Colonel Scouting Report

Centre Colonels pluck top Florida safety (Justin Rode, Fort Myers) for ’26 signing class… @CoachRodeBV, @JustinRode_, @H2_Recruiting, @CoachSimmons_CC, @bigassfans, @khsaafootball, @eCampusdotcom, @LasatersCoffee

February 2, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

The Centre Colonels recruit better than almost any small college in the Kentucky area. Chief among the reasons the Colonels are viewed as such a prestigious offer by area prospects is Centre’s standing among peer institutions, the quality of the education it both help funds and provides to it student body, its prestigious history, its second to none facilities, and its second to none social, academic, and even athletic opportunities the school provides to and for its student body. Centre is a big leagues school which attracts big time talent to its athletic programs, football included, (perhaps) football especially. Centre has struck oil again plucking out of Fort Myers one of Florida’s premier safeties. Justin Rode is a coach’s son, has the football IQ that entails, carried a 4.1-GPA and an SAT of 1200, and brings an element of power, speed, and twitch which should be reminiscent of another former Colonel great from E-Town. Enjoy this feature.

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Mason Trimble pledges to the Colonels from Centre College and is our @bigassfans Kentucky Comfort Creator of the Week @StXTigersFB, @trimble_mason, @CoachKWallace, @CoachAndyFrye, @CoachOrts, @CentreFootball, @CoachLandis22, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball

January 30, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

Mason Trimble did a ton of stuff in 2025. He was ranked a top-5 Kentucky QB by nearly every national publication which publishes such rankings, he made our large school all-state football team, he led his team to 10-wins, threw for over 2,000-yards, around 26-TDs, ran for another 8-scores and did all of this against the hardest schedule played by any KHSAA football team at any level of competition. Now, in ’26, he has pledged himself to Kentucky’s most prestigious, liberal arts, small college football program. However, there is nothing small about being a Centre Man. Enjoy the feature and let’s keep it comfortable out there, Kentucky!

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Braylon Nester from George Rogers Clark is the @bigassfans Kentucky Comfort Creator of the Week @bigassfans, @KyHighFootball, @khsaafootball, @BraylonNester1, @LemmingReport, @CoachHaddix11

January 23, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

We heard a player described by a coach who had offered him as a “Football Playing Jesse.” We looked that term up and, what do you know, it really is a thing. A “Football Playing Jesse” is a guy who may not be the right frame, may be a tad small, or a tad slow, or whatever but is just a guy who “does it” when he gets o the field between the lines and under the lights. Today we feature a kid who is as Football Playing of a Jesse as any kid in the KHSAA. Enjoy this look at one of the best football players the commonwealth of Kentucky has competition at any level of competition.

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Kylan Combs from Breathitt has taken the long way home @combs_kory, @Elithomas1219, @BreathittFb, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, @bigassfans, @eCampusdotcom

January 17, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

Among my favorite groups in the seventies was the group “Supertramp.” They had a wonderful song entitled, “Take the Long Way Home” released in 1979. Kylan Combs knows all about taking the long way to anywhere. Combs’s home is on a football field, positioned at safety, or anywhere on a gridiron actually. You see, Kylan Combs is a “Combs.” In the Appalachias, you don’t have to say any more. We fully understand the level of citizenship that surname requires and signifies and the football playing effort and talent associated with that particular family throughout the region. Kylan Combs has taken the long way home to stardom in Breathitt’s defensive third level once again and has made another of our Small School All-State Football Teams (Big Ass Fans) and we are mighty glad to welcome him home. Enjoy the article.

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Mighty Mayfield will look to England to get back on track in 2026 @MayfieldSchools, @Josiahzay777, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, @eCampusdotcom, @bigassfans

January 15, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

England once had an empire so fast the sun never set on it. This article is NOT about that England, it is about the Josiah England who may be the best returning RB/Corner in the KHSAA’s ’27 graduating class. Both Englands are thought of as leaders and noted for excellent performance. In this feature we will take a look at a player who’s junior season was cut short by injury but who showed us, as a sophomore, exactly of what he was capable. England is among the more coveted prospects in his graduating class and a bone fide, D-1 prospect. It will be entirely interesting to see how far he can take this Mayfield club provided he stays healthy in ’26. Enjoy the feature.

