[OrangenowBlue]

This isn't many as Letcher Central has only had four graduating classes.

Matt Chandler - Kentucky Christian
Caleb Frazier - UVA Wise
Chase Knight - UVA Wise
Charlie Banks - EKU

As far as pre-consolidation, I couldn't begin to name all the players from Whitesburg and Fleming-Neon who played college ball as both teams played football from its inception in Kentucky in the twenties or thirties thru 2004

[BluegrassBuckeye]

I'll stick with Division 1 college players from just the past few seasons.

Boyle County has had:


1. Jacob Tamme - UK - Currently plays TE for the Indianapolis Colts
2. Travis Leffew - UofL - Has played for the Bears, Packers, Cowboys, Falcons, Chiefs, and Browns
3. Bobby Leffew - UofL - Worked out for several NFL teams and played arena football fro several teams including the Lexington Horsemen.
4. Tyler Begley - UK's kicker a couple of years ago
5. Brody Overstreet - Wake Forest - injured his sophomore year
6. Justin Smith - WKU's current QB
7. Neal Brown - UK (2 seasons) and UMass (2 seasons) - Currently the Offensive Coordinator for Troy University
8. Seth Tamme - currently a SE for WKU

I'm sure I am missing someone but that's it off the top of my head. There have been dozens of small college players.

GO REBELS

[LWC]

Rockcastle County:
Burley Burkhart- Union College(I think)- Broke several records
Josh Hale-Georgetown
Andy Hale-Georgetown
Derrick Bussell-EKU can't remember if he went for baseball or football
Devon Mason- LWC (First recruiting class in almost 70 years for LWC)
*I think that Mikey Denny and Matthew Burkhart went to Union but don't hold me to it*

Jason Leger (Former starter at offensive line. Graduated with the Andre Woodson class)
Brad Durham (Junior. Currently second string RT, but has started a few games.)

I have edited this post, now that I realized it is COLLEGE not just D1.

Someone smarter than I can edit this list and add more names

[ROCKSOLID69]

Rockcastle County:
Burley Burkhart- Union College(I think)- Broke several records
Josh Hale-Georgetown
Andy Hale-Georgetown
Derrick Bussell-EKU can't remember if he went for baseball or football
Devon Mason- LWC (First recruiting class in almost 70 years for LWC)
*I think that Mikey Denny and Matthew Burkhart went to Union but don't hold me to it*

Jason Leger (Former starter at offensive line. Graduated with the Andre Woodson class)
Brad Durham (Junior. Currently second string RT, but has started a few games.)

I have edited this post, now that I realized it is COLLEGE not just D1.

Someone smarter than I can edit this list and add more names

Some more from Rockcastle
William Blair. Walk on Long Snapper at Kentucky
Chris Larkey, CB EKU ( Now North Laurel Head Coach)
Jared Smith, WR, Union College
Derrick Hurst, WR/CB University of the Cumberlands
I think Scott Parkey Played College ball but not sure

[BellCoBobcats09]

Bell Co:
Dallas Greer UK
Brent Slusher Auburn
Monte Merrick WKU

Middlesboro:
Kenny Roark UK
Vic Adams UK
Victor Adams Tennessee
Hunter Adams Tusculum College
Anthony Mattox Georgetown College
AJ Jones Georgetown College
Bobby Partin Union College
PJ Burrows Union College
Durrell White UK
Trevor Hoskins EKU

[BCF4L]

Off the Top of my Head..

Nathan Leslie- Marshall University
Jeremy Caudill- University of Kentucky- 4 year starter
Nick Jamerson- Pikeville College
Hank Mullins- Pikeville College
Seth Hyden- Eastern University
Wesley Woods- Eastern University

Those are just a few that come to mind...I'm a young gun you might say

Just a couple of others of note:

Kevin Younce- Cumberland College
Chris Spriggs- Cumberland College (I believe)
Trevor Compton- Cumberland College (I Believe)
John Ortega- Centre (3 sport star)

Seems like Matt Slone also received a scholarship at Cumberland.

Chris Jervis went on to play at Morehead State. If I'm not badly mistaken, his brother Kevin also may have played a year at Morehead.

Also, I'm wanting to say Adam VanHoose went on to play college ball somewhere.

I know there are more from my time in high school (1999-2003) that played college ball somewhere locally.

