National Preps Assist HS, MD

Donnie “Zim” joined the National Preps team in June 2012 as the Director of Mid Atlantic Scouting after serving as President and CEO of the Playmaker Recruiting Report. Zim has over 18 years of experience “scouting” HS football players, including 12 years as a College Football Coach serving as a position coach, recruiting coordinator, and defensive coordinator at the BCS, FCS, and D2 levels.

Coverage: DC | MD | VA | PA | NJ | DE
Coaching: 27 years
Scouting: 24 years

Trent Joined National Preps in June of 2017. Trent has over 33 years of football experience as a player, coach, and scout. Prior to joining National Preps Trent oversaw scouting in Northern California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington for XOS Digital for 4 years, prior to working at XOS Digital Trent spent some time working for CaliPreps scouting Northern California.

Trent has 29 years of high school football coaching experience, in those 29 years, Trent has built numerous friendships and relationships with some of the top coaches and programs in the nation. Trent has coached at numerous college camps over the years (Alabama, Cal, USC, Washington, Sacramento State).

Jordan joined National Preps in June of 2017. Jordan began his scouting career in high school as a Scouting Associate for Norcal Football Scouting in 2008. From there, he went to the University of Colorado Boulder to work in their football and recruiting offices while obtaining his bachelor's degree in Economics in 2012.

Since then, he has worked as a Player Analyst and Scout for the college market, first with XOS Digital for five years and has since been with National Preps beginning in 2017. Throughout his career, he has scouted areas all over the western region and Texas. In addition to his 13 years of scouting experience, he has also spent five years as a coordinator and WR/DB coach in Northern California.

Paul joined the National Preps team in 2021 after working as a student assistant for UC Davis in their Recruiting and Player Personnel Department for 2.5 years.

Paul is a Northern California native who has 12 years of combined experience as a football scout, player, and coach. Since 2021, he has worked as a Western Region Scout for National Preps covering Northern California and Idaho. Prior to working for National Preps, he worked in the Player Personnel & Recruiting department at UC Davis between 2017-2020, working directly with the Director of Player Personnel and serving as a Defensive Quality Control Student Coach. Paul has also been a high school defensive line coach in Northern California for the past six years.