Parker Rudolph is a next level caliber player on either side of the football
We mentioned (on air) four (4) elite 1A teams. We talked about Pikeville, Campbellsville, Raceland, and Hazard. We omitted Kentucky Country Day out of Louisville (KCD). We shouldn’t have omitted them from “elite” status. We regret the error. KCD (4-0) plays 1-4, 5A Butler High tonight after a lightening imposed “off week” on Morton’s Gap where the Bearcats were set to play 3A, Hopkins County Central. That game WILL NOT be rescheduled. So, KCD has a chance to move to 5-0 tonight and Parker Rudolph (’26 RB/Safety) will play a major part in that move.
HB Lyon, Scouting Director, “KPGFootball”
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Friday Night Fletch, “KPGFootball”
Louisville, KY: Parker Rudolph looks the part. The kid has been listed from 5’7″ to 5’8″ and at either height he is somewhat shorter than what colleges sometimes prefer for where he projects; but, there have been plenty, and I mean P-L-E-N-T-Y, fine college, Division I running backs around the same height.
Rudolph has plenty of other fine attributes which recommend him for running back or even safety play at the next level. Rudolph clicks off 40-yard dashes in 4.5-seconds, weighs between 170-180 pounds, and carries a 3.3 GPA at one of the commonwealth’s more prestigious college preparatory schools.
If you are looking for a guy who Rudolph both physically resembles and to whom his game play is “similar,” think Cameron Skattebo, formerly of Arizona State and now playing for the New York Giants. Before you guys balk and want to tell me Skatebo’s is listed from 5’10” to 5’11,” he’s may be so listed but he isn’t that tall. Teams tend to list a player’s height however the team wishes. There is no regulation for that at neither the college nor professional ranks.
Regardless, former NFL RB, Darren Sproles, was 5’6″ and he was fantastic both in college (Kansas State), where he set 23-school records and has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame and in the NFL (San Diego) where he was a 3X Pro Bowler and made the NFL 2010s All-Decade Team. Point is, Parker Rudolph is tall ENOUGH where his play is sufficiently tall and we believe it is!
Rudolph and the Bearcats are playing excellent football
Friday Night Fletch
Rudolph and the Bearcats are playing excellent football this season like most others. KCD is 4-0, ranked at the top of the 1A classification in every polling service which publishes such rankings, and have beaten 1A’s defending KHSAA champion, Sayre (Lexington), 2A’s DuBois Academy (Louisville), 4A’s Spencer County, and 3A’s Saint Francis deSales (Louisville).
Rudolph has gained nearly 500-yards rushing (488) in just the first four (4) games. Rudolph has scored seven (7) rushing TDs and averages seven (7) yards per rushing attempt.
Rudolph hasn’t played a lot of defense this year even though he plays 1A, KHSAA football, where platooning is a luxury. Even 1A teams loathe playing key offensive personnel on defense owing to their importance to the other side of the ball.
Coach Mike Jones’s reticence to play Rudolph on defense is an indication of his perceived worth to the offensive operations of his undefeated ball club. It doesn’t constitute a failing on Rudolph’s part, believe me.
KPGFootball would like to see some of Rudolph on defense and so would some college recruiters. Rudolph is thick, powerful, explosive, and “twitchy” enough to play a dynamite free safety at the next level.
KCD is in the title chase in 1A, BIGLY; to borrow a term used commonly in political forums these days. The Bearcats should win tonight and a 5A victory to add to the pantheon of the program’s out of classification wins on the year will be (owing to the multipliers built into the RPI) huge when the RPI gets announced.
Either way, Parker Rudolph is out there making a huge difference for his team. He is keeping it cool, brother! In the end, Mike Jones and his Bearcats can’t ask for much more.
This is Friday Night Fletch, reporting for KPGFootball, reminding you to PLAY THROUGH THE WHISTLE!
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