[WildDawg]

Off my head from LAWRENCE COUNTY:
Gered Paker UK
Jerad Hosstetter Uof Tenn
Jason Michael Army (transferred to Western where he QB them to a National Championship)
Dontae Wright Miami of Ohio
Phil Ratcliff Marshall (National Champ)
Tater McKenzie Marshall
Kyle Carter Marshall
Mike West Marshall
Mike McCreary Georgetown (National Champ)
Chris Hamilton Marshall (transferred to GTown)
Howard Adams GTown
Webb Roberts Morehead
Hiko Adams Morehead
Staurt Cook Morehead
JR Cook Morehead
Brent Cook Morehead
James Moore Morehead
Travis Phelps Thomas Moore
Todd Issac Thomas Moore
John Caudill Morehead
Nick Meadows GTown
Keith Best Thomas Moore
Jack Abshire KY Weslyan
Spencer Harris Virginia Tech (ended up starting 4 years at shortstop playing baseball instead)
Alan Short Cumberland
Bryan Short Cumberland
Kyle Barnett Centre
Brad Derifield Centre
Paul Phelps Morehead
John Daniels Georgetown
That is just off my head right now and there is more. Funny thing is every one of those guys other than maybe 3 or 4 were from 1990 on. I don't think there have been more kids go to college and play ball over that span that what Lawrence County produced. That's leaving out a lot of great players that went on to play even D1 baseball or coach instead.
There is ZERO doubt any one school has put out more coaches over that span. NFL, College + High School. It's amazing what has come out of a little population of 2,000! Great run + better days are coming!

Very impressive. Fred Dean was getting some college attention, but couldn't get the grades. I believe he went the semi pro route. How about Michael Copley? Didn't he play for Marshall?

[Intimidator]

Middlesboro:
Kenny Roark UK
Vic Adams UK
Victor Adams Tennessee
Hunter Adams Tusculum College
Anthony Mattox Georgetown College
AJ Jones Georgetown College
Bobby Partin Union College
PJ Burrows Union College
Durrell White UK
Trevor Hoskins EKU

Y'all talking about all time?? wow for M'boro the list would be way to long to post but I'll post a little now.

Harvey Lee Yeary (aka) Lee Majors : EKU
Herschel "Ug" Fuson: ARMY (later played for the Giants)
Clyde "Ig" Fuson: Tennessee (had his # retired @ UT In 1946)
Bimbo Fuson: Kentucky
Greg Page: Kentucky
Brian Williams: Kentucky
Eric Witherspoon: Carson Newman
Adam Russell: Georgetown
And many more that I'm not sure what college they attended.

[Ram Fan04]

Just some I can name off the too of my head.
Raceland
Tyler Grant-Thomas Moore
Mike Salmons-Thomas Moore
Nick Palmer-Centre
Les Colegrove-Thomas Moore
Brian McCloud-Thomas Moore(not sure about this one)
Clinten Thompson-KCU
Corey Ellis-Pikeville
Robbie Logan-Georgetown
John Carver-Georgetown
Derek Howard-Centre

Danville
Kelvin Turner-Marshall

Harrodsburg
Mark Dunn-EKU

Fairview
Chris Jennings-JUCO, then Arizona

That's just a few I could think of off the top of my head. I'll update as I think of more.

[thetribe]

Tyler Pigg from East Ridge High School is playing for the Pikeville College Bears now.

[Intimidator]

Y'all talking about all time?? wow for M'boro the list would be way to long to post but I'll post a little now.

Harvey Lee Yeary (aka) Lee Majors : EKU
Herschel "Ug" Fuson: ARMY (later played for the Giants)
Clyde "Ig" Fuson: Tennessee (had his # retired @ UT In 1946)
Bimbo Fuson: Kentucky
Greg Page: Kentucky
Brian Williams: Kentucky
Eric Witherspoon: Carson Newman
Adam Russell: Georgetown
And many more that I'm not sure what college they attended.

