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Which Mountain School has produced most D1 players
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#31
08-03-2018, 08:09 AM
pjdoug Wrote:Name some more from Southern Whitley County. lol

Not one of those guys is from southern Whitley county.
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#32
08-03-2018, 02:24 PM
Hatz Wrote:You listed six over sixty years. Two were 1-AA.

Seven, actually...and only one FCS (1-AA to the older generation). 👍
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#33
08-03-2018, 02:50 PM
Gitback Coach Wrote:Seven, actually...and only one FCS (1-AA to the older generation). 👍

Western was 1A then?
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#34
08-03-2018, 03:02 PM (This post was last modified: 08-04-2018, 03:20 PM by BelfryPride.)
Below is what I know of from Belfry, there may be 1 or 2 more possible...

James Ramey - Kentucky (1979)
David Jones - Kentucky (2005)
Austin Dotson - Kentucky (2016)
Cole Bentley - Louisville (2016)
Cameron Catron - EKU (2016)
Rayquan Horton - EKU (2016)
Jordan Scott - EKU (2016)
Rick Kestner - Kentucky
Irv Dotson - Marshall
Tony Messer - EKU
Taveon Hunter - MSU

*Thanks to EKUAlum for filling some missing names I didn't have
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#35
08-03-2018, 06:06 PM
That 2016 belfry class is probably the best class in the history of mountain football. It’s for sure the best offensive line ever assembled. As a Redhound fan I hated to watch them against us. It was a thing of beauty to watch against everyone else though.
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#36
08-03-2018, 06:45 PM
Hatz Wrote:Western was 1A then?

Apparently so...kicker Monte Merrick signed with WKU in the spring of 2009, and that same fall was Western’s first year of D-1 bowl eligibility.
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#37
08-03-2018, 07:52 PM
BelfryPride Wrote:Below is what I know of from Belfry, there may be 1 or 2 more possible...

James Ramey - Kentucky (1979)
David Jones - Kentucky (2005)
Austin Dotson - Kentucky (2016)
Cole Bentley - Louisville (2016)
Cameron Catron - EKU (2016)
Rayquan Horton - EKU (2016)
Jordan Scott - EKU (2016)

Rick Kestner had a great career at Kentucky back in the day, RIP. Had his number retired at UK and played a bit in the NFL.

Irv Dotson started several years at Marshall on the Line

Tony Messer went to EKU before quitting football a few years ago

Taveon Hunter to Morehead State last season


I expect Rash and Wolford may have their shot at D-1 off this year's team.

Did Russell Carter end up playing D-1? Does anyone remember?
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#38
08-03-2018, 08:56 PM
Single Wing 77 Wrote:Not one of those guys is from southern Whitley county.

Whatever you want to say.lol
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08-04-2018, 02:11 AM
UPDATED:

Middlesboro D1 players through the years without digging too deep:
Trevor Hoskins (EKU)
Blake Bowling (UK)
Durrell White (UK)
Adam Bowling (Wofford)
Dustin Wynn (UK - made it to campus but never played a game)
Travis Powers (UK)
Brian Williams (UK)
Vic Adams (UK)
Jeff Kyle (Minnesota)
Kenny Roark (UK)
Bill Powell (Morehead - back when they gave football scholarships)
Bimbo Fuson (UK)
Greg Page (UK)
Ig Fuson (UT/Army)
Ug Fuson (UT/Army)
Ty Disney (UT)
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#40
08-04-2018, 03:16 PM
EKUAlum05 Wrote:Rick Kestner had a great career at Kentucky back in the day, RIP. Had his number retired at UK and played a bit in the NFL.

Irv Dotson started several years at Marshall on the Line

Tony Messer went to EKU before quitting football a few years ago

Taveon Hunter to Morehead State last season


I expect Rash and Wolford may have their shot at D-1 off this year's team.

Did Russell Carter end up playing D-1? Does anyone remember?


I thought there was some I was missing..
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#41
08-04-2018, 06:07 PM
Gitback Coach Wrote:Apparently so...kicker Monte Merrick signed with WKU in the spring of 2009, and that same fall was Western’s first year of D-1 bowl eligibility.

As Brian Milan use to say, "the son of a doctor with the kick"
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#42
08-04-2018, 10:06 PM
BelfryPride Wrote:Below is what I know of from Belfry, there may be 1 or 2 more possible...

James Ramey - Kentucky (1979)
David Jones - Kentucky (2005)
Austin Dotson - Kentucky (2016)
Cole Bentley - Louisville (2016)
Cameron Catron - EKU (2016)
Rayquan Horton - EKU (2016)
Jordan Scott - EKU (2016)
Rick Kestner - Kentucky
Irv Dotson - Marshall
Tony Messer - EKU
Taveon Hunter - MSU

*Thanks to EKUAlum for filling some missing names I didn't have


Belfry's Flem Bodad Varney and Gene Phillips both played at Marshall. Both suffered career ending injuries. Obviously, back in the day, Marshall was 1-AA.
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#43
08-05-2018, 07:12 AM
Mr. Obvious Wrote:UPDATED:

Middlesboro D1 players through the years without digging too deep:
Trevor Hoskins (EKU)
Blake Bowling (UK)
Durrell White (UK)
Adam Bowling (Wofford)
Dustin Wynn (UK - made it to campus but never played a game)
Travis Powers (UK)
Brian Williams (UK)
Vic Adams (UK)
Jeff Kyle (Minnesota)
Kenny Roark (UK)
Bill Powell (Morehead - back when they gave football scholarships)
Bimbo Fuson (UK)
Greg Page (UK)
Ig Fuson (UT/Army)
Ug Fuson (UT/Army)
Ty Disney (UT)

I forgot Hammer Williams (UL) from sometime in early 70s.
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#44
08-05-2018, 12:54 PM
Mr. Obvious Wrote:I forgot Hammer Williams (UL) from sometime in early 70s.

I totally forgot about Hammer, too! Played for the Jackets 1974-77–I think ‘82 was his senior season with the Cards.
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#45
08-05-2018, 03:23 PM
Prestonsburg has produced a few D-1 football players. Off the top of my head I know of the following:

Larry Morris- Kentucky
Jeremy Caudill - Kentucky
Nathan Leslie - Marshall
Seth Hyden -EKU
Michael Burchett - Kentucky\ West Virginia
Dewayne Garza - Morehead State I think this was the last year MSU offered scholarships.

I'm sure there are more I do not know about.
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#46
08-06-2018, 09:35 PM
Not from there but hasn’t Lawrence County produced quite a bit of D1 players.
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