SDSU 6/9 Prospect Camp: Nate's Midwest OL Standouts, Part 1

OL prospects like Drace are why I always love camp season, as he is a new name on my radar that caught my attention during a few reps I was able to watch at SDSU a couple Mondays ago. The 6'3 275 pounder from Yankton, impressed me with how balance he was with his footwork for his size and being a prospect that was under my radar from the Bucks. From the eye test, Drace also showed to be smoother with his change of direction for that size in the reps I watched as he showed loose hips that opened up nicely during his reps in Brookings. Even with no tape yet, this kid could be a senior bloomer upcoming as I hope track down his tape soon.     A Nebraska offensive linemen that I got my first look in the live eval at the South Dakota State prospect camp was Chase Koehler out of Waverly. The 6'0 277 pounder, showed me that he has upside that I felt got untapped a bit from coaching in the reps I watched. Chase showed off a good first step for his size and needs to develop more finish with his pass-blocking ability, but still was efficent in controlling the point of attack and driving the defensive end away from the ball with his sound outside leverage. Chase is a 2026 OT that I feel his best football is ahead of him as he just picked up his first NAIA offer back in mid May. <a href="https://x.com/Chase_Koehler71">Twitter</a>     Although I don't dip into Missouri much, one of the few Missouri offensive linemen that popped out in the 2026 class was Alibert Reinberg of St. Louis University HS. I said in my notebook the athletic movement this young man showed off looked almost robotic and checking back at the testing numbers, you can see the explosiveness from Albert with a 9'0 broad jump at 6'3 260 pounds in Brookings. In the live reps I watched from Albert, he showed great pad-level and the pinning hands that I liked as an angle blocker along with a sound first step and well-versed footwork thru the muliple reps I watched. Super surprised this young man only has one D2 offer.     Jacob was a new Nebraska name that caught my attention in Brookings at the last SDSU prospect camp on 6/9. One sure thing that popped out right away for me with Jacob was I could tell this young man carried the blue-collar work ethic a college program would want in the trenches with just watching his motor alone. I loved watching Jacob's hip drive in the 1v1 reps I watched as when he was able to fire them out quickly, the amount of leverage he was able to get was absurd and I was able to see how well this young man finishes on his blocks. In my eyes, this kid is more a sleeper than he should be out of Nebraska.     Henry was a Minnesota name that I had circled pre-camp that I had to get my eyes on at the SDSU prospect camp and I liked what I saw out the live reps. He was locked in with his pad-level consistently in the reps I watched as Henry also showed with his drive-blocking that this kid has a mean-streak that can gauge leverage quickly as that was seen by a handful of college coaches watching him in his OL group in Brookings. The 6'4 270 pounder just was a stockriser up our 2026 Minnesota rankings and I could see him as a continuous riser as we wrap up camp season at the end of July. He also picked up his first NSIC offer at the Jackrabbits camp too.     Chris is another offensive linemen in this grouping that shows why I love camp season so much, as every live rep matters, and Chris has reaped those benefits with his reps at the multiple camps I saw him at, including South Dakota State. Chris showed off at SDSU how quick he can generate his power and I haven't seen a rep yet this summer from Chris that didn't impress me continously with his pad-level. Another constant skillset I have watched closely from Chris throughout camp season, is watching how well this young man finishes his reps as he shows off the workhorse mentality on every rep I have watched. The physically imposing hands he has gotten him a rise up our Minnesota 2026 rankings and a close to half a dozen offers already this summer.     Trey is a 2027 offensive linemen out of Tea Area that I was enlighted to get a new live eval on at the SDSU prospect camp. I could gauge watching Trey's get off the athletic fluidity that was there for the taking with his footwork, as I saw a quick growth curve of development from his first rep to his last. He also appeared to take the coaching from the SDSU staff into fruition as I saw improved footwork by the end of camp for Trey in my eyes. Trey is certainly a 2027 OL I like the upside he has brewing into his junior season for the Titans.     Another Minneapolis product that caught my attention for his live reps at SDSU, was [player_tooltip player_id='1566344' first='Henry' last='Zuckweiler'] of Minneapolis Washburn. Henry showed off more intriguing hands that I had envisioner prior to the live eval, as I liked the control he was able to generate against the defensive linemen with those hands. He also appeared more agile with his movement in the live reps than what the testing numbers might show off as another 2027 OL that encouraging upside to grow for the Millers offensive trenches. <a href="https://x.com/henryzuckweiler">Twitter</a>     It's no wonder my notebook was loaded with small notes on Bryce throughout the day in Brookings at the 6/9 prospect camp, cause golly this young man was impressive. Obviously we watched a ton of offensive linemen throughout the day, but I was very intrigued with the agile footwork and speed that Bryce showed off for his size. He possessed too a great first step and is not a offensive linemen you wanted to meet at the second level as this young man is super smooth when you watch him finish his blocks. With a Missouri Valley Conference offer and a handful of D2 offers this young man I feel could blow up this summer the deeper we get into camp season.