Rushes - 63 Yards - 610 Touchdowns - 7
Hudl Site - http://bit.ly/2xq2L3S
Kasey Shughart (So.) - Palmyra - 4-0
Height - 5'7" Weight - 150
Receptions - 11 Yards - 132 Touchdowns - 2
Hudl Site - http://bit.ly/2xAMnQi
Commonwealth Division
Isaiah Edwards (So.) - State College - 4-0
Height - 6'0" Weight - 180
Rushes - 24 Yards - 355 Touchdowns - 7
Hudl Site - http://bit.ly/2xBtY5K
Tristyn Sulich (So.) - Carlisle - 3-1
Height - 6'0" Weight - 179
Rushes - 65 Yards - 304 Touchdowns - 4
Hudl Site - http://bit.ly/2wKuHmd
Keystone Division
Keegan Neill (So.) - Mechanicsburg - 2-2
Height - 5'9" Weight - 146
Rushes - 37 Yards - 217 Touchdowns - 1
Hudl Site - http://bit.ly/2yyD01z
Joe Bruno (So.) - Mechanicsburg - 2-2
Height - 6'0" Weight - 165
Rushes - 13 Yards - 127 Touchdowns - 1
Receptions - 3 Yards - 82 Touchdowns - 2
Hudl Site - http://bit.ly/2xpFeQx
Some of these athletes, such as Swartz and Lopez are already the focal points of their teams, others are nice additions or changes of pace to more seasoned football players. But in either case with continued hard work and perseverance, you should expect to be hearing more and more of these players names called in the coming years.