Mr. Football Award (Kentucky)

The Kentucky Mr. Football Award is an honor given to the top high school football player in the state of Kentucky and in the KHSAA. Awarded by a panel of sports writers and broadcasters from around the state's Associated Press, many past winners have proceeded to have successful college careers and even play in the National Football League (NFL).

Award winners

Professional teams listed are teams known.

Year Player High school College NFL Draft
1986 Frank Jacobs Newport Central Catholic Notre Dame
1987 Kurt Barber Paducah Tilghman USC 1992 NFL Draft: 2nd round, 42nd overall by the New York Jets
1988 Jeff Brohm Trinity Louisville
1989 Pookie Jones Calloway County Kentucky
1990 Damon Hood Warren Central Kentucky
1991 Scott Russell Evarts[1] Lees-McRae
Union
1992 Billy Jack Haskins Paducah Tilghman Kentucky
Rhode Island
1993 Jeremy Simpson Lincoln County Cumberland (KY)
1994 Shaun Alexander Boone County Alabama 2000 NFL Draft: 1st round, 19th overall by the Seattle Seahawks
1995 Tim Couch Leslie County Kentucky 1999 NFL Draft: 1st round, 1st overall by the Cleveland Browns
1996 Derek Homer Fort Knox Kentucky
1997 Dennis Johnson Harrodsburg Kentucky 2002 NFL Draft: 3rd round, 98th overall by the Arizona Cardinals
1998 Jared Lorenzen[2] Highlands Kentucky
1999 Travis Atwell Hancock County Toledo
Kentucky
2000 Montrell Jones Male Tennessee
Louisville
2001 Jeffery Duggins Boyle County Alfred State
2002 Michael Bush Male Louisville 2007 NFL Draft: 4th round, 100th overall by the Oakland Raiders
2003 Brian Brohm Trinity Louisville 2008 NFL Draft: 2nd round, 56th overall by the Green Bay Packers
2004 Curtis Pulley Hopkinsville Kentucky
Florida A&M
2005 Micah Johnson Fort Campbell Kentucky
2006 Douglas Beaumont Male Louisville
2007 Corey Robinson Lone Oak[3] Troy
2008 Rolandan Finch St. Xavier Boston College
2009 Antonio Andrews Fort Campbell Western Kentucky
2010 Lamar Dawson Boyle County USC
2011 Patrick Towles Highlands Kentucky
Boston College
2012 James Quick Trinity Louisville
2013 Nacarius Fant Bowling Green Western Kentucky
2014 Elijah Sindelar[4] Caldwell County Purdue
2015 Kash Daniel[5] Paintsville Kentucky
2016 Jamale Carothers[6] Bowling Green Navy
2017 D'mauriae VanCleave[7] Danville Wofford
2018 Wan'Dale Robinson[8] Western Hills Nebraska
2019 Michael Mayer[9] Covington Catholic Notre Dame

Schools with multiple winners
School Number of Awards Years
Trinity 3 1988, 2003, 2012
Male 3 2000, 2002, 2006
Bowling Green 2 2013, 2016
Highlands 2 1998, 2011
Boyle County 2 2001, 2010
Fort Campbell 2 2005, 2009
Paducah Tilghman 2 1987, 1992

Colleges with multiple winners
College Number of Awards Years
Kentucky 12 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997,
1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2015
Louisville 6 1988, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2012
Notre Dame 2 1986, 2019
Western Kentucky 2 2009, 2013
Boston College 2 2008, 2011
USC 2 1987, 2010

References
  1. Evarts was consolidated with two other schools into Harlan County High School in 2008.
  2. Neil Schmidt (December 23, 1998). "Lorenzen is Mr. Football". www.enquirer.com. The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
  3. Consolidated into McCracken County High School as Mustangs on August 9, 2013.
  4. "Purdue recruit Elijah Sindelar honored as Kentucky's Mr. Football". www.indystar.com. Indianapolis Star. January 3, 2015. Archived from the original on September 14, 2019. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
  5. "UK commitment Kash Daniel of Paintsville named Kentucky's Mr. Football". www.kentucky.com. Lexington Herald-Leader. January 1, 2016. Archived from the original on January 4, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  6. "UK commitment Bowling Green's Jamale Carothers named Kentucky's Mr. Football". www.kentucky.com. Lexington Herald-Leader. January 26, 2017. Archived from the original on March 13, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  7. "Danville's VanCleave named Kentucky Mr. Football". www.wkyt.com. WKYT. January 25, 2018. Archived from the original on February 18, 2018. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
  8. "UK signee WanDale Robinson wins inaugural coaches' Mr. Football award". www.kentucky.com. Lexington Herald-Leader. December 2, 2018. Archived from the original on December 3, 2018. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  9. "Coaches name their Mr. Football and Coach of the Year for 2019". www.kentucky.com. Lexington Herald-Leader. December 12, 2019. Archived from the original on June 17, 2020. Retrieved April 26, 2020.

See also
  • List of Kentucky Mr. Basketball award winners
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