Our top-rated athlete in the 2029 class Thatcher Kihne Thatcher Kihne 5'9" | 148 lbs | ATH Herreid-Selby | 2029 State SD of Herreid-Selby was in attendance at our Prep Redzone Dakotas Showcase in the quarterback group. He was another quarterback that thrived with his change of direction for his age, going 4.69 in the pro shuttle and got in my eyes quicker with his release out of the pocket from our last tape eval we did on him in the 2029 class. On the throws I watched, Thatcher showed off good and growing precision getting his wide receivers upfield on the throws he was able to make. The upside that Thatcher has is surely going to keep growing as there are very few quarterbacks in this class that run a sub 5 in the 40-yard dash as I feel he is going to be one that has opportunities was his position flexiblity alone in the coming years in what is a well-coached program at Herreid-Selby.

We got a live eval of our ATH1 in the 2029 class in Thatch Kihne out of 3rd ranked Herreid-Selby in 9B. What did we see? Thatcher showed off his growing out of the pocket presence with his legs which got the Wolverines pentration on numerous reps with his athleticism. Another area of growth, I saw from Thatcher was his arm strength has grown stronger and I saw more balance with his touch throws I watched him make. As a 2029 he has plenty of time to develop, but I liked what I saw from the youngest prospect we have on our list from last night.

Herreid, SD Pop: 405 Selby, SD Pop: 606 Total Pop: 1011

Probably one of my favorite programs where we have found several small town sleepers since we launched in early 2021 (including SDSU RB Brendan Begeman) has been the Herreid-Selby Wolverines as they have another one in our ATH1 in the 2029 class in Thatcher Kihne Thatcher Kihne 5'9" | 148 lbs | ATH Herreid-Selby | 2029 State SD . Regardless of which side of the ball Thatcher was on as an 8th grader, he showed off the glowing football IQ for his age with his instincts. He offers the awareness as a defensive back to close down on the ball quickly and as a option quarterback, displays the great outside vision to identify the quick openings around the edges. He’s also one that intrigues me with his sudden burst he generates along those edges as the seperation he gets on the outside shows off Energizer-bunny like stamina. Thatcher is one that I feel could be the next stat-stuffing freshman for the Wolverines on both sides of the ball, as RB1 2028 running back Porter Gregg Porter Gregg 5'8" | 177 lbs | RB/ATH Herreid-Selby | 2028 State SD nearly went for a milestone last year racking up three yards short of 1000 yards rushing.