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).
Retired football guy who enjoys keeping his finger on the pulse of Kansas football. Former all-state QB who led Winfield HS (KS) to the only outright Ark Valley Championship in the history of the school; All-American QB and in the Hall of Fame at Southwestern College (KS). Coached at Tennessee Tech, Southwestern and Friends and with standout NCAA Retired football guy who enjoys keeping his finger on the pulse of Kansas football. Former all-state QB who led Winfield HS (KS) to the only outright Ark Valley Championship in the history of the school; All-American QB and in the Hall of Fame at Southwestern College (KS). Coached at Tennessee Tech, Southwestern and Friends and with standout NCAA coaches Dennis Franchione, Gary Patterson and Jerry Kill over the years. Additionally, has been a QB consultant, specializing in the QB mindset for winning, for the last 30 years, was Sports Editor for the Winfield Courier and an award winning sports feature writer while going to college. Focus in this role is on the guys who are "flying under the radar" and not getting the attention they deserve.
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.