Add Jay Welch: Kentucky

[LWC]

Combining ROCKSOLID69's list and mine:
1. Burley Burkhart- Union College(I think)- Broke several records
2. Josh Hale-Georgetown
3. Andy Hale-Georgetown
4. Derrick Bussell-EKU can't remember if he went for baseball or football
5. Devon Mason- LWC (First recruiting class in almost 70 years for LWC)
6. Jason Leger (Former starter at offensive line. Graduated with the Andre Woodson class)
7. Brad Durham (Junior. Currently second string RT, but has started a few games.)
8. William Blair. Walk on Long Snapper at Kentucky
9. Chris Larkey, CB EKU ( Now North Laurel Head Coach)
10. Jared Smith, WR, Union College
11. Derrick Hurst, WR/CB University of the Cumberlands
*I think Scott Parkey Played College ball but not sure
*I think that Mikey Denny and Matthew Burkhart went to Union.

[LWC]

Combining ROCKSOLID69's, an anonymous source and my list:
Burley Burkhart- Union College(I think)- Broke several records
Josh Hale-Georgetown
Andy Hale-Georgetown
Devon Mason- LWC (First recruiting class in almost 70 years for LWC)
Jason Leger (Former starter at offensive line. Graduated with the Andre Woodson class)
Brad Durham (Junior. Currently second string RT, but has started a few games.)
William Blair. Walk on Long Snapper at Kentucky
Chris Larkey, CB EKU ( Now North Laurel Head Coach)
Jared Smith, WR, Union College
Derrick Hurst, WR/CB University of the Cumberlands
Tanner Abney-Campbellsville
Benny Northern- Campbellsville
Slade Calhoun- Campbellsville
Josh Martin- Campbellsville
John Clontz- Centre
Kevin Rowe- Centre
Mike Hamilton- Centre
Dusty McClure- Cumberland
Several people played at Sue Bennett but myself and nobody that I can think of knows their names, IF YOU ARE OUT THERE, IDENTIFY YOURSELF :lmao:

*I think Scott Parkey Played College ball but not sure
*I think that Mikey Denny and Matthew Burkhart went to Union.

[king360]

Perry Central

Al Holland Jr.-Wake Forest/EKU
Tewayne Willis-UK Special Teams/Trasfered for baseball not sure where
Brandon Willis-Union
Justin Willis-Union
Anthony Pennington-Cumberland
Donald Baker-Cumberland
John Amis-Cumberland

[Bell Boys Fan]

Bell Co:
Dallas Greer UK
Brent Slusher Auburn
Monte Merrick WKU

Middlesboro:
Kenny Roark UK
Vic Adams UK
Victor Adams Tennessee
Hunter Adams Tusculum College
Anthony Mattox Georgetown College
AJ Jones Georgetown College
Bobby Partin Union College
PJ Burrows Union College
Durrell White UK
Trevor Hoskins EKU

Joel Woods EKU

[OldTymer]

Just a couple of others of note:

Kevin Younce- Cumberland College
Chris Spriggs- Cumberland College (I believe)
Trevor Compton- Cumberland College (I Believe)
John Ortega- Centre (3 sport star)

Seems like Matt Slone also received a scholarship at Cumberland.

Chris Jervis went on to play at Morehead State. If I'm not badly mistaken, his brother Kevin also may have played a year at Morehead.

Also, I'm wanting to say Adam VanHoose went on to play college ball somewhere.

I know there are more from my time in high school (1999-2003) that played college ball somewhere locally.

Younce and Compton never made it through camp at Cumberland. Chris Spriggs went to the Navy out of highschool. Slone may have had an offer but he never stepped foot on Cumberlands campus.

[Rob Van Winkle]

Bowling Green HS:
Ryan Wallace 04-07-TE Colorado-transferred to UK-Still Playing
Stuart Hines 04-07 OL-UK-Still Playing
Ryan Beard 04-07-DB-Still Playing
Patrick Reynolds 95-98 DE-WKU-Played 4 years and was a National Champion
Kevin Goff 96-99-DE-WKU-Played 3 years
Slyvester Gray 94-97-QB-WKU-Played 3 years
Brian Lowder 06-99-DB-WKU-Played 3 years and was a National Champion

Franklin-Simpson HS:
Courtney Dalcourt 05-08-QB-WKU-Freshmen injured for season.
Braxton Anderson 96-99 DL UL-WKU-Campbellsville-This man was amazing, but I don't think he ever got the opportunity to maximize his talent.

