Xavier Woolridge, from North Pulaski Middle, is the @minguabeefjerky Protein-packed Performer of the Week @AlPopsFootball @NorthPulaskiFB @840WHAS

’29 QB/RB/DB among the more versatile and skilled players in his class

Xavier Woolridge is a kid we have watched grow up on a football sideline. He plays for a program which has won a whopping nine KYMSFA championships, is the son of the head coach, and has hung around “Team Kentucky” sidelines since he was, himself, barely out of diapers. He has rounded into a 6’1,” 175-pound, top notch talent who figures to make a ton of top ’29 lists when those lists are disseminated. He has a three phase, three level game.

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There is something to be said about “pedigree.” There has to be as being from the right “blood-line” exponentially increases your ability to play football much past the HS level.

Xavier Woolridge has such a pedigree. His father is a well known and respected member of the coaching fraternity, runs one of the KYMSFA’s most storied and successful programs (North Pulaski Middle), has won over a hundred games at his level of competition, regularly competes for Kentucky championships at his level of competition, and played college football for the WKU Hilltoppers “in his day.”

Little Woolridge demonstrates the apple didn’t fall too far from the tree. Woolridge is 6’1,” 175-pounds, and plays three positions of dire need, two offensively (RB/QB) and the other defensively (Corner). All three positions are kind of on an island, by themselves, lending to the performance of the player being ridiculously scrutinized.

Woolridge has done it exceedingly well. Woolridge will challenge for the KYMSFA, Regional Player of the Year in the season upcoming, will make all the prestigious middle school postseason teams, will lead his MS team deep in the playoffs (if not all the way) and will hit the offseason camp/combine circuit heading into his freshman season a year from now. This is the kind of beast who finds the field as a ninth grader early, if he doesn’t hit the lineup for the opener.

We were able to catch up with Woolridge’s head coach at North Pulaski, G.J. Woolridge. G.J., no stranger to this forum, had this to say, “I have a stable full of middle school star players and ‘Team Kentucky’ types. I lost one of my better ones to a fractured tibia in a scrimmage. I believe Xavier can be as good as he is willing to work to be and is off to a fast start already.”

We believe the kid will put in the work to be the star we believe him capable of being. After all, he is a “Woolridge.”

Join us next week as we return to honor another weekly prize winner. Until then, pop some Mingua Beef Jerky in your mouth and savor the quality and flavor which sets it apart from the competition. Remember, our product is superior and one of a kind; just like North Pulaski Middle’s, Xavier Woolridge. 

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