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’26 RB/Safety helps ‘carry’ KCD to 1A’s mountain-top

Parker Rudolph is a two-way stud who may play either RB or Safety in college but looks well poised to play in college regardless of at what slot or where. Rudolph (’26) sports 4.5-second, forty-yard dash speed and stacks 170-pounds on a 5’8,” frame. Think “barrel-racing quarter horse” here. Kentucky County Day is 7-2 with a trip to New Castle upcoming to take on a five (5)-win, 4A, District four (4) team in Henry County. Kentucky Country Day has a chance to take over the top slot in the 1A RPI with its win over previously unbeaten, and top-rated Campbellsville. Should these guys beat Henry County, they may well be home a while in these upcoming playoffs.

HB Lyon, Scouting Director, “KPGFootball“

Louisville, KY: You will see running back stats more impressive than the stats posted by Parker Rudolph this past weekend. Sure, Rudolph gained 162-yards rushing. Sure, Rudolph averaged over 7.7-yards a carry.

Sure, Rudolph took his team to what many considered an unlikely win against an undefeated Campbellsville football team in Louisville, Kentucky.

Still, there will be 200+ plus yard-rushing efforts, and even higher, dotting the KHSAA football landscape from just this past weekend. Not to mention the handful of 300+ yard efforts we have seen to this point, this season.

What makes Rudolph’s effort sublime? Why are Rudolph’s numbers seemingly superior? It isn’t just his numbers, but against whom he compiled his statistics. Competition, after all, counts for something.

Rudolph did what he did against an undefeated, number one team in his classification. Campbellsville entered the night the top team in the polls, the top team in 1A according to the KHSAA’s Ratings Percentage Index (RPI), and the highest rated 1A team in the prestigious Durden Ratings Index (DRI) with a DRI exceeding 90 (90.16666667).

All signs pointed to Campbellsville winning and probably by double digits. The problem is everyone forgot to consult Coach Matt Jones and the Bearcat locker room.

You know, the Bearcats vote also counts. Sometimes the team’s vote counts more than the KHSAA’s vote, the vote of the polls, or even the vote cast by Mr. John Durden’s fancie-schmancie math formula.

The game has to get played. Anytime two teams enter a field, either of them may emerge victorious.

We have seen this exhibited so many times this year. It has occurred more this season and perhaps more than in any other season in recent memory.

Rudolph is a 5’8,” 170 pound RB who doubles as a safety on defense. He clocks 40s in 4.5-seconds and plays varsity basketball in addition to his contributions to the football team. Rudolph is also a National Combine Invitee.

Rudolph’s KCD Bearcats are 7-2 with its win over Campbellsville. The Bearcats have lost to a seven (7) win, 5A team in the “Big A-train” (Atherton) and a seven (7) win, 4A powerhouse, in John Hardin.

Rudolph is a ’26 player with still another season to go in his high school career. So far, Parker has garnered some recruiting interest and has competed at the highest levels of the Football University combine circuit.

This is a kid whose recruitment will take off on the combine circuit this coming offseason. Until then, there is a 1A title for which to compete. Rudolph will keep his attention, and the attention of his teammates, focused there.

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

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