Kansas Scouts

Michael has been covering high school football in Oklahoma for well over a decade! He's excited to bring the best coverage of Oklahoma HS Football to Prep Redzone Oklahoma 24/7/365. Michael also works in the offseason on the Prep Redzone camp series and the Prep Redzone 7v7 Circuit. He looks forward to covering athletes all across the country with Michael has been covering high school football in Oklahoma for well over a decade! He's excited to bring the best coverage of Oklahoma HS Football to Prep Redzone Oklahoma 24/7/365. Michael also works in the offseason on the Prep Redzone camp series and the Prep Redzone 7v7 Circuit. He looks forward to covering athletes all across the country with the growing 7v7 circuit. Michael lives in Oklahoma with his wife and two kids.

Jeremy Deckard brings an extensive background in education and sports to his scouting role at Prep Network. He has worked as an adjunct history instructor, secondary school teacher, coach, sports writer, and professional trainer. A native of Kansas, Jeremy, has worked in multiple school buildings, gyms, and press boxes across the state in a variety Jeremy Deckard brings an extensive background in education and sports to his scouting role at Prep Network. He has worked as an adjunct history instructor, secondary school teacher, coach, sports writer, and professional trainer. A native of Kansas, Jeremy, has worked in multiple school buildings, gyms, and press boxes across the state in a variety of roles. As a sportswriter he worked three years with the Pittsburg Morning Sun and six years with the Topeka Capital Journal. He also worked for the Wichita Wingnut baseball organization and for the Emporia State University Sports Information Department. He wrote a popular weekly baseball blog, View From the Upper Deck. He self-published a book, Capital City Cubbie: Tales and travels of Kansas Cubs Fan in 2012. During his years as a sportswriter he covered two National Championship Football Games, the 2014 ALCS, 2014 World Series, 2015 ALCS, and several Kansas State Basketball Tournaments and Championship Football games. Deckard has coached the following sports in Kansas public schools: football, volleyball, and basketball. He has a Master of Arts degree in History from Emporia State, and a Bachelor of Science in Education from Pittsburg State University. Deckard was honored for his professional training and government work with Member of the Year Awards from the Olathe Human Relations Department and the Kansas Human Relations Association. He lives in Topeka with is wife and three French Bulldogs (Wrigley Dawson, Andre Rizzo, and Leon Bryant).

Matt Simpson joined Prep Network in 2023. Recently graduating from Kansas State University, Matt is based out of the Wichita Area. You can follow him on Twitter @Matt_Simpson01.

Chris "CK" Kelly brings a wide range of football experience and knowledge to the PrepZone team. He coached high school and middle school football and track for a total of 18 years before recently switching lanes to a football trainer and consultant in the Kansas City metro area. Kelly is regarded as a defensive back specialist but studies every Chris "CK" Kelly brings a wide range of football experience and knowledge to the PrepZone team. He coached high school and middle school football and track for a total of 18 years before recently switching lanes to a football trainer and consultant in the Kansas City metro area. Kelly is regarded as a defensive back specialist but studies every position extensively. As a longtime coach and consultant, he has extensive experience scouting prep athletes and evaluating talent. Kelly is a native of Memphis, TN and play college football at University of Tennessee-Martin. He moved to Missouri in 2002 and later landed his first coaching job in 2003 while living in the St. Louis area. He later relocated to the Kansas City area to Olathe in 2004 then south Kansas City, MO where he went on to coach over a dozen All-State track athletes and football players. As a trainer/consultant he's worked with athletes ranging from youth to college which has allowed him to network and have access to multiple prospects at multiple events.