Montavin Quisenberry is proving to be the ‘little Q who could,’ and is our Protein-packed Performer of the Week. @CoachHaddix11 @minguabeefjerky @840WHAS @KyHighFootball

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’25 5’9,” WR/DB/ATH and West VA commit is proving to be a nationally elite prospect

We call him “Q.” Largely because of how much easier it is to say and spell than “Quisenberry.” Regardless of what you call him, what his teammates and he were able to accomplish, on a national stage, after a six (6) hour bus trip was simply among the better outcomes a Kentucky High School team has ever accomplished in the Commonwealth’s history. Boyle County has answered all doubts about it being Kentucky’s best high school football team, regardless of classification. Quisenberry has removed all doubts about whether he is the elite player in Kentucky’s ’25 graduating class, and its real “Mr. Football,” no matter who else may attempt to claim it. Pretenders, step aside! Here comes the “Q!”

HB Lyon, Scouting Director, “KPGFootball”

Boyle vs. St. Edwards (OH)

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There is a term in competitive golf about a player having a game which travels. This means the competitor doesn’t just play the home country club well, or the course he grew up playing; but that his is a game which unpacks and thrives regardless of scenery.

Silas Walker “Herald-Leader”
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High school football, in Kentucky, travels better than a lot of people believe. Every year, top programs in Kentucky play top programs from neighboring states or commonwealths. Every year, Kentucky High Schools prove theirs is a game which “travels pretty well.”

Last year, one of the top teams in California came to Versailles, Kentucky and LOST to Dennis Johnson’s Yellow Jackets. Woodford County is about to travel to California and see if they can’t sweep the “home and home.”

Boyle County hopped a bus, traveled six (6) hours, all to learn if it could upend the nation’s 12th ranked team in St. Edward (OH). We learned Boyle County’s game travels very well. The same can be said about Montavin Quisenberry’s game-play.

Boyle County’s game travels well

Friday Night Fletch

Montavin “Q” Quisenberry is a 5-foot-9 receiver and West Virginia commitment who has been lining up at running back and quarterback to serve as Boyle County’s offensive catalyst. Quisenberry and his Boyle County teammates hopped a bus and traveled six hours to play the nation’s 12th ranked high school football team and one of Ohio’s top ranked teams, St. Edward.

“Q” decided he might go along. Man, did he ever show up!

“Q” rushed for three touchdowns, threw a 69-yard TD pass, and totaled 265 yards of total offense. Quisenberry, a multi-phase performer for the Rebels during his stellar, high school career, added an interception “Q” nearly housed; returning it from the 25-yard line on one end of the field all the way to the nine (9) yard line on the other.

We aren’t very good at math. We believe we have just described 66-yards of IRNYs.

Quisenberry committed, in June, to West Virginia. “Q” picked the Mountaineers over Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan and several more schools. Kent State and Eastern Kentucky, which had scouts at Saturday’s game, were among Q’s other offers.

Quisenberry is a three-star prospect by 247Sports. The national ranking service has him listed eighth among Kentucky High School prospects in the ’25 class. The degree to which he is being undervalued here is laughable.

There aren’t seven prospects in Kentucky’s ’25 class more likely to thrive at the collegiate level than “Q.” That is a fiction.

[Quisenberry] is the best player in the state of Kentucky…one of the top 100 players in the country

Justin Haddix to Jared Peck of the Herald-Leader

“Some people don’t offer him because he’s…little…,” Boyle County coach Justin Haddix told Jared Peck, with Lexington’s Herald-Leader. “He’s the best player in the state of Kentucky, and I think one of the top 100 players in the country.”

Quisenberry gave St. Edward fits. Perhaps 247Sports should consult St. Edward’s HFC, Tom Lombardo, if they want a true gauge of how good Q either is or isn’t.

Boyle County rushed for 199 yards, led by Quisenberry with 141 yards and three TDs on 25 carries. The Rebels also gained 199 yards passing to 90 for St. Edward.

The combined effort amounted to one of Kentucky’s finer showings on a national stage in KHSAA history. It proves Kentucky High School football is way better than national pundits believe. It demonstrates high school football in Kentucky “travels very well.”

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 Boyle County’s, Montavin Quisenberry. 

This is Friday Night Fletch reporting for Kentucky Prep Gridiron and reminding you to PLAY THROUGH THE WHISTLE. Don’t forget to SAVOR THE FLAVOR!

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Two-time winner of Kentucky Press Association awards for excellence in writing and reporting news stories while Managing Editor of the Jackson (KY) Times-Voice

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