’27 RB, SS among the more versatile weapons in 4A
There are stud football players in every classification, on every team, regardless of that team’s won/loss record. Rowan County is significantly better in other sports than it has been in recent years in football. For instance, the Vikings are quite stout as a baseball program, though they were 18-16 this year (not their best). Regardless of the Vikings sporting a 1-9 in 2025, JT Judd had a tremendously productive year on multiple sides of the scrimmage line. Judd is a 5’11,” 185-pound athlete who also plays basketball (14-15, Judd average 3.5-pts., 5.2-rebounds a game). Judd is a guy who will push for All-State recognition should he continue to improve as much from ’25 to ’26 as he did from ’24 to ’25.
HB Lyon, Scouting Director, “KPGFootball”
Morehead, KY: Just because a certain team pops a 1-9 worksheet, that doesn’t mean there weren’t some noteworthy performances on the roster. Rowan County has struggled in recent years on the gridiron.
That description, struggling, only applies to high school. The Eagles (Morehead State University, FCS, Division I, non-scholarship) have fielded some strong Pioneer League teams, even winning a program record seven (7) games in Jason Woodman’s inaugural campaign (2024).
While Kelly Ford’s Rowan County Vikings may have floundered, JT Judd has been killing it. Judd led the team in ’25 in rushing (581-yards), receiving (43-receptions for 437-yards), scoring (48-points), INTs (three), and IRNYs (85-yards with a “pick-six”).
That is a ton of statistical categories for any one player to lead any entire team, 4A or otherwise. Judd was a multi-phase performer and quintessential to each side of the line of scrimmage.
In addition to his offensive production, Judd registered 66-tackles, six (6) TFLs, a pair of FRs, to go with his three (3) INTs, 85-IRNYs, and pick-six. Take into account his contributions in the coverage and return units on special teams, and Judd was a three-phase guy for his Vikings.
Judd has the utility and versatility we prize at “KPGFootball”
Friday Night Fletch
We love that type of utility at KPGFootball. We love the versatility.
It is easy, in covering high school football, to focus exclusively on the power programs. Your Trinity’s, your Saint Xaviers, your Boyle County’s, your Belfry’s, your Danville’s, your Breathitt’s, your Bowling Green Senior’s, Owensboro Senior’s, Owensboro Catholic’s, your Mayfield’s, and your Pikeville’s, etc. will both seemingly and endlessly contend. They will all have good players littering the roster in multiple phases of deployment.
However, to truly cover the KHSAA in football, a “real” journalist has to dig around and find the JT Judds from Morehead, Kentucky. That is why we make what we make. That is why we are who we are.
Well, here’s one right now! You’re welcome.
This is Friday Night Fletch, reporting for KPGFootball; reminding you to PLAY THROUGH THE WHISTLE!
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