[KentuckyHillBilly5321]

I think Highlands had more than enough “pure talent” under Dale’s tenure!!! This is just a list of the guys off the top of my head that played for Dale. I’d argue that Highlands had more high level D1 players than the rest of NKY combined over that time frame. I’m sure I missed a few, and they also had quite a few guys play in the lower college levels. This narrative that Dale got more out of his talent than anyone else, is crazy. Did Dale turn some average players into good players, sure he did. However, Highlands was loaded with high level talent that surrounded those guys.
Lorenzen-UK-NFL
Smith-UK-NFL
Guidugli-UC
Hamblen-UK
Scott-UK
Grover-Purdue
Sester-Purdue-NFL
Mitchell-Ohio-NFL
Nevels-UK
Rob Smith-UT-NFL
Reinstatler-UC
Collinsworth-ND
Towles-UK
Hoge-BYU