Blaise Gunnerson hasn't played in a high school football game since his sophomore season, but the rising senior is still enjoying a summer full of recognition.
The outside linebacker from Carroll, Iowa, of course, verbally committed to Nebraska earlier this month. He was invited to January's All-American Bowl and accepted, meaning he'll get a week among some of the best high school competition in the country.
Then this week he was put squarely among that level of competition by 247Sports, which vaulted him up in its 2020 rankings all the way to the No. 124 player overall in the country.
Gunnerson had previously been a three-star prospect. The 6-foot-5, 255-pounder is now ranked the No. 7 strongside defensive end in the country and the No. 2 player out of Iowa.