Film Room: Kris Hutson

Duck Sports Authority continues its analysis of the Oregon Ducks top ten nationally ranked class of 2020 with a review of Bellflower (Calif.) St. John Bosco wide receiver star Kris Hutson.

Kris Hutson is a very talented football player as his junior film clearly shows. But let me take a step back first simply to say that watching Bosco execute on offense is like watching a college football team. The guys are a little smaller, but I have seen many college teams who are not as tight as Bosco in their execution.

That said, even as a junior it is obvious on film that they did everything they could to get him the football, even with lots of other playmakers around him. Hutson delivers a large variety of moves, double moves and speed changes in his patterns that no single DB handled well. His quarterback, DJ Uiagalelei, was very good and delivered the ball downfield nicely as a reward for Hutson getting open.

His junior season he led the nation’s No. 2-ranked high school team in receiving yards and touchdowns.

After finishing No. 2 nationally in 2018, they improved to No. 1 in 2019 with their only loss coming at powerful Mater Dei, only to later beat the Monarchs in the semifinals of the CIF southern section on their route to winning the championship.

Once again, Kris Hutson led the way in receiving with 1290 yards, adding 385 yards as their primary kickoff returner.

One difference on film from his junior to senior seasons is that as a senior he gets off the line and in to his pattern very quickly. He did fairly well with it as a junior but sometimes readjusted his feet before heading out which slowed him down.

Even more than his junior film, as a senior he absolutely embarrasses defensive backs with his double moves. He has many moves in his arsenal and even against good DB’s in the CIF southern section, they could not handle him one-on-one.

By his senior season you can see he has developed textbook receiving technique on sideline routes. He breaks to the sideline, catches the ball, stays in bounds and turns up the field quickly and with speed. He really takes advantage of defenders who did not react quick enough to close down the sideline.

And speed-wise he looks to be just fine for college football. Even when defensive backs give him tons of cushion he still can run by them.

One last thing I noticed between junior and senior film as that he had a little more field presence or swagger. Not too much because you could see he controlled himself, but just enough to have the elite mindset at the next level.

Oregon has plenty of talent on the wide receiver corps heading into the 2020 season but many of them are unproven at the Pac-12 level. A player with the talent of Kris Hutson definitely has a chance to make the two-deep in these circumstances. The big question will be learning the playbook because until he does, he cannot play at speed.

But coming from a program like Bosco he will have an advantage over 99% of other college freshmen players in terms of readiness. They are among the elite high school programs that prepare and play at a very high level.

The prognosis for Kris Hutson in 2020 is that he has every opportunity to play his way onto the two-deep, but it will take hard work and dedication to do so.