Salina Central’s Bodie Rodriguez – Athlete Spotlight – Presented by Kelly Kitchener Shelter Insurance

By Cooper Chadwick

For his senior year, Salina Central’s Bodie Rodriguez has hopes that he and the Mustangs will make a deep run into the playoffs. Rodriguez has spent a lot of his offseason preparing to do just that.

“I’ve been in the gym in the offseason and put on some pounds and increased my speed. That was the main focus, strength and size. Our receiver group and QB have been at the field working routes and footwork to prepare. We are all excited to work with our new QB, it’s going to be fun having him around. It was the change that was needed for us, I believe our team is more of a family than it’s ever been. It’s a good group of guys that gets along with anyone and everyone,” Rodriguez said.

Rodriguez is a wide receiver for the Mustangs and has been working specifically to improve on his routes and releases.

“It’s great to get work at Sharp Performance and having Coach Kavanaugh as our WR coach, having him is great because he’s played at the D1 level and is very smart and a great coach. Having a group of WRs that want to improve is great also because we can help each other work on our crafts,” Rodriguez said.