VIDEO: Nick Rittenhouse Set To Lead the Vipers
By Matt O'Hern // August 15, 2013
VIDEO PREP FOOTBALL SPOTLIGHT
ABOVE VIDEO: SpaceCoastDaily.com’s Matt O’Hern talks with Space Coast High’s Nick Rittenhouse, the 6-2, 210 pound quarterback of the Vipers. Rittenhouse is rated the 41st best player in Brevard County – see the complete list of the Top 85 players in the county, along with Ramon Kameka’s Top 10 Prep Football Power Rating.
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Each week SpaceCostDaily.com will feature a Top 10 Prep Football Power Rating for the 17 schools fielding football teams on the Space Coast.
RAMON KAMEKA is an expert in compiling extensive information about Brevard County football athletes, Kameka assists colleges across the country evaluate area recruits. A Marine and Iraq War veteran, he has coached youth sports for 16 years. Kameka’s experience in training and developing youth athletes gives him great insight into what makes a potential college athlete. He is the co-founder of Cocoa Youth Football and Space Coast Track Stars, and his sound knowledge of fitness and sports psychology – along with his Marine training – allows him to motivate and mentor at-risk youth. A resident of Brevard County for four years, Kameka and his wife Nichelle have five children.
Brevard County football teams include Astronaut, Titusville, Space Coast, Merritt Island, Merritt Island Christian, Cocoa, Cocoa Beach, Rockledge, Viera, Eau Gallie, Holy Trinity, Melbourne, Melbourne Central Catholic, Satellite, Bayside, Palm Bay and Heritage.
Below is the Preseason Top 10 Team Power Rating and the Top 85 Prep Football Players To Watch this season on the Space Coast, in numerical order of impact. During both training camp, and the regular season, SpaceCoastDaily.com’s team of experts will be providing an in-depth multimedia series about these players, their teams and the other personalities that makes high school football the premier sports franchise in Brevard County.
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PRESEASON TOP 10 TEAM POWER RANKING
1. Cocoa
2. Bayside
3. Palm Bay
4. Heritage
5. Merritt Island
6. Melbourne
7. Rockledge
8. Melbourne CC
9. Satellite
10. Titusville
PRESEASON TOP 85 PLAYERS IN BREVARD COUNTY
Rank | Name | Position | Height | Weight | High School | Highlights |
1 | Freddie Booth-Lloyd | OL/DT | 6′ 2″ | 300 | Cocoa | Freddy Booth-Lloyd |
2 | Ty Schwab | OLB | 6′ 2″ | 208 | Merritt Island | Ty Schwab |
3 | Greg Miclisse | ILB | 6′ 3″ | 240 | Bayside | Greg Miclisse |
4 | Tomell One | OL/DE | 6′ 3″ | 285 | Bayside | Tomell One |
5 | Jamel Jackson | DB | 5′ 11″ | 175 | Cocoa | Jamel Jackson |
6 | Clinton Moxam | QB | 6′ 1″ | 195 | Heritage | Clinton Moxam |
7 | Lorenzo Pratt | RB | 5′ 8″ | 165 | Cocoa | Lorenzo Pratt |
8 | Lucious McKay | ATH | 6′ 1″ | 160 | Bayside | Lucious McKay |
9 | Antoine Griffin | WR | 5′ 10″ | 150 | Cocoa Beach | Antoine Griffin |
10 | Shaquille Jones | DB | 6’2″ | 175 | Merritt Island | Shaq Jones |
11 | Marvin Conley | CB | 5′ 9″ | 175 | Cocoa Beach | Marvin Conley |
12 | James Folston | FS | 6’2″ | 190 | Cocoa | James Folston |
13 | Jamaal Eveillard | RB | 5′ 9″ | 184 | Cocoa Beach | Jamaal Eveillard |
14 | Alex Jasmin | DB | 6′ 1″ | 175 | Palm Bay | Alex Jasmin |
15 | Dwane Robinson | QB | 6′ 1″ | 172 | Melbourne | Dwane Robinson |
16 | Josh Best | ATH | 6′ 1″ | 180 | Palm Bay | Josh Best |
17 | Nicholas Smith | QB | 6′ 4″ | 203 | Merritt Island | Nicholas Smith |
18 | Josh Wayner | QB | 5′ 11″ | 205 | Titusville | Josh Wayner |
19 | Tavares Parks | DL | 5’11” | 235 | Cocoa | Tavares Parks |
20 | Antoine Rutledge | RB/LB | 6′ 1″ | 190 | Eau Gallie | Antoine Rutledge |