Warren Central HS:
Chad Alexander 95-98-RB-WKU-offered and signed, but never played
Justin Hatchett 95-98-WR/DB-Kentucky State U-Played 4 years
Jeremiah Sowards 95-98 OL-WKU-Played 4 years and was a National Champion
Brandon Allen 96-99 DL-KY Weslyn(sp?)-Don't know how long he played

This is all I can think of that are from BG and the surrounding areas.

[catwoman]

Very impressive. Fred Dean was getting some college attention, but couldn't get the grades. I believe he went the semi pro route. How about Michael Copley? Didn't he play for Marshall?

James storts had a nice career at georgetown.

[Rob Van Winkle]

Bowling Green HS:
Ryan Wallace 04-07-TE Colorado-transferred to UK-Still Playing
Stuart Hines 04-07 OL-UK-Still Playing
Ryan Beard 04-07-DB-Still Playing
Patrick Reynolds 95-98 DE-WKU-Played 4 years and was a National Champion
Kevin Goff 96-99-DE-WKU-Played 3 years
Slyvester Gray 94-97-QB-WKU-Played 3 years
Brian Lowder 06-99-DB-WKU-Played 3 years and was a National Champion

Franklin-Simpson HS:
Courtney Dalcourt 05-08-QB-WKU-Freshmen injured for season.
Braxton Anderson 96-99 DL UL-WKU-Campbellsville-This man was amazing, but I don't think he ever got the opportunity to maximize his talent.

Warren Central HS:
Chad Alexander 95-98-RB-WKU-offered and signed, but never played
Justin Hatchett 95-98-WR/DB-Kentucky State U-Played 4 years
Jeremiah Sowards 95-98 OL-WKU-Played 4 years and was a National Champion
Brandon Allen 96-99 DL-KY Weslyn(sp?)-Don't know how long he played

This is all I can think of that are from BG and the surrounding areas.

This was posted in Saturday's Park City Daily News.

Former city, county football players in college

Bowling Green

Tevin Barksdale - at running back for the 1-0 Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks.

Ryan Beard - playing defensive back for the 0-1 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers.

Jared Carpenter - has one tackle and one assist at safety for the 1-0 Northwestern Wildcats.

Avery Hibbitt - playing running back for the 0-1 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers.

Stuart Hines - playing offensive guard for the 1-0 Kentucky Wildcats.

D.L. Moore - playing wide receiver for the 1-0 South Carolina Gamecocks.

Brendan Nestor - at defensive end for the 0-2 West Georgia Wolves.

Trent Steelman - has 20 yards rushing and eight yards passing for the 1-0 Army Black Knights.

Casey Tinius - has kicked an extra point for the 0-1 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers.

Elijah Young - playing defensive line for the 0-1 Alcorn State Braves

Greenwood

Tavis Ciochetty - playing linebacker for the 0-1 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers.

Brent Davis - playing defensive back for the 1-0 Georgetown Tigers.

Preston King - playing offensive line for the 0-1 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers.

Luke Taylor - playing defensive line for the 1-0 Georgetown Tigers.

Warren Central

Blake Ayers - playing wide receiver for the 0-1 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers.

Wes Jeffries - playing offensive line for the 0-1 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers.

Vedad Hazikadunic - playing defensive line for the 1-0 Campbellsville Tigers.

Keaton May - has 2.5 tackles playing linebacker for the 1-0 Morehead State Eagles.

Justin Meredith - playing offensive line for the 0-1 Eastern Kentucky Colonels.

Tabarus Mitchell - playing running back for the 1-0 Murray State Racers.

Warren East

Shenard Holton - playing safety for the 1-0 Louisville Cardinals.

Rick Livingston - signed to play offensive line for the Lindsey Wilson Blue Raiders starting in 2010.

Demetric Ray - playing wide receiver for the 1-0 Campbellsville Tigers.

[LClion4life]

JT Britt- Georgetown, redshirted last year is a RS fr. this year.
Jake Bolander- KCU, is a freshman this year
DJ Jordan- KCU, i believe starts CB at KCU and is a Jr. or RS So.
Chad Dyer- KCU, flunked out of school i believe
Anthony Boyer- KCU, quit the football team i think
Chris Lyons- KCU, no longer going to school there, i think

These are athletes from Lewis County that went to college to play football, and don't forget Corky Prater who played QB for the Lions and EKU and was in fact also a catcher on the Colonels baseball team in the 70s.