South Dakota Quarterback Narrows Choices to 4, Including UW

The school soccer choices for Lincoln Kienholz are pretty simple: does he need to be one other Carson Wentz, Russell Wilson, Josh Allen or Jake Locker?

In different phrases, the 6-foot-3, 185-pound quarterback from Pierre, South Dakota, will select from amongst, on this order matching the aforementioned professionals to their colleges, North Dakota State, Wisconsin, Wyoming and the College of Washington. 

On Wednesday, Kienholz decided with a social-media submit that these 4 colleges will function his recruitment finalists transferring ahead. 

Husky followers enamored with this Midwest prospect would hope the comfy South Dakota connection shared by Keinholz and Husky coach Kalen DeBoer can be a figuring out issue. 

But he would possibly select the opposite Dakota and decide on the identical FCS powerhouse program that made Wentz the second general decide of the 2016 draft, all of which is positioned simply 335 miles from his hometown.

Kienholz might head east to the problem of Huge Ten nation and play for the Badgers who helped put together Wilson for Tremendous Bowl success with the Seattle Seahawks and possibly extra of the identical for the Denver Broncos. 

Or he might go the gritty Wyoming route, identical as Allen, and study his commerce within the Mountain West Convention, which served as an ample teaching springboard for DeBoer to do greater issues.

“It will get a bit overwhelming, but additionally on the identical time, I’m very fortunate in comparison with a bunch of youngsters throughout the nation who don’t get this a lot publicity,” Kienholz lately instructed 605Sports. “So I’m making an attempt to take all of it in and have enjoyable with it. I’m simply looking for the perfect school for me.”

The Huskies below the management of DeBoer have provided scholarships to no fewer than 15 highschool quarterbacks, with Kienholz and 6 others rising as members of the Class of 2023 and school additions after they full their senior seasons.

Kienholz, all alongside, has appeared like a pure match for what the brand new Husky coach is making an attempt to do in Seattle together with his unfold offense. 

Whereas DeBoer gained three NAIA nationwide championships for the College of Sioux Falls, the younger quarterback has guided his T.F. Riggs Excessive College within the state capital to 2 of its 5 consecutive state championships with an opportunity to win yet one more.

The quarterback has confirmed savvy and cell, and possesses loads of arm power. Kienholz has generated profession passing stats of 318 completions in 577 makes an attempt for five,678 yards and 58 touchdowns, with 23 interceptions.

His subsequent transfer can be to take official visits to his closing 4.

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