In street clothes, Todd Reesing looks more like an alto in the cherub choir than he does a major-college quarterback.

Yet the Kansas University junior quarterback can play. He’s one of the best passing QBs in the country.

In the same vein, Camren Torneden looks more like a jockey intern than he does a high school quarterback in the state’s largest classification.

Yet the Free State High junior quarterback can play. In just two games, Torneden has emerged as one of the most exciting dual threats in the Sunflower League.

Last year at this time we were wondering if Todd Reesing was for real. Now we’re wondering if Camren Torneden can continue to put up eye-popping offensive numbers.

On the Firebirds’ roster, Torneden is listed as 5-foot-7 and 160 pounds.

Maybe so, but I suspect he was weighed in full uniform and measured while wearing high spikes.

All during his sophomore season last fall, Torneden was a semi-used wide receiver. That’s where he was ticketed to play this season, too.

Meanwhile, the Schmidt brothers – senior Cameron and junior Chandler – were listed 1-2 at quarterback. Then Chandler Schmidt suffered a serious injury in the Firebirds’ preseason showcase jamboree, leaving coach Bob Lisher with only one experienced QB.

In perusing his roster for a possible back-up QB, Lisher decided to give Torneden and Matt Green, also a wide receiver, tryouts.

Both had been signal-callers in junior high.

The nod went to Torneden, and, in the season opener against Shawnee Mission West, he played sparingly behind Schmidt, rushing twice for a minus-four yards and completing two of three passes for 41 yards.

Then, in a bit of a surprise, Lisher started Torneden in the second game.

“We had to go with him,” Lisher said, “because Cameron’s shoulder was bothering him in the first game.”

Torneden was fairly impressive in compiling 176 yards of total offense (143 rushing, 33 passing) against SM South.

Anyway, his performance against the winless Raiders was hardly foreshadowing for his offensive explosion Friday against defending Sunflower League champion SM Northwest – 179 yards rushing and 200 more yards passing.

Torneden compiled more offensive yardage (379) than the entire SM Northwest team (367). And that didn’t count his 67-yard punt return in the late going.

“He did pretty good,” Lisher said of his new pint-sized signal-caller. “Overall, I’d give him an A-minus. He missed some reads, but he’s just one of those guys who makes plays. He makes plays.”

Meanwhile, on the other side of town, Lawrence High also boasts an undersized quarterback who can make plays. Clint Pinnick, who is listed at 5-8 and 160 pounds, is in his second year as the Lions’ starter under center.

So if you’re a Little League player and your coach tells you you’re too small to play quarterback, stand up and say: “But coach, what about Todd Reesing, Camren Torneden and Clint Pinnick?”