Football already feels different to Grayslake Central’s Bryce Carlson this season.

A third-year varsity player and the leading receiver for the Rams in 2024, the 6-foot-1, 170-pound senior is poised to make an even greater impact. But he has gone back to work without his older brother, Braden , a quarterback who began camp at Illinois Wesleyan this week.

“It feels a bit strange not having him around,” Bryce Carlson said. “The last two years I had gotten used to riding back and forth to practice with him, and I’ve been catching balls from him forever.”

As it stands in mid-August, Bryce Carlson will be on the receiving end of passes thrown by either senior Eli Gillette or Nick Norberg, or both. Each started one game at quarterback for the Rams (4-5) last season, and Bryce Carlson said h

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