’26 WR/DB put on quite the show over the course of his junior campaign
Lucas Tompkins had quite the junior year. So did his Mustangs from North Oldham, polishing off a 9-3 work sheet and narrowly losing in the second round to St. Francis DeSales. Tompkins caught 50-passes for 887-yards and 14-receiving TDs. Tompkins gained over 100-yards as a rusher and scored four (4)-rushing TDs. Tompkins picked five (5) passes on defense to go along with his 36-tackles and 90-IRNYs (Interception Return Net Yards). Tompkins even housed three (3) two-pointers on special teams, making him a three (3) phases contributor. What’s left for him in ’25? Maybe a “Mr. Football” award.
HB Lyon, Scouting Director, “KPGFootball”
Goshen, KY: Every year the debate rages for most of the season about whom should win “Mr. Football.” We have supported candidates through the years and have even led two successful publicity campaigns for former winners.
We can’t tell you what constitutes the criteria for everyone with an interest in the award’s bestowment. We can tell you for what we principally look.
To KPGFootball, we prize utility, versatility, and production which leads to the club’s success. You may not have to necessarily win the title, but your team should be around a while, come playoff time, if you’re picking up what we are dropping down.
We would like to be the first to say Lucas Tompkins should be in consideration entering the ’25 season. Tompkins will be a senior in the Fall of 2025 as he is set to graduate high school in the Spring of 2026.
Tompkins had a tremendous junior season. Coach Lyon sort of set it out in his synopsis appearing at the top of this feature. We will reiterate it here. It is worthy of reiteration.
Tompkins caught 50-passes for 887-yards and 14-receiving TDs. Tompkins gained over 100-yards as a rusher and scored four (4)-rushing TDs. Tompkins picked five (5) passes on defense to go along with his 36-tackles and 90-IRNYs. Tompkins even housed three (3) two-pointers on special teams, making him a three (3) phases contributor.
Tomkins caught 50-passes and 14-receiving TDs, picked 5-passes, and housed 3 Two-pointers in ’24
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As for his club, the Mustangs were 9-3 in 4A, District 4 in ’25. North Oldham dropped its second round game to 4A power, St. Francis DeSales, by 10-points in Louisville.
Tompkins was a three (3) phase contributor as before mentioned (versatility like that is never “over mentioned” so as to constitute redundancy in our opinion). Now that is the type of utility we like seeing in our “Mr. Football” candidates.
Tompkins is 6’1,” and weighs 185-pounds. That is plenty height and substance to be slotted where he aligns. Tompkins has plenty of length.
Tompkins also carries a 3.4 GPA in his course load. Contrary to what people believe, football is not a game for dummies.
The Mustangs are excellently coached and appear to have things headed in a very positive direction. Brock Roberts is entering his third year at the helm and posted a seven and a nine win season in his first two installments.
North Oldham came off a five win campaign the year prior to Coach Roberts retention. Like we said, Roberts has the Mustangs trending upwardly.
Keep an eye on this guy moving forward. In addition to all the other statistics we set forth, Tompkins was the team’s leading scorer a year ago with 114-points in its 12-games.
That works out to 9.5-points put in the scoring column by Tompkins per game. That is an often overlooked statistic, but an important one.
Last time we checked, the team with the most points, at the end of the game, still wins. Until that fact is no longer true, “points scored” will always be important to KPGFootball. Then again, what do we know?
This is Friday Night Fletch, reporting for KPGFootball and KPI Newspaper Group, reminding you to PLAY THROUGH THE WHISTLE!
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