Kentucky’s top 50 high school football players

By Josh Moore

Updated August 20, 2016 9:19 AM

Below is a chart listing Kentucky’s top 50 high school football players, selected based on a mix of recruiting rankings and coaches’ recommendations:

Player	School	Grade	Position	Ht/Wt
Charles Allen	Doss	Jr.	OG	6-4/300
Jackson Beerman	Tates Creek	Sr.	WR	6-5/195
Jairus Brents	Waggener	Jr.	CB	5-10/178
Jamale Carothers	Bowling Green	Sr.	RB	5-8/190
Keyron Catlett	Christian County	Sr.	WR	5-10/180
Cole Bentley	Belfry	Sr.	OG	6-4/290
Landon Board	Owensboro	Sr.	RB	5-7/173
Trajon Bright	Mayfield	Sr.	RB	5-7/170
Dontell Brown	Paul Laurence Dunbar	Sr.	WR	6-6/218
Sean Cleasant	Manual	Sr.	DT	6-2/275
Dalan Cofer	Bowling Green	Sr.	DE	6-2/230
Bryce Cosby	Manual	Sr.	CB	5-11/175
Zach Dampier	Danville	Sr.	QB	6-3/185
Tyce Daniel	McCracken County	Sr.	TE	6-4/238
Justice Dingle	Bowling Green	Jr.	LB	6-2/230
Austin Dotson	Belfry	Sr.	OT	6-6/305
Jack Fagot	Lexington Catholic	Sr.	S	6-1/185
Quinten Floyd	Bryan Station	Sr.	DE/QB	6-2/245
Steven Franklin	Glasgow	Sr.	LB	6-1/210
CJ Hayes	South Warren	Sr.	Athlete	6-2/195
Zach Haynes	South Warren	Sr.	DE/TE	6-3/255
Dante Hendrix	Cooper	Sr.	WR/CB	6-2/170
Stephen Herron	Trinity	So.	DE	6-4/225
Rayquan Horton	Belfry	Sr.	DT	6-1/308
Bryan Hudson	Scott County	So.	OT	6-4/250
Jake Johnson	Pulaski County	Sr.	WR	6-1/185
Cole Kirby	Franklin-Simpson	Sr.	OT	6-4/283
Shawnkel Knight-Goff	Doss	So.	DE	6-4/210
Jacob Lacey	South Warren	So.	DT	6-2/290
Woodford Lankford	Lexington Catholic	Sr.	OT	6-4/275
Kolbe Langhi	Christian County	Jr.	QB	6-5/220
AJ Mayer	Covington Catholic	Jr.	QB	6-3/190
Colby McKee	Scott County	Jr.	C	6-4/250
Rondale Moore	Trinity	Jr.	WR	5-7/165
Tanner Morgan	Ryle	Sr.	QB	6-1/200
Jacob Paulson	Louisville Christian	Sr.	TE	6-5/245
Kent Phelps	Paintsville	Sr.	Athlete	5-11/181
Desmond Ridder	St. Xavier	Sr.	QB	6-4/190
Tahj Rice	Waggener	Jr.	DE	6-3/287
Robert Sheffield	Male	Sr.	WR/S	5-10/168
Alex Simpson	Lafayette	Sr.	OG	6-4/300
Ryan Stucky	Lexington Christian	Jr.	WR/CB	6-1/180
Terez Traynor	Doss	Jr.	Athlete	6-3/167
Isaac Wallace	Russell	Sr.	DT	6-1/280
DeShon Washington	Ballard	Sr.	OT	6-5/275
Dillon Wheatley	Lexington Christian	Jr.	RB/DE	6-1/205
Jedrick Wills	Lafayette	Sr.	OT	6-5/318
De’Angelo Wilson	Bowling Green	Sr.	WR	5-10/165
Walker Wood	Lafayette	Sr.	QB	6-1/187
Drew Zaubi	South Oldham	Jr.	QB	6-3/190

Ten more to keep an eye on: Wade Acey, Boyle County (sr. DE); Austin Carr, Louisville Christian (so. QB); Austin Daulton, Southwestern (sr. DT); Kirk Fagot, Lexington Catholic (sr. QB); Zach Hardin, Madison Central (sr. QB); Brian Smith, Male (sr. WR/CB); Carter Smith, Madison Southern (jr. LB/FB); D’Mauriae VanCleave, Danville (jr. RB/CB); Kaelen Whiteside, Paul Laurence Dunbar (sr. OG); Hunter Ziegelmeyer, Covington Catholic (sr. OT)

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