’25 offensive center flying under the radar but undeservedly…
When we get a note from legendary head football coach, Phillip Haywood (486-163, 8-titles), presently coaching at Belfry High, asking us if we would help promote an offensive center flying under the radar owing to his being an inch or two shorter than some big-timers wish, we respond, “Yessir, Coach.” If you’re a head coach and don’t find us as accommodating to your program or you, the answer is simple, though something you may to wish to hear. He’s Phillip Haywood; you’re not. Sorry. Well anyways, we got such a note from Coach Haywood and we dug around and found his analysis to be on the money. Max Dotson, ’25 center, is a 6’2,” 310-pound guy who is the son and grandson of two stalwarts who, themselves, played in college (Marshall). This kid will play in college too. It is a matter of where, not if.
HB Lyon, Scouting Director, “KPGFootball”
Max Dotson has returned to anchor Belfry’s front in ’24. As we saw from the win over a game Breathitt ball club on Pond Creek last night, Coach Phillip Haywood is pretty jazzed about that.
Belfry is a ball club which can run it on anyone. In a departure from some recent ball clubs, the Pirates are NOT strictly confined to the ground. Chase Varney has shown he can toss the pigskin as well as distribute it to backs.
Dotson told the Appalachian News Express’ (ANE) Regional Sports Editor, Randy White, that “It’s nice having a guy like him (Chase Varney) back there. We trust him and he knows what he’s doing.” Dotson is not just excited about the offense.
“I think our defense is going to be nasty,” Dotson told the ANE. “We have two younger linebackers, but they have some experience. They’re pretty nasty. Our defensive line is going to be great. They’re fast and physical. We go to battle with them every day in practice. It makes us better and we make them better. I think they’re going to be good. They’re going to be nasty.”
They’re gong to be nasty…
Max Dotson, regarding the Belfry Defense in ’24
318 of him?
Breathitt got a full barrel of this two-sided nastiness last night. At the end of the game, all the returners off an 8-win team, just a few points from beating Bell County in round two in ’23, proved too much in the ’24 opener for a Bobcat team much improved but not quite ready for an opponent the quality of Belfry.
At the end of the day, Dotson is as good as anyone with that surname who came along before him. Dotson is a guy who is a strong contender for our all-state football team at year’s end.
Like Coach Haywood told us, “[Dotson] will play college, somewhere. Good player.” We can’t imagine who would know any better than he.
This is Friday Night Fletch, reporting for KPGFootball, reminding you to PLAY THROUGH THE WHISTLE!
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