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De'Montre Strange is a senior athlete at Velma Jackson High in Carthage, Mississippi, and his profile starts with the great equalizer: a verified 4.5 forty. At 5-9 and 175 pounds that speed makes him a threat wherever a staff chooses to deploy him, and with cornerback listed as his secondary position the defensive projection has a clear home — speed at corner is the trait that keeps a defense out of trouble. Mississippi's small-school ranks have a long history of producing college players who were simply faster than everyone else on the field, and Strange fits that lineage. Speed like his forces an offense to account for him on every snap and gives evaluators a trait that cannot be coached. His junior-season highlight film is on file, which is where that 4.5 either translates or it does not. A 3.4 GPA keeps the academic side in order, and he holds an ONE11 two-star grade. The fastest way to move that grade is a full testing panel — a vertical, a shuttle, a weight-room sheet — to sit beside the speed already on record. As a senior, now is the time.

Senior Mississippi ATH with a verified 4.5 and junior film on file