The Minnesota State-Mankato coaching staff has done a tremendous job the past three or four cycles of identifying and offering rising stars out of the Minnetonka product while hosting the Mavs’ own team camp during the Dog Days of Summer. Names like Cody Braun Cody Braun 6'0" | 190 lbs | DB/WR Minnetonka | 2027 State MN and Malachi Boadi come to mind, but the Mavs’ have been doing it since even earlier than those guys, and once again reinforced their evaluating prowess of the 6A heavyweight in the summer of 2026. The Mavs offered three standout 2028 Skippers at this year’s team camp, one of whom has tremendous size, athletic bloodlines, and was a completely new name to the PRZMN radar, and all three of these OL are studs in their own right, not to mention rising starters. The third of the three 2028 OL who reported offers coming out of the camp is a familiar name to PRZMN in iOL Lucas “Louie” Kendall. Kendall, a hard working OL who trains with vaunted LOScrimmage and OL coach extraordinaire Lewis Kidd, a former TG and Montana State great, helped anchor the Minnetonka OL that was the foundation of the Skippers‘ “King of the Hill” championship win at the Mavs’ team camp, and his power and proficiency on the gridiron is helped by his strong athletic measurables that manifested during this past 2026 outdoor track & field season, in which Kendall PRed with a 51’2″ in the section 2AAA finals.

Tons of encouraging signs for Kendall going into his first as a full-time starter with the Skippers, and Kendall mixed JV and varsity reps in 2025 with Tonka, where he proved himself to be a brute in run blocking and could dominate and finish 6A opponents in both varsity and JV settings alike. Great base in pass pro. Footwork, technique, strength were always evident in his junior season highlights, and he flashed impressive pop in a couple of hits as well, not to mention quality mobility for his size and age. Should be a huge junior year for Kendall, who has been working very hard for this moment with the 6A heavyweight.

Minnetonka has been home to arguably the best OL in the state the past couple seasons, and the Skippers are looking to reload in 2026 with a boatload of potential talents at all five OL spots. Competing for a starting spot is 2028 OG Lucas Kendall Lucas Kendall 6'2" | 265 lbs | OL Minnetonka | 2028 State MN , who PRZMN thought had a good showing at the UND Flagship Camp #1 last week. 18Gdid a good job of adjusting, both laterally and in terms of depth, in his pass set depending on what a rusher showed up. Good footwork, patient, did a good job of not reaching, and could really get out of his stance in a hurry when needed. Good overall mobility and athleticism at his size. Looks ready for action in the 6A varsity trenches.

Another Minnetonka Skipper OL having a strong offseason, rising junior Lucas Kendall Lucas Kendall 6'2" | 265 lbs | OL Minnetonka | 2028 State MN produced a strong, notable showing at the first PJ Fleck RTB Prospect Camp in Dinkytown. Verified 6’1+, 270 and growing, Kendall earned himself some hard-fought wins during the physical Board Drill exercises, catching the attention of PRZMN. Kendall then went onto step up against high-quality DL competition during 1v1s, showing off the base, balance, and foot speed he’s been sharpening over the offseason with LineofScrimmage training programs. A good athlete as well, Kendall highlighted his wins with a lockdown pass pro rep against a premier DT out of one of our border states. Keep a lookout for him as Minnetonka looks to sure up their OL starters and rotation this summer and fall camp.

A 2028 that got on our radar at the end of the Minnesota Gophers Prospect Camp is one that we just saw a couple months ago at a Line of Scrimmage Camp which was Minnetonka offensive linemen Lucas Kendall Lucas Kendall 6'2" | 265 lbs | OL Minnetonka | 2028 State MN . Lucas showed off quick hands that fire quickly into the cusp into the defenisve linemen that also seems to not get rattled from a pad-level perspective. He’s gotten in my eyes from Tuesday night, progressively more agile with his footwork and had more comfortability in pass-protection reps. He’s a 2028 that I feel is tech sound with the attention to detail and could be a riser in that class from camp season as a couple good live exposure points always help prospects move the needle.

A rising upperclassmen out of the 6A ranks and old Classic Lake Conference, Minnetonka’s Lucas “Louie’ Kendall is competing for one of a handful of open starting spots on the Skippers OL in 2026. A traditionally bruising and beefy OL unit, Kendall certainly has the size to fit into the Big School trenches, and with noticeably large feet and a frame that was somehow lean, dare I say skinny, now at a reported 6’2, 270 pounds and growing. Nimble and technically sound, not to mention strong at the point of attack, Kendall was a top performer in all the drill work I saw at the ProMN Athletics Spring Development Academy practice. Lots to like going into the summer for this young Skipper.

An offensive linemen that was in my top-tier last Saturday came from another 6A program that is known for churning offensive line targets at the next-level, and I surely feel they have another one brewing in their 2028 class with Lucas Kendall Lucas Kendall 6'2" | 265 lbs | OL Minnetonka | 2028 State MN . The 6’1 265 pounder I feel played not only bigger than his measurables, but is one that if it were me as a recruiter, I would go outside my measurables threshold for. Lucas boosted one of fastest hand speeds I saw in the OL group all day and overall his skillsets whether it was run or pass pro, I liked the balance I saw during both sessions from Lucas. Surely one that I and the LOS staff have a high grade on in our Minnesota 2028 class.