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.”<-
