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Next football season will take some getting used to for Denton Ryan<\/a> coach Dave Henigan.<\/p>\n

All three of his sons \u2014 Ian, Seth and Quin Henigan \u2014 have played quarterback for him at Ryan<\/a>. Quin, the youngest Henigan brother, is in his senior season.<\/p>\n

\u201cProbably six of the last eight years one of my kids has been the quarterback,\u201d said Dave, who led Ryan to the 5A Division I state championship in 2020 with Seth as the signal-caller. \u201cThat will be different for sure [when Quin graduates], but the first 20 years I didn\u2019t have my kid as a quarterback.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quin grew up watching Ian and Seth on the sidelines, and now he\u2019s QB1 at Ryan. The two-year starter has helped lead Ryan, the state\u2019s fifth-ranked 5A Division I team, to a 6\u20131 record this season. He\u2019s one of several active Dallas-area high school football players to follow one or more of his brothers through the same program.<\/p>\n

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Four-star Flower Mound Marcus<\/a> quarterback Colton Nussmeier is the younger brother of LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier<\/a>, who was also a four-star standout at Marcus. Richland<\/a> junior quarterback Brett Kates succeeded his older brother Drew Kates, who led the program to a 10\u20133 record and 5A Division I regional semifinals appearance in 2024. As the players carry on their family legacies, they are carving out their own paths and avoiding the comparison trap.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really try to ignore it because we\u2019re playing different opponents, and we have different teams, so we go through different things,\u201d Quin said.<\/p>\n

\"Richland's<\/p>\n

Richland’s quarterback Drew Kates (8) carries the ball against Fossil Ridge in the first half of a high school football game at Birdville I.S.D. Fine Arts \/ Athletics Complex,Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, in North Richland Hills. <\/p>\n

Chitose Suzuki \/ Staff Photographer<\/p>\n

All in the family <\/p>\n

Richland\u2019s Brett Kates had spent the last several years looking up to older brother Drew.<\/p>\n

\u201cI studied him and watched every little detail of him and tried to help him get better,\u201d Brett said. \u201cHis improvement was just crazy. He got so much better over the years and it was really fun to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brett is following in Drew\u2019s footsteps, but his big brother wasn\u2019t the first Kates to star at Richland. Richland coach Ged Kates, the oldest of three boys, also played for the school. So did his two brothers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t really know where our football program stops and our family begins at this point,\u201d Ged said. \u201cIt\u2019s all encompassing. Besides our faith, it\u2019s all we talk about at our house.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Kates dynasty likely won\u2019t stop at Brett. Ged\u2019s youngest son, Clay, is in eighth grade.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to be doing it for a while, if the good Lord is willing,\u201d Ged said.<\/p>\n

Related<\/p>\n

\"Richland<\/p>\n

At Flower Mound Marcus, the Nussmeier dynasty will be alive for at least one more season. Colton remembers serving as a ball boy on the sidelines as he watched his brother Garrett star at quarterback. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was awesome,\u201d Colton said. \u201cIt was great watching him play. It was one of my favorite things to do. I was looking forward to it during the week.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quin might be the last Henigan at Ryan for a while.<\/p>\n

One of his favorite memories growing up as the little brother in the family came when Ryan, with Seth at quarterback and Dave as coach, won the 2020 5A Division I state championship.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, I have the same goals,\u201d Quin said. \u201cI want to win a state title, me and my dad.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Flower<\/p>\n

Flower Mound Marcus High School quarterback Garrett Nussmeier (13) throws a pass during the first half as Plano West High School hosted Flower Mound Marcus High School in a District 6-6A football game at Clark Stadium in Plano on Friday night, November 13, 2020. (Stewart F. House\/Special Contributor)<\/p>\n

Stewart \/ Special Contributor<\/p>\n

Playing their own game<\/p>\n

Colton, who has also made a name for himself as a hooper at Marcus, said he thinks he\u2019s a bit more athletic than his older brother Garrett. <\/p>\n

The four-star prospect with at least 20 college offers has rushed for 247 yards and three touchdowns this season. As a passer, the young Nussmeier has recorded 1,382 yards and 12 scores for Marcus.<\/p>\n

Colton tries not to compare himself to Garrett.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t really worry about that other stuff,\u201d Colton said. \u201c[Garrett] tells me to keep being me and just play my game.\u201d<\/p>\n

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After watching Drew excel at Richland, Brett said he\u2019s been motivated to outwork him.<\/p>\n

That healthy competition has helped Brett thrive in his first season as Richland\u2019s starting quarterback. He\u2019s got 1,396 passing yards and 14 passing touchdowns on the year for 5\u20132 Richland. Brett has also rushed for 353 yards and four scores.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best thing [Drew] told me was don\u2019t try to be him and just try to play my game and play how I play,\u201d said Brett, who admits he throws a better ball. \u201cI think we\u2019re different, the way we both play.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Denton<\/p>\n

Dave Henigan said all three of his boys had high football IQ, but Quin is probably the most athletic. As a junior in 2024, he passed for 2,615 yards and 32 touchdowns. Ryan advanced to the 5A Division I state semifinals, where it lost 24-21 to Highland Park. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s the most explosive. He\u2019s the fastest runner. He dunks a basketball,\u201d the Ryan coach said.<\/p>\n

\"Denton<\/p>\n

Denton Ryan quarterback Seth Henigan (9) throws a touchdown pass to Ja’Tavion Sanders during the second half of the Class 5A Division I state football championship game against Cedar Park at AT&T Stadium on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, in Arlington, Texas. Ryan won the game 59-14. (Smiley N. Pool\/The Dallas Morning News)<\/p>\n

Smiley N. Pool \/ Staff Photographer<\/p>\n

Seth Henigan, who went on to play college football at Memphis, helped deliver Ryan its third state title. <\/p>\n

Some are expecting Quin, who has recorded 1,283 passing yards and 11 passing touchdowns this season, to produce those same results.<\/p>\n

But Dad said those expectations aren\u2019t productive.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone wants to talk about comparing Quin to Seth because they\u2019re the two most recent and we won the state title when Seth was here,\u201d Dave said. \u201cThat\u2019s not fair to Quin. Quin\u2019s his own player. Quin has different teammates. Quin has a different team. We don\u2019t talk about the past much.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Next football season will take some getting used to for Denton Ryan coach Dave Henigan. All three of…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":327837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,13431,13432,13372,13374,1318,10858,13445,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-327836","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-denton","11":"tag-denton-ryan-school","12":"tag-flower-mound","13":"tag-flower-mound-marcus-school","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-high-schools","16":"tag-richland-school","17":"tag-texas","18":"tag-tx","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115426442161148502","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}