'06 CA TE Konrad Reuland (ND Verbal - Stanford Transfer)

[Buckskin86]

Konrad Reuland
Tight end
Mission Viejo, California
Height: 6-foot-6
Weight: 235 pounds
40-yard dash: 4.75 seconds
Bench max: 275 pounds
Squat max: 415 pounds
GPA: 3.8

Konrad is a teammate of current Buckeye FB/RB recruit Chane Moline; and attends the same schools as current Buckeye DE Ryan Williams, current USC Trojan QB Mark Sanchez, current Cal Golden Bear OL Kevin Bemoll, and current Oregon Duck DE Nick Reed, all of whom were in the class of 2005.


Mission Viejo Diablos Football
Konrad Reuland
Jersey number: 88
Position: Tight End/Wide Receiver
Grade: 11
Height: 6'6"
Weight: 233
Date of birth: 4/4/87
Place of birth: Springfield, Ohio
Goals after High School: Attend college
Hobbies: Sports, Video games, Beach, Hanging out with friends
Biggest rivalry: Mater Dei/Hart

Most memorable football moment: Playing in the CIF championship game

Kurelic Premium

He grew up in Springfield, Ohio and is a big Ohio State fan. He has 15 receptions and 2 TD's so far this season. Konrad already has offers from Duke and Nebraska.



#88 is Reuland; #4 is 2005 Oregon signee Nick Reed

[tsteele316]

hopefully he is one of the first ones offered in the '06 class. sounds like he is on his way to a pretty good season with 15 catches in 4 games.

[NJ-Buckeye]

and he can bring his buddy Chane Moline (FB) with him...

we'll take two Mission Viejo players a year... that'll be our budget...

[Moose]

How can it be that many Ohio boys end up at Mission Viejo? That's two that I know of that are from Ohio. Hope we get him, looks like another beast in the making.
Moose

[MililaniBuckeye]

Damn, the kid's 6'6" already. I can see him in a Buckeye jersey in a couple years at 6'7" or 6'8" and 260-270 pounds running at 4.6 speed over the middle.

[NJ-Buckeye]

off topic a bit.. but reminds me years ago when I was at the Akron Rubber Bowl watching McKinley play Moeller for the state semi's .. Kenny Peterson was almost the runt of the two lines... they were all like 6'7" and 300 lbs...

I was dumbfounded and wondering "where in the hell do these kids come from".. I get to the top at the concession stand and a number of McKinley Dads were talking up there... and they were all like 6'8" and 300+ pounders... huge men...

Obviously McKinley won... Peterson, Martin, Doss ...

[calibuckeye]

I personally know him and his family. I'm very close to his Uncle. This is only Konard's second year at football. He was rasied on Basketball and transferred to Mission Viejo and started his first year. I've seen a major improvement from this year to his first year. He is big strong and fast. I feel real good about him being a Buckeye.

[Buckskin86]

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-...adlines-sports

Reuland Catches On Quickly
Eric Sondheimer

It took months of pleading before Konrad Reuland of Mission Viejo finally received permission from his parents to try tackle football soon after his 16th birthday.

He was a 6-foot-6 basketball player going out for tight end. He didn't know how to put on pads, let alone block.

"He didn't know how to zip up his zipper," assistant coach Marty Spalding said.

What a difference a year makes. Reuland has emerged as the No. 1 target for USC-bound quarterback Mark Sanchez, catching 34 passes for 619 yards and six touchdowns in helping Mission Viejo (13-0) reach the Southern Section Division II championship game against Valencia (12-1) at Angel Stadium on Saturday night.

If Sanchez had his way, he'd take the 233-pound Reuland with him to USC. Except he's only a junior.

Reuland's transformation is hardly complete, but this much is certain: He might be the No. 1 tight end in Southern California, if not the state, and come next season, he'll be one of the most sought-after college football prospects.

He has gone from dreaming of playing against LeBron James to imagining himself catching passes like Tony Gonzalez of the Kansas City Chiefs.

"When I first came into high school, I never would have imagined it happening this way," he said. "I was always thinking basketball was my ticket. I still think if I focused on basketball, I'd be all right, but my potential in football is a lot better."

Reuland has made stunning improvement because of good coaching and his athleticism and intelligence.

The most important moment was the decision by Mission Viejo's coaching staff to let him play on varsity as a sophomore despite no football experience.

"The coaches did a great job getting me up to par," he said. "I learned so much. There were a lot of ups and downs."

The toughest part for Reuland was learning how to block, with Spalding, the line coach, doing the teaching.

Said Spalding: "The game of football is foreign to the kid because he's a basketball expert. It is a complicated game and having a little knowledge helps."

Reuland played varsity basketball as a freshman at Santa Ana Mater Dei, then transferred to Mission Viejo in May 2003.

He was always lobbying his father, Ralf, a doctor, to let him play football, but his father wouldn't budge.

"He was worried I was so big that I would be playing with kids three years older," Reuland said.

Now, not only is Reuland a standout tight end, but his younger brother, Warren, was a 6-4 receiver for the freshman team. And Ralf has become their biggest fan.

"He said, 'I'm glad I let you play,' " Reuland said. "When I get a college letter, he's almost more excited than I am. He's really loving it."

Added Spalding: "Athletically, he's head and shoulders above everyone else, and he's a fast learner."

Reuland, who has a 3.8 grade-point average, still plays basketball but knows there's a different approach to football.

"If you go into a football game with a basketball mentality, people are going to push you around," he said. "It's pretty crazy. You have to get yourself so psyched up. You have so many more plays to remember and it's so physical."

Reuland's rise in football has set him free from the pressures of basketball.

"The last two years, I've been so stressed out about basketball, worrying if I'm going to show people what I can do," he said. "I'm going to play and have fun and enjoy it while it lasts."

If Reuland acts mature for his age, it's no surprise because he spent his eighth-grade year as a foreign-exchange student in Germany living with relatives.

"I had to learn a whole new language," he said.

It was the year of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks , and Reuland had to deal with the shock far from home.

"I knew no German and I'm trying to fit in," he said. "They had a moment of silence for America. The whole class is staring at me the whole time. Each person would come up and give me a hug. I didn't know what to think. My mom wanted to bring me home."

He stayed, became fluent in German, more independent and more confident in himself.

When he first started coming home from football practice with scrapes on his body, his mother asked, "Are you sure you want to do this?"

The answer has always been yes. After all, it was basketball where he had his four front teeth smashed. It was basketball where he tore ligaments in an ankle.

It's scary to think what kind of football player Reuland will be once he really figures out the game and becomes a proficient blocker.

"I always believed I could do it," he said.