College Football

He's not exactly sure what might come from taking part in two national high school football combines, but Boyle County senior lineman Trey Yeager figures there is no downside for him. “It's a good way to gauge myself against players from other parts of the country and also get my name out to more college coaches,” said Yeager. He was in Canton, Ohio, over the weekend for the Blue-Gray Combine that could lead to an invitation to the Blue-Gray National High School Football Classic.

LANCASTER - Now that Markell Hayes has made his college plans, he's ready to get on with it. The Garrard County running back-linebacker recently committed to play for Morehead State, and he plans to make that official in a signing ceremony Thursday at his school. After that, he'll be counting the days until the start of Morehead's summer camp and the start of the next phase of his football life. “I'm really excited to get out of high school so I¿can go ahead,” Hayes said Tuesday.

Sean Donaldson made his college choice official on Monday. The West Jessamine senior signed a national letter of intent to play football at the University of Pikeville. Donaldson was a jack of all trades for the West football team this past season. He lined up at wide receiver, defensive lineman, linebacker, and even punted the ball on several occasions. Next year at Pikeville, he will find a home at outside linebacker. “This is overwhelming. I'm excited that I could have my mom (Cindy)

In his first day on the job, George Rogers Clark football coach Steve Collins was tracking collegiate possibilities for senior Pokey Harris. “I've got his film in front of me right now,” Collins said earlier this week. “I ran into him in the hallway when I was here last week and asked him about it (his recruitment) and I just want to get the ball rolling in case he got overlooked (in the recruiting process) and try to get him on to the next level.” Although Collins coached against Harris during the past two seasons as offensive coordinator at the Montgomery County, the newly-hired Clark coach was preparing recruiting information on Harris for his friend, University of Louisville assistant coach Brian Jean-Mary.

Rex Burkhead picked up the knickname “Superman” back in high school when he was running roughshod through opponents in Texas. No wonder. He rushed for 3,530 yards and 57 touchdowns in his final two years of play at Plano High School. But “Superman' isn't his favorite nickname, but oh well. Whatever. Burkhead isn't going to get all excited over it. “I'm more of a Batman fan,” Burkhead said, “but it's cool though.” Everything is cool with Burkhead, and the Nebraska junior I-back plans to stay cool while he's stepping up to do whatever is necessary.

LEXINGTON - Micah Johnson says it was not hard for Dennis Johnson to persuade him to speak at a recent camp at the University of Kentucky put on by Dennis Johnson and his brother, Derrick, both former players at UK. “I knew Dennis from way back,” said Micah Johnson, a three-time all-Southeastern Conference linebacker who is in Lexington training during the NFL lockout. “It's kind of funny because that is who people compared me to coming out of high school. “I¿knew about him because I wanted to find out who he was and we kept in contact.

Blake Davis made his future plans official on Wednesday, national signing day, signing a national letter of intent to continue his football career at Kentucky State University. “Kentucky State offered the program I wanted and gave me a good deal to get the opportunity to play college football,” Davis said. “It just stuck out to me and looked like a good place to go.” Davis said getting the chance to continue playing football with Tate Stidam weighed a pretty good amount on his decision.

East Jessamine lineman Zack Templin, one of the most touted football prospects in the county this year, made his college selection last Tuesday. He chose to continue his football career at Lindsey Wilson College. “Knowing that I’m going to play college football, that’s a wild feeling,” Templin said. “I never thought that when I started playing football that I would get the chance.” Rumors were swirling all season about where Templin would sign or maybe walk on,  but in the final moments, he had narrowed his choices down to Campbellsville, Georgetown and Lindsey Wilson.

Bryan Station offensive lineman Darrien Miller gave an early verbal commitment to Kentucky and reamins on track to sign with the Wildcats on Feb. 2. He offered several insights into his recruiting before he played in the National Guard Border Bowl last weekend in Williamsburg: Question: Was there ever a time this season when you wavered on your commitment to Kentucky? Miller: “I am solid. The way I was raised, when you say you are going to do something, you are supposed to do it. For me to commit to Kentucky and then de-commit just because they were not doing well goes against what I believe and would not be fair.

LEXINGTON — Just because he was a hometown product didn’t get Winston Guy any breaks from his older teammates when he came to Kentucky. Guy originally gave a verbal commitment to Arkansas before the Lexington Catholic product decided to play for the Wildcats. Going into Saturday’s game with Charleston Southern, UK’s starting safety has a team-high two interceptions and is second on the team with 56 tackles. “A lot of out-of-state people come here, and have been here for several years and they are really tough on the younger guys.