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’27 DE/LB/TE is making his mark on the 5A classification

I know we just featured this kid two days ago on the site. I have a firm memory of this because it may represent the finest title Long has ever contrived in his literary career. This kid has extraordinary strength, power, explosion, and “quick twitch” which will result in his continuing to perform at the highest HS levels. “Superman” was splendid his junior season. There is no reason his senior performance should slack off the least little bit. This is the kind of kid you send a shipment of the world’s finest beef jerky products because he could literally use the protein.

HB Lyon, Chief of Scouting, “KPGFootball”

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Today, the Mingua Beef Jerky Company still prides itself on using its old-fashioned, all-natural recipes which offer outstanding products to customers across the nation. The recipes are a family tradition, passed down from generation to generation.     

Our recipes and our quality ingredients, hand-cut from solid pieces of beef, are never chopped or formed like other brands, making our products superior and one of a kind. That would make our products similar to this week’s Protein-packed Performer, Cam Alsip, ’26 DT/LS from Somerset High in Somerset, Kentucky. 

Somerset, KY: Cam Alsip is a pretty unassuming, mild-mannered looking kid. Then again, so was Clark Kent.

There is nothing mild mannered about the kid’s Friday night production. There is nothing mild mannered about his power, strength, and explosion numbers.

First of all, Alsip is a 6’0,” 250-pounder who can long-snap. Even if the “big boys” think he is too small for DT at their level (a position with which we don’t agree), then Alsip is on the big-side for a college long snapper, even at the Power 4 level.

There was another player with whom Alsip is a doppelgänger. You may not remember ’22’s Owen LeMaster from Johnson Central, but he was a multi-year, first team, all-state guard in high school. LeMaster is still playing for Georgetown College on its football team.

We believe Alsip is a future college player, like LeMaster. Check the historical record here but we don’t miss on many.

It takes work to press 350, squat 575, and clean 275 in high school. That doesn’t happen naturally. it takes work to be good enough to play collegiately, that doesn’t happen naturally either.

Players who will work for the one, often will work and achieve the other. It is a pattern, a formula, and Alsip appears to have this bit of calculus solved.

Now Alsip is a 350-pound presser and a close to 575-pound squatter. LeMaster had similar power numbers. Alsip’s total pounds lifted (Power Clean, Bench, and Squat) is 1,200-pounds. That makes Alsip a 275-Power Cleaner and that is darned explosive for a high school lineman.

Alsip is getting it done on Friday nights too. Last year, in 14-games of action, this interior DL registered 68-tackles, 15-TFLs, and 6.5 sacks. In addition, Alsip forced five (5) fumbles, a figure which has to be near the top of that category across the KHSAA regardless of classification.

Here is what Alsip’s statistics tell us. Alsip is making plenty of plays (68 tackles). Alsip is constantly in the opponent’s offensive backfield (15-TFLs, 6.5 sacks). Alsip is hitting like a freight train (5-FFs).

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 Somerset High’s Cam Alsip.  

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!