Jack Whaley Long

𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 from Trinity High in Louisville is our @bigassfans Kentucky Comfort Creator Feature of the Week #Kentuckys #fletcherwlong #LeadershipLegacy #CoachingExcellence #MentorshipMatters #characterbuilding #SportsLeadership #BuildingChampions #kentuckyfootball #highschoolfootball #DisciplineAndDedication #athletics #successmindset #bookstagram #booklovers @KHSAAFootball @eCampusdotcom, @bigassfans, @HenryMi74881410, @FC_FALCONS_FB @eCampusdotcom, @alexschuster69,  @HowzeMyles, @TrinityHSFB, @GoRocks

August 14, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

There are usually plenty of skill guys around a 6A program. That is the benefit of having such large enrollments in a sparsely populated state or commonwealth like Kentucky. The 6A programs which thrive are the programs which can produce and develop big men like Alex Schuster. When you have an All-State QB like Zane Johnson, the last thing a program needs is to permit easy access to him right up the A-Gap. So Trinity, the standard for 6A football in the commonwealth, protects its investment with a 300-pound interior guy with a 495-pound back squat and a 750-pound pull. Great idea! Today’s feature about a kid who is as good at the center slot as one might see in the Derby City. Big Ass Fans out of Lexington, Kentucky is one of our most prized and beneficial relationships in the corporate world. This article is a regularly appearing, Friday serial similar to some of the sponsored content we have before published here. Big Ass Fans has committed itself to quality more than the mere size of its industrial sized fans. The product is backed by commitment to performance, reliability, and innovation which has been a driving force behind the company in the twenty or more years it has existed. Enjoy this feature.

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Ryder Sandidge, from North Hopkins High School (Madisonville) is poised for a huge season… @RSandidge2027, @Maroon_FB_MNHHS, @eCampusdotcom, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, #Kentuckys #fletcherwlong #LeadershipLegacy #CoachingExcellence #MentorshipMatters #characterbuilding #SportsLeadership #BuildingChampions #kentuckyfootball #highschoolfootball #DisciplineAndDedication #athletics #successmindset #bookstagram #booklovers

August 13, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

The season is literally a week or so from commencement. It is going to be an exciting season like it generally is. There are tons of questions abound as the beginning to 2026 looms. One of those is how profound of a performance may we expect from one of Western Kentucky’s brightest and more versatile stars? Ryder Sandidge has a different gear. If you have ever seen him play, you know what we are describing. Just when you think you have pulled even with Ryder, and are about to overtake him, he hits “that gear” and you are left grasping for a ghost, trying to corral that which is no longer there. We have seen him hit that separation speed in many games, in many “Sevens” throws. Now it is time to access it during his “Swan Song” of a senior season. Enjoy this look at one of the KHSAA’s better commonwealth wide athletes and versatile pieces of high school football equipment and personnel. Enjoy the feature.

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August 12, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

We are proud to have eCampus.com on our list of sponsors. These guys have set the industry standard for savings, selection, convenience, and customer service and have committed themselves to helping college students more easily afford to better themselves and develop. Now, eCampus.com is helping high school football players gain notice, attention, and opportunities to play at the next level when their KHSAA playing days are through. Join us each week as we inform you about a KHSAA, high school football player who is a “Big Man on (our) Campus” and should be a Big Man around your Campus too. Thank you, eCampus.com for taking this step to provide worthy high school kids this type opportunity.

