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Reuniting at Grove City

Keagan Fraser
Knoch senior Keagan Fraser joining older brother Scott on Wolverine football team

JEFFERSON TWP — Reunited.

Brothers Keagan and Scott Fraser will soon be together again on the football field.

Knoch senior Keagan, a multi-purpose player with the Knights this past season, is continuing his academic and football career at Grove City College next fall. Older brother and Knoch graduate Scott just completed his sophomore season with the Wolverines.

A wide receiver, Scott caught 62 passes for 813 yards and four touchdowns as a complement to Cody Gustafson, who caught 97 passes for 1,490 yards and 14 TDs.

“I looked at Westminster and talked to some coaches from a few other places, but I was pretty sold on Grove City from the start,” Keagan Fraser said. “My dad and uncle went there, my brother's up there, it's kind of a family thing.

“Scott's told me what a great program it is. He's warned me about how much harder college is than high school. I know I have to work harder and I'm prepared to do that.”

Former Knoch coach Brandon Mowry said Grove City wants to try Keagan at free safety. He played free safety and linebacker for Knoch as well as running back and quarterback at times.

“Keagan was all about the team,” Mowry said. “He's a totally unselfish player. Wherever we needed him to play, he'd go there without an issue.

“I know he'll be that way in college. He'll play any position that will get him on the field.”

Grove City finished 8-3 last season under coach Andrew DiDonato, who has turned the program around. His teams have finished 8-3, 9-2 and 8-3 over the last three full seasons.

Academically, Keagan wants to major in the business field. Football-wise, he just wants to play.

“Find a way to get on the field next year. That's my goal,” he said.

It won't be an easy task.

“We've got a couple of good safeties coming back,” Scott Fraser said. “He's gonna have to work for it and he knows that. Keagan will work hard the entire summer, building toward this.”

The Fraser brothers started two games together at Knoch — the final two games of Scott's high school career.

“This is a second opportunity for us to start more games together,” Scott said. “It's cool we'll be playing college ball together.”

They will run up against each other in practice as well, with Scott at receiver and Keagan at safety.

“I've been thinking about that,” Scott admitted. “I can't wait. It's going to be fun. We never really did that in high school because Keagan would be at linebacker in practice when I was there.”

Their football careers at Knoch overlapped for two years.

Keagan isn't phased by the thought of covering his brother in practice.

“I know all of his moves,” he said, laughing. “We've been going up against each other since we were little kids.”

Keagan added that he's gotten experience playing free safety during all four of his high school seasons. He only played two games his junior year because of injury.

He came back his senior season to lead Knoch with 784 rushing yards and five touchdowns. He threw a pair of touchdown passes as well.

“I treated my senior year like I had to do something to show college coaches I could play at that level,” Keagan said. “I put a little extra pressure on myself that way, but it all worked out.”

Mowry isn't surprised.

“Even before this year, Keagan had enough on tape ... He's a talented player and coaches could see that,” Mowry said.

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