Isaiah Langley is one of the top playmakers in the nation, and the Californian prospect is being recruited heavily by schools across the nation.
Langley attends Pleasanton (Calif.) Foothill High School, and is projected to play either cornerback or wide receiver, depending on which recruiting service you believe. He is listed at 5'11 and weighs in at 170 pounds.
Langley is a consensus four-star recruit, given the rating by 247Sports, Rivals, Scout and ESPN. Rivals, 247Sports and Scout each consider him a cornerback, ranking him among the top 15 in the nation at the position, while ESPN considers him the 33rd-best wide receiver in the class. The 247Sports Composite, which aggregates the ratings of all four major recruiting services, considers Langley a four-star, rating him as the 12th-best cornerback in the country and the 18th-best player in the state of California.
He holds a number of high-profile offers, including from Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Oregon, USC, Florida State, Georgia, Miami, UCLA and Cal. He can be found on Twitter @_IsaiahLangley.
Scouting by Derrell Warren (@yssd): Bay Area athlete Isaiah Langley is a dynamic talent who is a big-time playmaker on both sides of the ball. He is being recruited primarily as a defensive back by his many suitors.
Langley is an athletic player with adequate size. On film he often appears to be the fastest player on the field and runs away from opposing players in the instances in which he has the ball in his hands, so even though he might not necessarily have elite track speed, his long speed isn't a question at all.
Even more impressive, perhaps, is Langley's fluidity and quickness. He has elite-level, quick-twitch explosiveness. He's a smooth mover who effortlessly changes direction.
At times Langley needs to do a better job staying patient, as it looks as if he wants to jump routes too early, which leaves him susceptible to double moves. He would be better letting the routes develop a bit more, allowing receivers to tip their breaks and then driving on them as opposed to being reactive to every subtle move.
Not many receivers possess the explosiveness to beat Langley at the break point. Better route recognition would likely phase out this tendency.
He tracks the ball in the air and shows playmaking skills with his ability to elevate and then high-point to the ball in the air. Very good body control. He's able to redirect his momentum effortlessly.
Langley plays bigger than his listed size. He is physical off the line, chucking receivers with off-hand jams. He's also physical at the top of routes, not shy about swatting receivers' hands away who attempt subtle push-offs and hand swipes they'll use to try to create late separation.
That said, not sure how he'd translate as a press corner at the college level. I'm also not certain if that press-man would be the best use of his overall skill set.
He tracks the ball in the air and shows playmaking skills with his ability to elevate and high-point the ball at its highest point. He finishes plays with interceptions. He has good hands and is an explosive leaper who attacks the ball.
A scheme with zone principles would probably make best use of his short-area explosiveness and ball skills.