21 | Dedric Witherspoon | MLB | 5′ 11″ | 175 | Heritage | Dedric Witherspoon |
22 | Brandon Moon | LB | 5′ 10″ | 190 | Palm Bay | Brandon Moon |
23 | Reginald Benjamin | ATH | 5’10” | 205 | Palm Bay | Reginald Benjamin |
24 | Brandon Wright | RB | 5’7″ | 165 | Astronaut | Brandon Wright |
25 | Traven Phillips | FB | 5’9″ | 190 | Rockledge | Traven Phillips |
26 | Alec Laflore | RB | 5′ 8″ | 175 | MCC | Alec Laflore |
27 | Lane Burnett | DL | 6’0″ | 230 | Cocoa | Lane Burnett |
28 | Adam Valletutti | OL | 6’0″ | 216 | Merritt Island | Adam Valletutti |
29 | Justin Hassell | DL/LB | 6’1″ | 200 | Astronaut | Justin Hassell |
30 | Stephen Ralph | DB | 6’0″ | 180 | Holy Trinity | Stephen Ralph |
31 | DeAnthony Henderson | DL | 5’10 | 260 | Rockledge | |
32 | Colby Price | LB | 6’1″ | 190 | Merritt Island | |
33 | Carson Jackson | WR | 6’2″ | 190 | Melbourne | |
34 | Jeremy Taylor | OL | 5’11” | 230 | Cocoa | |
35 | Dyer Ferron | LB | 5′ 11″ | 205 | MCC | |
36 | Brandon Sluder | TE | 6′ 4″ | 240 | Bayside | |
37 | Auston Wolfe | OLB | 6′ 0″ | 184 | Heritage | |
38 | Dejuan Alexander | DE | 6′ 2″ | 188 | Heritage | |
39 | Tommy Cobb | WR | 6′ 0″ | 175 | Titusville | |
40 | Tyler Allen | QB | 6′ 3″ | 192 | Satellite Beach | |
41 | Nick Rittenhouse | QB | 6′ 2″ | 210 | Space Coast | |
42 | Sergey Poroshin | FS | 6′ 2″ | 195 | Cocoa Beach | |
43 | Darion Andre | DB | 5′ 11″ | 175 | Bayside | |
44 | Johnny Batch | DB | 6′ 0″ | 175 | Merritt Island | |
45 | Carlos Carmichael | DE | 6′ 3″ | 191 | Titusville | |
46 | Stanley Davis | OL | 6′ 1″ | 285 | Cocoa | |
47 | Ethan Self | OL | 6’3″ | 260 | MCC | |
48 | Parker Kempfer | QB | 6′ 1″ | 170 | Melbourne | |
49 | DJ Johnson | WR | 6′ 2″ | 170 | Bayside | |
50 | Brian Fallace | QB | 6′ 3″ | 194 | Palm Bay | |
51 | Cody Dentmon | QB | 5′ 9″ | 157 | Viera | |
52 | Jean Joseph | DE | 6′ 4″ | 335 | Bayside | |
53 | Deandre Floyd | FS | 5′ 11″ | 190 | Titusville | |
54 | Greg Gompers | DE | 6′ 1″ | 205 | Cocoa Beach | |
55 | Dymond Thomas | S | 6′ 0″ | 210 | Bayside | |
56 | Quentez Keels | DB | 6′ 0″ | 170 | Astronaut | |
57 | Brandon Ward | OL | 6′ 2″ | 265 | Bayside | |
58 | Andrew Bocci | DB | 5′ 10″ | 160 | Merritt Island | |
59 | Dimitric Bailey | DE | 6′ 2″ | 215 | Cocoa | |
60 | Colton Easterling | OL | 6′ 2″ | 280 | Bayside | |
61 | Brent Diamond | DE/LB | 6′ 1″ | 215 | Melbourne | |
62 | Shaq Senior | OLB | 6′ 2″ | 200 | Bayside | |
63 | William Harrell | RB | 5′ 10″ | 177 | Bayside | |
64 | Jeremy Taylor | OL | 5′ 11″ | 230 | Cocoa | |
65 | Kelvin Williams | DB | 6′ 2″ | 180 | Palm Bay | |
66 | JR Norman | TE | 6’3″ | 190 | Satellite Beach | |
67 | Mike Prater | RB | 5′ 11″ | 179 | Viera | |
68 | Le’Troy Wolters | DT | 6′ 2″ | 205 | Palm Bay | |
69 | Jahari Thomas | OL | 6’1″ | 345 | Cocoa | |
70 | Austin Perlmen | WR | 6’0″ | 165 | MCC | |
71 | Laquavious Green | LB | 5’9″ | 185 | Space Coast | |
72 | Arthur Wells | DT | 5′ 10″ | 225 | Cocoa | |
73 | Ayshad Thornton | LB | 5′ 11″ | 195 | Melbourne | |
74 | PJ Kellum | FS | 5′ 10″ | 175 | Merritt Island | |
75 | Garret Miner II | OL | 6′ 1″ | 300 | Merritt Island | |
76 | Diavante Welch | FS | 5′ 9″ | 172 | Melbourne | |
77 | Devonte Phillips | LB | 5′ 10″ | 200 | Bayside | |
78 | Gordon Macy | LB | 5′ 11″ | 175 | Merritt Island | |
79 | Javontae Jackson | OL | 6′ 4″ | 345 | Cocoa | |
80 | Sage Kempfer | OL/DL | 5’11” | 216 | MCC | |
81 | Jared Hagerty | K | 6′ 0″ | 160 | Titusville | |
82 | Jonel Battle | FB | 5′ 10″ | 180 | Merritt Island | |
83 | Matt Adams | K | 6′ 3″ | 160 | Cocoa | |
84 | Wesley Krause | MLB | 5′ 10″ | 195 | Space Coast | |
85 | Jarrett Baron | K | 6′ 1″ | 181 | Bayside |