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Decorated QB becoming a hot commodity   

By Kevin Ledford
    
2.26.10

For Kiehl Frazier, the awards, and scholarship offers, keep on coming. The 6’3” 210 pound star signal-caller from Arkansas’ Shiloh Christian was just recently named the 2009 4A Arkansas Player of the Year. The next morning, TCU offered him a scholarship. It was the 14th offer for Frazier already.

Kiehl is a winner, and everyone is taking notice. Last summer, he won the Top Gun QB1 Quarterback Challenge. He also led the Saints to the Arkansas 4A State Championship in 2008 AND 2009, garnering MVP honors in both title game victories. He currently holds offers from some of the top programs in the country including LSU, Miami, Nebraska, Arkansas, Auburn, Vanderbilt, Duke, Northwestern, TCU, Mississippi State, Oklahoma State, and Kansas State among others, and is sure to add more to those in time.

On Labor Day, Shiloh Christian (AR) will take on Euless Trinity (TX) at Cowboys Stadium in the 2010 Kirk Herbstreit Varsity Football Series in what is sure to be a great game, and Kiehl stated that a victory over the Texas power, along with another championship, are among his goals for his senior year.

“Yeah, another State Championship, of course, and we could get a three-peat. And we have Euless Trinity on our schedule, so that’s a big goal we’re going to be working towards. We really want to beat them next year.”


When asked what one of his biggest strengths
was, Kiehl stated one of the most important qualities in a quarterback:

“Probably just my calmness. Whether I’m emotionally high or low, I can just stay calm and lead the team.”

It’s that poise and leadership that likely helped Kiehl lead the Saints to a legendary 51-49 comeback victory against Nashville (AR) in the
4A state quarterfinals this past season after trailing
35-0 in the 2nd quarter. He also added a 35 yard interception return for a touchdown while playing at safety to help spark the rally.

As far as what Kiehl said he’d like to improve:

“I’m going to try and improve my accuracy and reading defenses and just the main things to becoming a more well-rounded quarterback.”

So what will be the ultimate factor for him when deciding what school to attend?

“Really, just the coaches. All colleges have different things that they can show you and different things they do there. Anywhere you go you can really have a good college experience if you just do what you need to, so really just the coaching staff.”

Two coaches in particular stand out at the moment.

“I like Coach McGee at Arkansas. I’ve been talking to him since 9th grade, so I know him real well. And Coach Malzahn at Auburn because he coached at Shiloh before he went to Auburn, so I kind of know his system and I know him and I have a good relationship with him.”

Frazier states that he doesn’t have a leader yet.

“I’m just taking my time, I’m wide open. I haven’t really been going through the process that long, so I haven’t really seen the ups and downs of all those schools, so I’m just going with it right now.”

He’s sure to be a busy guy this summer as he plans to attend some camps during the offseason, but he isn’t sure yet exactly which ones he’ll be going to. He does have a timetable for a commitment though.

“I kind of want to have it done before next year so I can just kind of focus on the season. So I’ll probably do it a little before the season next year.”

With Kiehl’s size, athleticism, arm strength, and intangibles, it’s no wonder the elite quarterback is such a hot commodity.