I’ve watched Keaton several times over the past year. Seems like his offseason work has served him well for this season. Keaton has earned a lot of touches. I’m pleasantly surprised with how he’s being utilized. Many speed-in-space opportunities. As a result, Keaton has earned a ton of RAC, and I’m impressed with his explosiveness. Of course, he’s a downfield threat, too. He’s actually outperforming my expectations thus far.

Another super easy pick.

I’ve watched Keaton enough to feel supremely confident in his trajectory. Last season, IKE was loaded up with talent, so much so that it heavily limited Keaton’s targets. This season, he should be one of the focal points of the IKE offense. I’m particularly interested in how Keaton is utilized. Keaton can run some insanely clean routes. I know he has good hands downfield. I also know that he’s willing to be physical in the open field. It’s not a question of “if” Keaton will breakout this season, it’s more a question of how he’ll utilized to exploit opposing defenses.

Keaton had a good camp, as he was able to showcase some of his best traits.

First off, Keaton has fast feet and awesome potential as a route runner. When his routes worked, they worked. Quick, decisive cuts worked best for him. Another great trait was Keaton’s hands. A few impressive catches in traffic. Plus, Keaton has a wider-than-average catch radius. When he earns seperation and when the QB throws a decent ball, Keaton always has a chance.
My one nitpick is that Keaton seems indecisisve with his routes. He tends to dance around a little too much, and should work on the quality of his fakes. I was going to cite a specific play, but really, this boils down to Keaton trying to do to much. Keep it simple!

Utica Eisenhower has had a string of very good wideouts lately. Duda looks like he will be right up there among some of the best. His size, physicality and wide catch radius makes him a threat at any part of the field.

One of the things that stick out immediately is the fact that he is able to haul in a pass and drag defenders for extra yardage. He’s a big body and is able to grab 50/50 balls in the end zone or at the sticks. He is likely in for a huge senior season this fall.

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Duda has phenomenal upside. Doesn’t have great route variety on tape, but plenty of physicality. He’s also extremely competitive and feeds off of big plays- celebrated with teammates and dapped me up after a big play late in a game. Also has displayed a wide catch radius. Good footwork on comebacks, outs, but again, has not displayed much in-game.
Great size, good route running, good catch radius, and looks to have good speed from tape.

Did NOT start during his Junior season because WR ahead of him is a GLIAC prospect.

High D2 evaluation

Duda is someone I’ve talked about quite a few times since I saw him during the season. I have him as a GLIAC prospect, but it really depends on his offseason camp performances.

He’s got the size and has quite a bit of offseason tape that proves he can run the entire route tree with good attention to detail. I also know he’s a very competitive player- something that is critical to performing at the next level. If he’s willing to work for it, I see Duda earning GLAIC looks this offseason while maybe being a late-bloomer D1 prospect with a phenomenal 2025 season- we’ll see!

A bit of a sleeper prospect here. I was able to watch Duda in the middle of the season against Dakota, and he looked great. He’s a prototypical X receiver who can run those deep routes and catch those 50/50 balls. I also know he’s been working hard early this offseason- working on his route running. Finally, he’s a passionate player. I’ve never had a player dap me up after a big play, but Duda did, and I thought that was awesome. He was also sharing the hype with his teammates- as long as he consistently puts that emotion toward motivation, he’ll be a great college football player.

Really, as long as he tests well and performs well in camp settings, I can easily see a GLIAC team taking a chance on Duda. Again, super difficult to stand out as a WR and it’s super hard to predict how WRs will be recruited, but I definitely think Duda has the stuff to be a GLIAC player.

Duda is an incredible example of how I rank players- projection over performance.

In the grand scheme of things, Duda is a role player on an uber-talented IKE offense. His opportunities are a bit rarer because of the talent surrounding him. Though, something I think is important to mention is IKE has a senior WR with almost identical measurements- Conner Temple Conner Temple 6'2" | 190 lbs | WR Utica Eisenhower | 2025 State MI .

Conner has been balling out in the IKE offense, and I’ve seen flashes of Duda doing the same. From watching Duda in person, he definitely seems athletic and competitive enough to fill that X receiver role next season. If he can first have an excellent offseason, he’ll be able to parlay that with a breakout senior season.

Duda is a Division 2 prospect in my eyes- but he needs to hit the offseason with extra intensity in order for him to live up to the ranking. I even think there’s a great chance that Duda doesn’t earn that GLIAC offer until he’s in the midst of the breakout Senior season that I’m predicting.

Duda is someone who I’m projecting to have a massive offseason and breakout Senior season. His ranking suggests D2 upside, and I truly hope he lives up to our expectations.