Nate Wahl grew up in Wisconsin but calls Big Lake, Minnesota home. Wahl started his scouting career in football as a Scouting Analyst in 2016, scouting prospects in the defunct AAF (Alliance of American Football) for nearly two years. Returning to the Midwest in 2019, he joined Prep Redzone as a football scout with Prep Redzone Minnesota. Wahl will Nate Wahl grew up in Wisconsin but calls Big Lake, Minnesota home. Wahl started his scouting career in football as a Scouting Analyst in 2016, scouting prospects in the defunct AAF (Alliance of American Football) for nearly two years. Returning to the Midwest in 2019, he joined Prep Redzone as a football scout with Prep Redzone Minnesota. Wahl will now scout four states starting in February 2022, as he will continue as the Director of Scouting for Prep Redzone Dakotas and will continue scouting Minnesota, , the Midwest and Kentucky, in which Wahl called home for five years.

Alan Popadines or “Pops” has been working in the prep football space since 2009 when he got his start at All-American Games, the owner and operator of the All-American Bowl (formerly Army All-American Bowl). In his time at All-American Games, he was the Assistant National Combine Director and also served as Public Relations representative for Alan Popadines or “Pops” has been working in the prep football space since 2009 when he got his start at All-American Games, the owner and operator of the All-American Bowl (formerly Army All-American Bowl). In his time at All-American Games, he was the Assistant National Combine Director and also served as Public Relations representative for All-American Bowl. In 2010 he moved on to Youth1 Media where he became the National Football Scouting Director. During his time at Youth1 Media, he was identified as the expert when it came to youth football and was interviewed by several national media powerhouses such as Bleacher Report, The Washington Post, ESPN, and more. He also spread his wings from behind the keyboard to on-screen where he served as co-host of the FBU National Championship show for several years and also did sideline reporting for ESPN. Following a seven-year run there, he moved onto USA Football and the U.S. National Team where he became the Director of Player Personnel for Team USA. As Director of Player Personnel for USA Football, the sport’s National Governing Body, he was tasked with evaluating and selecting the athletes to wear red, white, and blue amongst seven different age groups to play at International Bowl in AT&T Stadium against different country’s such as Japan, Mexico, Panama, Canada, and others. He’s largely been credited with identifying now-household names such as Trevor Lawrence, DJ Uiagalelei, Cam Akers, and hundreds more—before they were in high school.

Jake started 3 years at Safety for Pipestone Area, where he played in two state tournaments including the 2015 Prep Bowl. After high school, he signed a Letter of Intent to play football at Northwestern College, Iowa but attended SMSU as a member of the Track & Field Team.

Hi! I’m Miles and I will be your best scouting for the South Dakota High School Sports area. I have been in the writing scene of sports since I was 15 years old when I wrote for our school news and then on writing with broadcasting institutions in Aberdeen. I am excited to connect and be informing on you high school sports.