Long, tall receiver has break out performance against Pleasure Ridge Park on the eve of the playoffs
Dawson Farmer’s only sport isn’t football. Farmer is among the better guards in Kentucky basketball and performs, offseason, with the “B Maze Elite” program out of Knoxville, TN. Farmer is a sophomore who carries a 4.0 GPA and has plenty of height (6’5″) and length on his sturdy (195-pound) frame, making him an excellent down field target. We can tell you this, 6’5,” 190-pound receivers, playing 2A football, don’t exactly “grow on trees” in this commonwealth or any neighboring state. The Eagles continue to advance toward Kroger Field by identifying sufficient talent to make its run.
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That is why eCampus.com sponsors the KPGFootball, Big Man on the eCampus series. This week’s Big Man on the eCampus is Lexington Christian Academy’s WR/DB, Dawson Farmer (’28).
Farmer is a superstar at the high school level and may feature prominently on All-State rosters at season’s end. Farmer caught a pair of passes against Pleasure Ridge Park (Louisville 6A) this past weekend covering 95-receiving yards. Both of the passes went for scores.
Lexington Christian Academy (LCA) perennially competes for KHSAA championships at its level of play. Players developing into stars, like Dawson Farmer, has a ton to do with the program’s success.
Lexington, KY: Dawson Farmer is a sophomore. The sophomore year is the season where the college player starts asserting himself, demonstrating he is a next level guy.
LCA, or Lexington Christian Academy to some, has one of the better classes of ’28s in Kentucky. Matthew Montgomery is among the finest in the class at the OL position, Kentucky-wide. Nash Whelan is a dual-threat guy who has gotten better and better this season. Dawson Farmer is a guy who is coming on as the playoffs arrive and may have had one of his stronger offensive performances in the season’s last game against a Louisville 6A ball club in Pleasure Ridge Park (PRP).
Farmer caught a pair of passes against PRP for 95-receiving yards. Both of the passes scored. Famer tied the club lead with 12-points scored on the evening and even contributed a tackle on defense in the lopsided contest.
Farmer has caught 17-passes on the season for 247-yards and three (3) TDs. Farmer has 18.5 tackles on the season with several passes broken up (PBUs) along the way.
Farmer is 6’5,” 190-pounds and transferred into LCA from Corbin High where he also played basketball. Farmer is a guard who can play the point or off the ball in basketball and his summer team is the prestigious B Maze Elite program out of Knoxville, TN.
LCA enters the playoffs with the second highest RPI in the 2A classification in spite of suffering three (3) losses on the season. The highest RPI belongs to Owensboro Catholic (9-1) with an .80209 with LCA (7-3) coming in with a .73312. Mayfield (9-1) is third with a .71845 and Belfry (9-1) is fourth hitting the scale at .71826. Beechwood (9-1) rounds out the top five with a .70149.
This means the Eagles are likely going to play quite a few rounds in the upcoming playoffs at home where they open up with Metcalfe County (3-7). The ideal situation is to keep the home field until Kroger Field. Being a Lexington high school, Kroger Field might be home field for the Eagles too.
If we can take a title and play in Lexington every single week, that would sure be grand. There is that distinct possibility because of the schedule the Eagles played.
Dawson Farmer is a football and basketball star
Friday Night Fletch
LCA has worked hard to climb to 7-3 on the year. The Eagles had lost three in a row to powerhouses Christian Academy-Louisville, Boyle County, and Franklin County prior to getting on this immediate five (6) game win streak.
Beginning with the “Holy War” with Lexington Catholic, the Eagles are riding a win-streak and can continue this climb, but only if we are firing on all cylinders. The staff has done an excellent job of insuring the team is both ready to play, regardless of opponent, and executing in fine form each and every week.
Our first visitor on this playoff journey will be 3-7 Metcalfe County. The Hornets are riding a two game win steak of its own coming into this first round game with LCA. However, the Eagles are on a six (6) game win steak and are a consistent title contender in the 2A classification. The Eagles are rounding into playoff form at just the right time.
Obviously, Farmer is a next level athlete or college basketball or football player, it is difficult to tell exactly which. Farmer’s being so characterized has been determined by coaches paid to make such evaluations.
We believe Farmer could be a tremendous WR or even a safety at the next level. Much will depend on how his frame finishes out.
We know this, Farmer’s performance, this season, only strengthens (in our minds) these predictions. We also know Farmer, Hester, Mays, Bertram, Mathew Montgomery, and Nash Whelan are all strong, academic performers with both excellent class standings and sure-fire qualifying credentials for the NCAA Clearinghouse.
For now, Farmer is one other thing, in addition to all the other skills and assets we have highlighted. Farmer is among the best WRs, DBs, and guards in the KHSAA’s ’28 graduating class in addition to his being our eCampus.com, Big Man on the eCampus for this week!
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