Palm Beach County Long and Rangy Freshman Cornerback Akeem Dent (6-1, 170)
If you love speed, measurable, versatility and production at the cornerback position for the class of 2019 -- then look no further than Palm Beach County, Royal Palm Beach High School freshman Akeem Dent.
As a 8th grader, he won four individual track meets -- placing first place in each track meet along with placing first place in four events. Which consisted of the: 100 - meters, 200 - meters, High Jump and long jump. That's unbelievable right?
Dent stands 6-foot-1, 170-pounds with a high football IQ. I made a joke, saying the kid can scratch his knees while standing upright -- just to give you a better understanding of his extremely long wingspan.
His production on the gridiron -- is just as equally impressive as his track and field accolades. Dent, earned the starting job on varsity from Day 1 for Royal Palm Beach HS. He was targeted twenty- times the entire season -- facing top-notch competition from powers St. Thomas Aquinas, Glades Central, Dwyer and Oxbridge Academy and I'll give him a A+ grade, only two passes was completed on his side of the field with film to validate.
The 6-foot-1 cornerback with a sub-4.5 speed. Locked down several notable wide receivers last fall, but the two most notable one's stood (6-4, 185) and (6-2, 180) that combined over sixty (D1-FBS) scholarship offers.
On November 13, 2015, vs. St. Thomas Aquinas. Dent efforts versus the 7A state champs, stamped "future star" over his name, and a possibly 5star or Top 5 cornerback candidate, all said and done. Dent didn't allow a single reception when covering Rivals 5star WR Trevon Grimes (6-4, 185).
Dent also allowed one reception versus his area's top wide receiver junior DJ Edwards (6-2, 180) from Palm Beach Lakes, who holds fourteen D1-FBS offers. When asked what college football programs is showing interest he replied, "FSU sends mail all the time and University of Florida visited my school this off-season and really likes me, Sir.
Dent has a little history with FSU. His family member, Greg Dent inked with FSU out of high school. Speaking of the off-season. Akeem (Dent) has allowed two catches within thirteen games this off-season.
Here's a note, he's starting his second consecutive season (earned starting job in the 8th grade) for nationally known Florida Fire (Palm Beach) 7v7 football team. The past two years, Florida Fire has produced the #1 cornerback (Trayvon Mullen & Stanford Samuels) in the country and Akeem Dent has displayed the same production, size and athletic ability, earlier on just like Mullen and Samuels.
Did you know? This is Akeem Dent first year ever playing cornerback. He's a converted wide receiver with a track and field background, but if you watch his highlight reel, you can't tell. His upside is through the roof.
He currently sports a 2.6 weighted GPA and it's only a matter of time before he blows up and become a twenty plus offer kid. Remember the name, Akeem Dent. Size, speed, length, character and grades.