A 39-inch vertical and nine offers: 2028 ATH Montrail Hackney

Nine offers is a number that usually takes a junior season to build. Montrail Hackney got there as a sophomore.

Montrail Hackney, a 2028 athlete and safety at Kimball High School (Dallas, TX), is 5'11", 170 pounds with a 4.51 forty, a 39-inch vertical, and a 4.40 short shuttle.

The testing profile

Those three numbers together describe a specific kind of player. A 39-inch vertical is elite lower-body explosion at any size. A 4.40 shuttle is change of direction — the ability to stop, plant, and go the other way without losing a step, which is the entire job description in the secondary. And the 4.51 forty means the straight-line speed is there to carry a vertical route.

Underneath it: a 235-pound bench, a 380-pound squat, and a 225-pound power clean at 170 pounds. The power-to-weight ratio is why the explosion numbers are real rather than a good day on the jump mat.

The production

Hackney intercepted four passes in his 2025–26 sophomore season and was named First Team All-District Athlete in December 2025. Four picks as a tenth grader is the tell that the ball skills match the testing — safeties who can jump but cannot track a football do not finish plays, they just get near them.

The board

His profile lists offers from Alabama, Missouri, Boston College, Houston, Liberty, Nevada, San Jose State, Tulsa, and San Diego State, the last of those logged in June 2026. That is a real cross-section — SEC, ACC, Group of Five, and West Coast staffs all arriving at the same evaluation independently. When programs that recruit against each other agree this early, it usually means the traits are not in dispute.

The film

Two reels are posted: tenth-grade offense and tenth-grade defense, both from the 25–26 season. The two-way tape matters for a player listed at ATH — coaches evaluating him as a safety get to see the ball skills, and coaches thinking about him with the ball in his hands get their own answer.

What coaches should watch this fall

Junior year in Dallas is where 2028 recruitments get decided. Hackney arrives at it with the testing verified, the interceptions on tape, and nine staffs already on record. The open question is the frame — 170 pounds is where the added weight will matter — and this fall is the season that answers it.

His film, verified numbers, and testing profile are all in one place.

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