’28 center a definitive player at his position regardless of classification
Lexington Christian Academy (LCA) played a murder’s row type schedule in 2025 and still won the 2A title and finished 12-3. Of course, not all three (3) loss seasons are similarly situated. This particular three loss worksheet also boasted an opening weekend victory over a ranked 6A team in North Hardin and a win in the “Holy War” over 3A rival, Lexington Catholic. LCA will have a target on its back the entire ’26 Fall and it would be unwise to overlook the pride of Lexington’s 2A classification regardless of how large of an enrollment from which your school may benefit. Enjoy this look at a kid who, along with teammate Matthew Montgomery, may be among the definitive IOL in all of the commonwealth of Kentucky competing at the KHSAA level in football. Greer makes a tremendous difference for his team and was on an Eagle team playing its best football at exactly the right time of year, last season. This guy is coming off an All-State season looking to follow it up with another one.
HB Lyon, Scouting Director, “KPGFootball”
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Greer is coming off an All-State season in 2025, clearing the path for one of Kentucky’s dual threats at QB in Nash Whelan. Behind an offensive front captained by its two All-Staters, Greer and Montgomery, the Eagles passed for 2,299-yards, completing 156 of 239-passing attempts (66% completion rate approximately), and 26-TDs against only 6-picks. The Eagles also rushed for 2,254-yards, on 350-carries (6.44-yards per), with 39-TDs rushing from scrimmage.
Greer returning as a junior will be a critical piece of one of Kentucky’s premier high school football programs in 2026. The Eagles ability to protect the ball-carriers, particularly its all-state, ’28, dual threat QB, will be tantamount to its ability to defend its championship.
Lexington Christian Academy (LCA) perennially competes for KHSAA championships at its level of play. Players driving the defense, like Nick Greer, are among the reasons why.
Lexington, KY: Nick Greer is a brute. Coupled with Matthew Montgomery, the two of them anchor the best offensive line in the KHSAA regardless of enrollment size.
LCA won the title in ’25. The title was the program’s second ever. Now the Eagles get to experience being the hunted over being the hunter.
The fact is this…the Eagles were young in 2025. Many believed LCA was (at least) a year away from contending in ’25.
Nick Greer is 6’1,” and weighs 255-pounds. Greer can play either guard or center but figures to play center at the next level. Facts are facts, Greer is an inch or two away (and approximately 30 or so pounds) from getting Power 4 looks at guard.
Center is another story. Shorter, slightly out of frame guys who can really move, are explosive and powerful, twitchy, and can play center reliably are sought after at the mid-major level of D-1, if not Power 4.
Greer and Montgomery both are good enough to offset frame/measurement staff concerns. They are excellent football players. Shouldn’t that count for something? It does to us!
Their winning it all in ’25 makes the Eagles a definite threat to repeat in ’26. The Eagles have the pieces, both in place and returning, to do it.
The one question mark may be at PK. Shackelton didn’t get many opportunities his freshman year but has potential and ability. Other than that one post, the Eagles return in tact and ready for another run.
The ’28 graduating class is a particularly potent one. Both Greer and Montgomery performed at an elite degree in 2025.
Behind these two manning the middle of the offensive front, the Eagles passed for 2,299-yards, completing 156 of 239-passing attempts (66% completion rate approximately), and 26-TDs against only 6-picks. The Eagles also rushed for 2,254-yards, on 350-carries (6.44-yards per), with 39-TDs rushing from scrimmage. This was above set forth. It bore repeating.
This was above set forth. It bore repeating. Somethings are worth saying multiple times.
Competitors know how to compete. Being able to compete at all of the three phases of the game is the recipe for championship success. Greer may not be a three-phase guy, but he is more than proficient at Center, Guard, and as a DL too. He could play on special teams. Can’t afford to wear out the only guy who touches the football every offensive snap.
A QB may not field a snap in the Wildcat or on other trick plays. Centers touch it every time.
Skill guys don’t amass points without a stout front line keeping defenders from running free to obstruct an offense’s progress. The success of skill guy is directly related to the play of the guys around him, particularly the guys with their hands in the dirt.
It is the “Hogs,” like Greer, who make the team go!
Friday Night Fletch
Against a gauntlet of football powers at different classes in the middle of playing one of the more difficult schedules in the KHSAA last year, Greer proved himself among the more versatile, multiphase weapons in the game along the Eagles’s interior OL. Greer figures to only increase the offensive production as a Junior.
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We recognize LCA will have to continue to play well if the program is to continue to experience the success it had in its second championship season. That being said, we are still predicting it likely the Eagles challenge for the title in ’26 like the program customarily does annually.
We see Greer as a next level kid or future college football player. We aren’t sure if it will be as a guard, center, or even as a nose or tackle on defense. Greer’s level at which he figures to play will depend on how his frame either finishes or is perceived and how well his power, speed, and “quicks” continue to develop.
We’re sure Greer, like a lot of kids at his stage of physical development, could use another couple inches and the addition of some good weight gained during a productive offseason. Couldn’t we all?
We know this, Greer’s performance on “Friday Nights,” as a sophomore a season ago, only strengthened (in our minds) our prediction concerning his future college prospects. We also know Greer, like Lyons, like Matthew Montgomery, about whom we persistently write, are all strong academic performers with excellent class standing and almost assuredly will be “full qualifiers,” in the NCAA clearinghouse, when the time comes.
For now, Greer is one other thing in addition to all the other skills and assets we have highlighted. Greer is among the very interior offensive linemen in the KHSAA’s ’28 graduating class. Greer is also our eCampus.com, Big Man on the eCampus, Feature of the Week!
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