My “eye test” identified this young buck as soon as he walked up to registration at the Willow Hill Dome on Saturday night and once I found out he was in one of my position groups, my gut told me he would likely be one of the frontrunners for MVP, which proved to be true as Reece was our DB MVP from the Prep Redzone Next Midwest Camp on Saturday night. Reece didn’t just look the part, he 100% played the part as well. I was super impressed with this young man’s dexterity in Indy drills at the Willow Hill Dome as he could utilize his change of direction with some excellent athletic movement. Reece also took it up a notch with his vision in 1v1s as he had his read instincts highly engaged with his speed, awareness, and physicality around the ball as Reece was in tune from start to finish with the multiple reps I got to watch out of him. I peeked at some of his 8th grade tape from the fall season, as to not much surprise quickly found out that Reece brings off a high contact level with his physicality and offensively, is cut from another cloth with just how much durability this kid already has getting yards after contact especially as a pass-catcher on short routes, as that chiseled lower body he already has built in carries plenty of depth as he enters the high school ranks. Although I use the term a handful I have to emphasis Reece CERTAINLY plays massively bigger than his 5’10 165 pound frame shows off. I would offer this young man right now if I was a college coach. Watch the tape to find out!

Billed at 5-foot-10 and 165-pounds, Kline is really intriguing prospect to take some stock in as he gets ready to move on to the high school. Has played a little bit of everything during his pre-high school career including Running Back, Defensive Back and Wide Receiver–with the latter two being the bulk of where he played. Most recently, despite playing through a very rough flu bug, Kline excelled on both sides of the ball and walked away with the MVP of the championship game for the Fort Zumwalt Junior Jaguars. In addition to the ability on the field, Kline has really started to make the weightroom a priority and it clearly translated the success on the field. Projecting an athlete like Kline is a little more difficult because he’s gotten significantly thicker when comparing recent pictures and film to previous ones. I say that, meaning I wouldn’t rule out at a change to Outside Linebacker or Strong Safety, given his ability to move and ever-changing build. Lastly, he’s the first cousin of current Ball State Defensive Back Schonhorst and it wouldn’t shock me to see Kline follow his older cousin’s path, and attend Christian Brothers College High School in St. Louis next season. A lot will happen over the next four years here, keep the name handy.