Laythan Hurst is a senior safety at Kaukauna High in Wisconsin, and his recruitment has turned into a list: six offers on the board from Concordia St. Paul, Augsburg, Lakeland, St. Norbert, UW-River Falls and UW-Stevens Point, with two of them arriving in the last three weeks. The production explains why, and it has only grown. This senior season he has 74 tackles — 36 solo — with eight tackles for loss, two and a half sacks, two interceptions, two fumble recoveries and a forced fumble, plus a kickoff return touchdown and a 33.0-yard return average. That follows a junior year of 72 tackles, four tackles for loss, three sacks, two interceptions and a 31.6-yard return average. Safeties who take the ball away and change field position are worth two roster spots. The game log holds up against everyone on the schedule: 13 tackles against Notre Dame, 11 against Neenah, 10 with an interception against Fond du Lac, seven and a fumble recovery against Appleton North, and a 91-yard kickoff return for a score in the opener against West Allis Hale. Eleven games, and he showed up in all of them. At 5-10 and 180 he runs a 4.7 with a 235-pound power clean and a 350-pound squat behind it. A 25 ACT widens the list well past the six schools already in. Hurst carries an ONE11 three-star grade with junior and senior film both on file.
2027 safety with six offers, 74 senior tackles, a kick-return TD and a 25 ACT
