2025 UConn Football Commit - Soren Rief (Killingly, CT) | The Boneyard

2025 UConn Football Commit - Soren Rief (Killingly, CT)

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Connecticut kid, led his public high school to an undefeated state championship, lost his mom to breast cancer... Lot of similarities to a certain beloved basketball star. Rooting for Soren and have a feeling he's going to be a great player. Body, skills, and IQ to be an incredible full-back
 
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Best of luck to the young man. Always nice to see a Connecticut kid on the roster.
 
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Connecticut kid, led his public high school to an undefeated state championship, lost his mom to breast cancer... Lot of similarities to a certain beloved basketball star. Rooting for Soren and have a feeling he's going to be a great player. Body, skills, and IQ to be an incredible full-back

Good background read:



“I went on a visit to UMass a couple of weeks back and they were interested, then they fired their coach (Don Brown) and that jammed things up,” Rief said. “I had an offer from CCSU and I was looking to probably take that. And I just reached out to UConn, I saw they had a couple of running backs go to the portal, so I reached out, one last effort, ‘Hey, I’m just looking for an opportunity, I’d like to stay close to home and play for you guys.'”

Special teams coordinator Doug Shearer responded, and told Rief that he and running backs coach Antonio Wilcox had just been talking about him, and things began to move. Rief, a rugged running back who played on championship teams at Killingly High and was an all-conference performer during his post grad year at Canterbury School in New Milford,rushing for more than 6,000 yards along the way, committed to become a Husky on Friday night. He will be a preferred walk-on. At 5 feet 11 and 215, he has the size to be a power-running complement in the backfield, reminiscent of Robert Burns during coach Jim Mora’s first season.

“I see myself as a running back, but I also feel I can be an H-back, a fullback,” Rief said. “I have the speed to be a running back, I’m big enough to run guys over and break tackles. I’m excited to see what the future holds.” <-

Yup:

-> “I grew up going to UConn games,” he said. “She always wanted me to stay close to home, and her dream was to see me play in college which, unfortunately she won’t be able to do. But I know she’s really proud.”<-
 
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-> He grew up going to UConn games here as his parents were season-ticket holders since 2005. The next time Rief is at Rentschler Field, he'll be wearing a UConn uniform.

Rief — a 5-foot-11, 215-pound running back — announced his verbal commitment to UConn Friday afternoon. A 2024 Killingly High graduate, is he currently attending Canterbury School in New Milford. He'll finish the school year at Canterbury, take his official visit to Storrs in the spring, and be on campus for summer workouts.

"It's simple, it's home," Rief said of his decision. "The coaches at UConn have been great. They're building a great culture there. I grew up going to UConn games so it's been a dream to go and play at UConn." <-
 
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I went to Kent. We had a lot of PG students. Usually it was because they had so-so grades and wanted to build up their GPA. Maybe it’s different for everyone but that was how it was back when I graduated (‘06).

-> The owner of a 3.8 grade point average, Rief had opportunities to play collegiately after graduating from Killingly but opted for a prep school year…

"…My freshman year at Killingly got taken away because of COVID," Rief said. "So going to prep school gave me that year back. It was a great opportunity to have another year to develop on the field and in the classroom. It was really good. It also gave coaches more opportunities to see me." <-
 
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-> The owner of a 3.8 grade point average, Rief had opportunities to play collegiately after graduating from Killingly but opted for a prep school year…

"…My freshman year at Killingly got taken away because of COVID," Rief said. "So going to prep school gave me that year back. It was a great opportunity to have another year to develop on the field and in the classroom. It was really good. It also gave coaches more opportunities to see me." <-
I stand corrected then. My fault for not reading the article.

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Welcome Soren.....we're hoping you'll make the opposition sore when you hit them/tackle them/block them...........
 

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I went to Kent. We had a lot of PG students. Usually it was because they had so-so grades and wanted to build up their GPA. Maybe it’s different for everyone but that was how it was back when I graduated (‘06).
I went to a different school (NMH) and PG athletes also went there to play at a higher level and increase their chances of playing at a higher level in college.
 

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