Brian started his writing career covering high school and college wrestling for The Guillotine. He started covering football for MinnesotaPreps.com shortly after. With MinnesotaPreps he also covered boys’ basketball. Brian has also covered a number of other high school sports during stints with the Star Tribune and the Minnesota State High School Brian started his writing career covering high school and college wrestling for The Guillotine. He started covering football for MinnesotaPreps.com shortly after. With MinnesotaPreps he also covered boys’ basketball. Brian has also covered a number of other high school sports during stints with the Star Tribune and the Minnesota State High School League. When not working his day job in addition to Prep Redzone MN, he still writes for The Guillotine and also writes for The Gopher Report, Minnesota Hockey Magazine and contributes to the Star Tribune's high school sports coverage.

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.

Oliver West grew up playing football in Minneapolis. After helping Minneapolis Southwest reach its best record in decades, Oliver played defensive back at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. After graduating in May 2019, he combined an English degree and an intense passion for Minnesota prep football to begin contributing to Prep Redzone MN. Oliver West grew up playing football in Minneapolis. After helping Minneapolis Southwest reach its best record in decades, Oliver played defensive back at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. After graduating in May 2019, he combined an English degree and an intense passion for Minnesota prep football to begin contributing to Prep Redzone MN. He also is a Minnesota Vikings season ticket holder. twitter: OliverJamesWes1

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.

Hayden graduated high school from St.Francis in 2022. He's played football his whole life and has always had a passion for the game. He started the Instagram/Twitter account MNFootballSpotlight in 2022 before coming on as a scout. He's currently attending Gustavus.