’28 QB a dual threat guy and among the commonwealth’s very best
Lexington Christian Academy (LCA) has played a murder’s row type schedule, to date, and stand at 3-3 with district play resuming this weekend against a Shawnee squad with the same 3-3 mark. Of course, not all 3-3’s are similarly situated. This particular one boasts an opening weekend victory over a ranked 6A team in North Hardin and a win in the “Holy War” over 3A rival, Lexington Catholic. LCA will be a decided favorite over Shawnee, though it would be unwise to overlook the Louisville based, fourth district team. Enjoy this look at a sophomore QB who is making a tremendous difference for this team and has his Eagles playing its best football at the exact right time of year.
HB Lyon, Scouting Director, “KPGFootball”
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Nash Whelan backed-up Saxton Howard a year ago but is making the most of his second year. This year, Whelan has been at the helm of one of Kentucky’s premier high school football programs.
Lexington Christian Academy (LCA) perennially competes for KHSAA championships at its level of play. Players driving the offense, like Nash Whelan, are a large reason why.
Lexington, KY: Nash Whelan has his team playing perhaps its best football at the exact right time of year. This past weekend, Whelan guided his Eagles to a 42-13 triumph over WEB DuBois Academy and, in so doing, knotted the season’s record at 3-3 with four (4) tough but winnable games forthcoming.
The game this weekend is what we call a “trap game.” Shawnee is 3-3 but the game is in Lexington and LCA figure to be prohibitive favorites. One has to wonder is the Eagles will be caught looking ahead to next weekend’s clash with Coach Steve Stonebreakers’s, 6-1, Danville Admirals. That game is also in Lexington.
What a turnaround Stonebreaker has authored in Danville. Last year, the Admirals went 0-11 and their closest margin was a loss by 27-points. This year they are the second highest RPI in the classification and figure to play LCA for the 4th-District’s top seed and regular season title.
Nash Whelan is a sophomore and had quite the night against DuBois. Whelan, a double threat guy offensively, led the team in throwing for 254-yards and three (3) TDs while rushing for another 115-yards (six carries) and a TD.
Whelan played defense too. That is a move a lot of coaches across Kentucky wouldn’t contemplate with his importance to the efficiency of the other side of the football. Whelan registered a pair of tackles and has 26 on the season with a pair coming behind the line of scrimmage (TFLs).
Before the off-week, in the “Holy War,” Whelan completed 13 of 19-passing attempts for 116-yards and gained nearly 100-yards (90) on 19-carries, three (3) of which he carried across the goal line. As you can see, with every game Whelan’s performances improve and he gets more and more settled at the controls of the offense, benefitting a team whose best football, this season, is likely still to come!
Like we iterated a week ago, quarterbacks don’t score rushing touchdown without blocking nor do they complete an inordinate percentage of passes without protected pockets. The success of these young skills this season is directly attributable to the outstanding play of sophomore OG, Matthew Montgomery and his upfront cohorts.
The boys upfront, the unit Montgomery is anchoring, is getting it done
Friday Night Fletch
In six (6) games so far, and against a gauntlet of football powers at different classes in the middle of playing one of the more difficult schedules in the KHSAA this season, Nash Whelan has 1,433 total yards of offense (rushing and throwing) from the QB-slot and has already scored 16-combined TDs. That is fine production, indeed, for any sophomore.
We recognize LCA will have to continue to play well and that game with Danville, next week in Lexington, is one which will require the ball club to fire on all cylinders to be successful. That being said, we are still predicting it likely the Eagles enter the playoffs 7-3 looking over the remainder of its schedule.
We see Whelan as a next level kid or future college football player. We aren’t sure if it will be as a QB or some other position and the level at which he figures to play will depend on how his frame finishes. Whelan is 6’0,” 175 now; so, he could use another two (2) to four (4) inches if he is going to be a division one, college QB.
We know this, Whelan’s performances on “Friday Nights,” as a 10th-grader, only strengthens (in our minds) that prediction. We also know Whelan, like Montgomery about whom we wrote last week, is a strong academic performer with excellent class standing and almost assuredly will be a “full qualifier,” in the NCAA clearinghouse, when the time comes.
For now, Whelan is one other thing in addition to all the other skills and assets we have highlighted. Whelan is among the very best dual threat QB’s in the KHSAA’s ’28 graduating class. Whelan is also our eCampus.com, Big Man on the eCampus for this week!
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