Who has won Kentucky’s Mr. Football award?

By Josh Moore

Updated August 19, 2016 7:45 AM

Paintsville’s Kash Daniel breaks into the Paris secondary for a touchdown Friday, November 20, 2015, during post-season play in Paris, Ky. John Flavell The Daily Independent (Ashland)

Looking to brush up on Kentucky’s high school football history? Here’s a chart breaking down the previous winners of the state’s Mr. Football award, along with some brief knowledge about the award’s history.

▪ Thirty Mr. Football recipients have been named, beginning with the 1986 season.

▪ Quarterbacks have won the award 15 times, more than any other position group.

▪ A running back has been named Mr. Football seven times. Only three receivers have won the award, but two came in the last four seasons (James Quick in 2012 and Nacarius Fant in 2013).

▪ Frank Jacobs, a star tight end for Newport Central Catholic, won the first award in 1986. A tight end hasn’t won the award since.

▪ Dennis Johnson, a standout at Harrodsburg who’s now the head coach at Woodford County, is the only lineman to have won the award. He made his name as a defensive end but also saw time on the offensive line at Harrodsburg.

▪ Western Kentucky has produced 12 Mr. Football winners, the most of any region in the state. Louisville has seven. Central Kentucky and Northern Kentucky have four apiece. Eastern Kentucky has three.

▪ No player from a Lexington school has won Mr. Football.

Year	Player	High school	Position	College
1986	Frank Jacobs	Newport Central Catholic	TE	Notre Dame
1987	Kurt Barber	Paducah Tilghman	LB	Southern Cal
1988	Jeff Brohm	Trinity	QB	Louisville
1989	Pookie Jones	Calloway County	QB	Kentucky
1990	Damon Hood	Warren Central	RB	Kentucky
1991	Scott Russell	Evarts	RB	Lees-McRae/Union
1992	Billy Jack Haskins	Paducah Tilghman	QB	Kentucky/Rhode Island
1993	Jeremy Simpson	Lincoln County	RB	Cumberland
1994	Shaun Alexander	Boone County	RB	Alabama
1995	Tim Couch	Leslie County	QB	Kentucky
1996	Derek Homer	Fort Knox	RB	Kentucky
1997	Dennis Johnson	Harrodsburg	DL/OL	Kentucky
1998	Jared Lorenzen	Highlands	QB	Kentucky
1999	Travis Atwell	Hancock County	QB	Toledo/Kentucky
2000	Montrell Jones	Male	WR	Tennessee/Louisville
2001	Jeff Duggins	Boyle County	QB	Alfred State
2002	Michael Bush	Male	QB	Louisville
2003	Brian Brohm	Trinity	QB	Louisville
2004	Curtis Pulley	Hopkinsville	QB	Kentucky
2005	Micah Johnson	Fort Campbell	LB	Kentucky
2006	Douglas Beaumont	Male	RB	Louisville
2007	Corey Robinson	Lone Oak	QB	Troy
2008	Deuce Finch	St. Xavier	RB	Boston College
2009	Antonio Andrews	Fort Campbell	QB	Western Kentucky
2010	Lamar Dawson	Boyle County	LB	Southern Cal
2011	Patrick Towles	Highlands	QB	Kentucky
2012	James Quick	Trinity	WR	Louisville
2013	Nacarius Fant	Bowling Green	WR	Western Kentucky
2014	Elijah Sindelar	Caldwell County	QB	Purdue
2015	Kash Daniel	Paintsville	LB/QB	Kentucky

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