You’d figure a high school senior named Ron Kellogg Jr. would be saddled with some lofty expectations on the basketball court.

Thankfully, he has his younger brother, Jordan, to shoulder that load. Seems as though the 13-year-old inherited more of his dad’s basketball genes.

That’s according to Ron Kellogg Sr., a two-time All-Big Eight player and a member of Kansas’ 1986 Final Four team.

As for Ron Jr.?

“I love him being a quarterback,” the elder Kellogg said.

Probably a little more, too, after young Ron was named the most valuable player of Nebraska’s three-day quarterback camp, which concluded Tuesday.

“I was surprised,” the younger Kellogg said, “and excited at the same time.”

The 6-foot-2, 200-pound Kellogg will be a senior at Omaha Westside. He said he was nervous entering the camp, which attracted some 90 high school quarterbacks from across the nation, including some with offers from notable Division I schools.

Kellogg has no such offers. Among his list of schools to visit this summer: Northwest Missouri State.

He’s hoping this bit of recognition at Nebraska’s camp will garner some more attention from the Division I schools who have been at least sending letters — Nebraska, Iowa, Iowa State and Minnesota, to name a few.

“But,” Kellogg said, “I still have to prove myself during football season.”

Kellogg said Nebraska coaches offered constructive criticism. Areas for improvement, he said, include keeping his eyes downfield and making his drop step more fluid.

That wasn’t all he learned in his group sessions, led by NU quarterbacks coach Shawn Watson.

“You have to be a leader for your team,” Kellogg said. “You have to be cool under pressure. You have to learn to throw passes with your eyes and not try to calculate where the ball’s going to go.”

Kellogg said the MVP honor was a surprise partly because of the level of competition. He was most impressed with Ted Landers from Gardena, Calif.; Bryce Petty from Midlothian, Texas; and Cody Green of Dayton, Texas.

Green, though, was limited by an ankle injury, Kellogg said.

“What he told me is he hurt it before the camp. He had a wrap on it,” Kellogg said. “He wasn’t as mobile, but he had a pretty strong arm and all that.”

Westside coach Marty Kauffman labeled Kellogg as a “good, accurate, strong-armed” thrower who’s working to improve his mobility and speed.

“He’s actually lost a little weight, and he’s a lot more athletic,” Kauffman said. “He’s a pretty mobile quarterback. Maybe not track-star type speed, but he’s fast enough, and he’s very strong.”

Kauffman didn’t have statistics readily available but said Kellogg threw only two interceptions last season. The coach recalled one game where his junior quarterback was 11-for-11.

“He’s a good thinker,” Kauffman said. “He’s a very bright young man, and he’s extremely unselfish.”

Kellogg ran track this spring to work on improving his speed. And yes, he played basketball in the winter.

“It gave me more confidence in my legs,” Kellogg said of how basketball helped him improve for football.

Kellogg agreed — somewhat — with his father’s claim that younger brother Jordan is the budding basketball star of the family.

“He still can’t beat me, though.”

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