Nash Bird, a ’27 WR/OLB, is a “Bird” in that adjective’s most positive light!
🎶… Johnny is a joker (He's a bird)
A very funny joker (He's a bird)
But when he jokes my honey (He's a dog)
His jokin' ain't so funny (What a dog)
Johnny is a joker that's a-tryin' to steal my baby (He's a bird dog)🎶
Written by Boudleaux Bryant, 1957
Performed by: The Everly Brothers
Calling someone a “bird dog,” in Everly Brothers parlance is far from a compliment. Sure, being called a “Bird” is high praise as it was a slang term for “…a joker or smooth talker.” But a “Dog” was “…a louse, a womanizer…” who is after someone else’s steady girl. Put them together and you have a smooth talking womanizer after your girlfriend. Not good. Weren’t the 50s the best? Today we feature a smooth player for the Colts from West Jessamine High. The Colts were 9-4 in ’25 and return one of the smoothest athletes around the KHSAA in WR/OLB Nash Bird. He’s aptly named too, but in the good way!
HB Lyon, Scouting Director, “KPGFootball”
Nicholasville, KY: The Everly Brothers, Phil and Don, had an ancestral home in Central City, Kentucky and lived there a short while. Don and Phil Everly were raised in a musical family.
As children in the 1940s, they appeared on radio in Iowa, singing with their parents as The Everly Family. During their high-school years in Knoxville, they performed on radio and television.
The brothers gained the attention of Chet Atkins, who began to promote them. They began writing and recording their own music in 1956.
The brothers’ first hit song was “Bye Bye Love,” which hit number one in the spring of 1957. Additional hits, including “Wake Up Little Susie,” “All I Have to Do Is Dream,” and “Problems,” followed in 1958.
In 1960, they signed with Warner Bros. Records and recorded “Cathy’s Clown”, which was their biggest-selling single. The brothers enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve in 1961 and their output dropped off though additional hit singles continued through 1962. Their final top-10 hit was “That’s Old Fashioned (That’s the Way Love Should Be).”
Wikipedia is a wonderful thing. Here is the link to the entire entry should you care to read it.
Bird Dog was among the better songs the pair recorded. The song makes me think of Nash Bird from West Jessamine High. Why? Well a “Bird” is slang for a funny and smooth talker. We don’t know how Nash Bird talks though we have every reason to believe him capable. We do know the young man is a smooth operator at WR and OLB so he is definitely a football version of a “Bird.”
Perhaps we should call Nash Bird the Bird Dawg! No doubt about this kid being a “Dawg” on the gridiron. Dawg is a very popular and positive description in the world of high school football. It generally denotes a tough, gritty player.
Nash is the Bird-Dawg!
Friday Night Fletch
Bird is a guy who probably should have made the Big Ass Fans, Large School, All-State FB Team. Bird had that type season in ’25.
Bird caught 53-receptions for 835 and 13-TDs, scoring 78-points at WR as a junior. Bird registered 44-tackles, 10-TFLs, and 3.5-sacks from his OLB post.
That is some solid two-way deployment for anyone playing 5A, KHSAA football. Ask around; people in the know will confirm this fact for you.
If you look at the kid’s measurements, his production makes more sense. We have seen Bird measured at 6’3,” weighing 195-pounds, with a 76-inch wing span. Bird bench presses 245-lbs., runs the pro-agility shuttle in 4.16-seconds, clips off 40-yards in 4.52-seconds, and broad jumps 10-feet.
There is no reason to question any of his sprinting numbers. Bird has a 37-inch vertical which is more than enough vertical explosion to run a 40 in the 4.5s.
Bird is working through the offseason with his teammates preparing for the upcoming camp/combine season. Last year, Bird “Dawged-Out” at KWC’s (Kentucky Wesleyan College) camp finishing first (out of 172) in the broad jump, 10th (of 177) in the short shuttle, and 13th (out of 180) in the 40-yard dash.
Yessir, Nash ain’t no joker trying to steal your quail; but, he is a “Bird-Dawg!” Then again, what do we know?
This is Friday Night Fletch, reporting for KPGFootball, reminding you to PLAY THROUGH THE WHISTLE!
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