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Daven Hood focused on football and our eCampus.com Player of the Week @eCampusdotcom, @mac_darland, @Oakley_Watkins, @CoachDCharles, @jhyde61, @MattieLebryk, @LCAEAGLESFB, @bigassfans, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, @CoachDCharles, @matthewmont57, @Dfarmer2028

January 7, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

We are proud to add eCampus.com to our list of sponsors. These guys have set the industry standard for savings, selection, convenience, and customer service and have committed themselves to helping college students more easily afford to better themselves and develop. Now, eCampus.com is helping high school football players gain notice, attention, and opportunities to play at the next level when their KHSAA playing days are through. Join us each week as we inform you about a KHSAA, high school football player who is a “Big Man on (our) Campus” and should be a Big Man around your Campus too. Thank you, eCampus.com for taking this step to provide worthy high school kids this type opportunity.

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Senior, Mac Darland, from Lexington Christian Academy is our Big Man on the eCampus this Week @eCampusdotcom, @mac_darland, @Oakley_Watkins, @CoachDCharles, @jhyde61, @MattieLebryk, @LCAEAGLESFB, @bigassfans, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, @CoachDCharles, @matthewmont57, @Dfarmer2028

December 3, 2025 Fletcher Long 0

We are proud to add eCampus.com to our list of sponsors. These guys have set the industry standard for savings, selection, convenience, and customer service and have committed themselves to helping college students more easily afford to better themselves and develop. Now, eCampus.com is helping high school football players gain notice, attention, and opportunities to play at the next level when their KHSAA playing days are through. Join us each week as we inform you about a KHSAA, high school football player who is a “Big Man on (our) Campus” and should be a Big Man around your Campus too. Thank you, eCampus.com for taking this step to provide worthy high school kids this type opportunity.

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Bryson ‘Cowboy’ Ford, a ’29 multi-phase talent, is the Bank of Cadiz & Trust Company Superior Performance, Exceptional Quality Player of the Week @KatherineL58069, @Ahmaariii12, @MurrayQBClub, @LasatersCoffee, @eCampusdotcom, @bigassfans, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, @Ale8One, @CountyColonels, @HopHighTigers, @murrayFB

December 1, 2025 Fletcher Long 0

If there is a matter on which we would readily wager it is whether or not Bryson Ford will be a superstar at the HS level. Ford rendered an all-state, caliber performance over his freshman season playing on a roster in its last year of existence for a high school which is being closed at year’s end and subsumed into a conglomerate high school which figures to have the largest enrollment in KY among public high schools. Ford led the team in tackles as a freshman and was among the leaders in TFLs. That TFLs stat is impressive as getting freshman to play “down hill” is no easy tack. Enjoy this look at a players everyone around western KY seems to be discussing, including us.

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Sophomore, Bode Darland, from Lexington Christian Academy is our Big Man on the eCampus this Week @eCampusdotcom, @BodeDarland, @Oakley_Watkins, @CoachDCharles, @jhyde61, @MattieLebryk, @LCAEAGLESFB, @bigassfans, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, @CoachDCharles, @matthewmont57, @Dfarmer2028

November 26, 2025 Fletcher Long 0

We are proud to add eCampus.com to our list of sponsors. These guys have set the industry standard for savings, selection, convenience, and customer service and have committed themselves to helping college students more easily afford to better themselves and develop. Now, eCampus.com is helping high school football players gain notice, attention, and opportunities to play at the next level when their KHSAA playing days are through. Join us each week as we inform you about a KHSAA, high school football player who is a “Big Man on (our) Campus” and should be a Big Man around your Campus too. Thank you, eCampus.com for taking this step to provide worthy high school kids this type opportunity.

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You haven’t seen the last of North Laurel’s Jude McWhorter @NLJAGSFOOTBALL, @BlueGreyFB, @KatherineL58069, @bigassfans, @eCampusdotcom, @KyHighFootball, @khsaafootball, @CoachNelsonNL

November 22, 2025 Fletcher Long 0

If you grew up in the 80s, you were familiar with Arnold Schwarzenegger’s line from the movie, “Terminator,” “I’ll be back.” That line has been spoofed and repeated, ad nauseam. Well it is applicable here. This ’27 prospect, Jude McWhorter, for North Laurel will be back; and, if he replicates his ’25 performance over the course of 2026, may find himself smack-dab, in the middle of a “Mr. Football” race. Steven Nelson is doing a fine job with the program and the Jaguar faithful have never seen its prospects appear much rosier than right now. Enjoy the feature.

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