6’2,” 340-pound NG/OL (’27) finished third in the SHW division at the KY Powerlifting Meet
Aaron Wells is a guy who played sparingly on “Friday Nights” over his sophomore season. However, he has put in the offseason work and his finish at the “Kentucky Powerlifting Meet” has informed onlookers he will be a player with whom to deal as the Storm prepares for the ’25 season. Good football begins upfront. Coach Manning tells us he believes this Wells kid is ready for two-way, line of scrimmage deployment.
HB Lyon, Scouting Director, “KPGFootball”
Morton’s Gap, KY: Константин Станиславский, or Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski as we would know him, was a Russian and Soviet theatre practitioner widely recognized as an outstanding character actor and one of the leading theatrical directors of his generation. Stanislavski developed a “system” of actor training, preparation, and technique known the world over as the “Stanislavski method.”
a.k.a. Konstantin Sergeyevich
Stanislavski
He famously once said, “there are no small parts, only small actors.” We have seen many examples of this through the years in the theatre, particularly the movie theatre.
Dame Judy Dench played Elizabeth I in “Shakespeare in Love.” She was on the screed for approximately eight (8) minutes. She won an Oscar for the role.
Beatrice Straight was on screen five minutes and 40-seconds in the movie “Network” in 1976. She also won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her work.
Aaron Wells played in one varsity game for the Storm in 2024. Wells registered a tackle, which is noteworthy as the vast majority of players who play a single game fail to record any stats. Like Judy Dench and Beatrice Straight before him, Wells proved there wasn’t such a thing as a small role on a Friday Night roster, just small players.
Wells isn’t a small player. Wells is 6’2,” and weighs 340 pounds. Wells has consistently bench pressed in the 305-pound range though this “official” lift at the KY Powerlifting meet was 290. Wells finished third in the Kentucky Powerlifting competition in the “Super Heavyweight” classification.
Wells deadlifts, or “Pulls” 455- pounds. In case you were wondering, Wells is miles ahead of where most ’27 lineman are strength-wise, power-wise, and even explosively. Not a ton of 305-pound pressers and 455-pound pullers riding anyone’s bench in KHSAA football. This kid has put in the offseason work to find the field.
Wells finished third at the Kentucky State Powerlifting Meet in the “SHW” division
Friday Night Fletch
Coach Manning tells KPGFootball, Wells “…will be moving into a role” this coming season, Wells’ junior year. That role may include two-way, line of scrimmage deployment.
Any football aficionado will tell you, be he either coach, media member, or just a fanatic, that Friday Night Stardom begins in the offseason. Wells trek to the first string, and the top of the play depth chart, began right there; on the bench press, in the squat rack, etc. The Storm is putting in an offseason which is sure to develop some dependable stars on whom to rely under the glare of the Friday Night Lights.
Wells will certainly be one of those. We know this because of how he played his bit role on the varsity roster a year ago.
Wells played the heck out of a small role last season. Stanislavsky would have been proud.
This is Friday Night Fletch, reporting for KPGFootball, reminding you to PLAY THROUGH THE WHISTLE!
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