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’26 DT/LS at 6’0,” 250 presses 350 and squats 575

Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. A visitor from another planet who came to earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men…At this point, you have figured out we are talking about Marvel Comics character, Superman. To be fair, until we got to leaping tall buildings and the faster than a speeding bullet, it could just as easily been Cam Alsip from Somerset High. Perhaps Alsip can’t bend steel in his bare hands and change the course of mighty rivers but he does attend Somerset High disguised as a mild-mannered student for a great rural football program who is fighting a never ending battle for wins and championships.

HB Lyon, Scouting Director, “KPGFootball”

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 numbers, strength numbers, and explosion.

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. LeMaster is still on the Tigers’ 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).

Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane. No it’s not, it’s Cam Alsip!

This is Friday Night Fletch, reporting for KPGFootball, reminding you to PLAY THROUGH THE WHISTLE!

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