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’27 PK, Jayleigh Campbell, from the Christian County Tigers is the Lasaters Coffee & Tea Wake Up and Smell the Coffee Player of the Week @KatherineL58069, @coachclsmit, @ChiefSmoke10, @LasatersCoffee, @bigassfans, @CoachJEzell, @eCampusdotcom, @HenryMi74881410, @HopHighTigers, @FC_FALCONS_FB, #Kentuckys #fletcherwlong #LeadershipLegacy #CoachingExcellence #MentorshipMatters #characterbuilding #SportsLeadership #BuildingChampions #kentuckyfootball #highschoolfootball #DisciplineAndDedication #athletics #successmindset #bookstagram #booklovers

August 11, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

I once heard having an accomplished place kicker in the fold likened to finding a $20.00 bill in your dry cleaning. We have written about this player previously but her ability is so pronounced and her importance so vast, entering the ’26 season she is worth another feature. Back to our “finding $20 in one’s dry cleaning scenario;” one may not know one even needs $20.00; but, it comes in handy when one is both hungry and thirsty and one finds what one needs just sitting in one’s pocket. Jayleigh Campbell is not just an accomplished placekicker who converted just over 81% of her PATs (9 for 11) but she is a rising senior who should compete for the job at the newly consolidated high school. It must be something to realize your kicking game is so competently handled and looks to remain so for the foreseeable future. Congratulations to Jayleigh Campbell for being our ‘Wake Up and Smell the Coffee (or Tea)’ Player of the Week a second time from Lasaters Coffee & Tea where you are more than served, you are loved!

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Jack Long, ’27 LB/Rover is the @minguabeefjerky Protein-packed Performer of the Week @CountyColonels, @HopHighTigers, @KatherineL58069,  @bigassfans, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball,

August 13, 2025 Fletcher Long 0

Jack Long is a kid we weren’t sure would get cleared to play the coming season. As it turns out, he got cleared by provided he wears a helmet specifically designed to avoid head trauma, limit his contact through the week, and be permitted to wear a concussion cap during KHSAA games. As it turns out, Jack’s rejoining the team was important for reasons other than football. One of Jack’s coaches suffered a medical incident related to his exertion in the heat and other medical issues he was suffering at the time and Jack, mid-scrimmaging, was observant enough to notice it and call attention to it. The early detection may have made all the difference in the world.

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August 11, 2025 Fletcher Long 0

We are super pleased to be adding The Bank of Cadiz & Trust Company to our family of sponsors. This is a business which has been around some 55-years and is committed to superior performance and quality service. Each week, The Bank of Cadiz & Trust Company will have us feature an area football player who has engaged in singular and superior performance and played the game according to the highest standards of exceptional quality. Join us here, each week, as we celebrate what is best about amateur athletics in our respective areas and in our shared homes. Thank you for joining us.

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Jack Long, from Christian County, may have saved a coach’s life at practice last night; now that’s a primetime play! @jacklongFb, @KatherineL58069, @LasatersCoffee, @minguabeefjerky, @bigassfans, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, @davaree_gude6, @TriggFootball, @CountyColonels, @HopHighTigers

July 29, 2025 Fletcher Long 1

We are always reporting on some guy making tackles, throwing some passes, catching TDs and the like. Football is more than just making plays; it is about being family. Last night, James Nicholas Whaley (Jack Whaley) Long may have saved one of his coach’s lives. New coach Kelly Myers was having a diabetic episode, which involved seizures, and Jack recognized it and called for his getting some help before the situation descended into the depths of no return. Thank the Lord Jack is as observant a kid as he happens to be. Thank God this situation didn’t end up being much worse. Way to go Jack Whaley Long.

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James Nicholas Whaley (Jack Whaley) Long is the @Minguabeefjerky Protein-packed Performer of the Week- @HopkinsCentral @evans02_mike @_ChrisManning @1776Bank @TriggFootball @MaxPreps @KYFUTURESTARS #Brotherhood

May 17, 2023 Fletcher Long 1

Jack Long has had an incredible offseason. He has flourished in the weight room particularly at Power lifting meets where his incredible strength visa vie his size has astounded onlookers at every turn. We think this ’27 prospect is going to have a tremendous high school career and there is literally no telling how his frame finishes. Enjoy the feature.

Tristin Dillard, ’27, and Jack Whaley Long, ’27, looking to right the Tiger ship this Fall. @minguabeefjerky @KyHighFootball @khsaafootball @PrepSpin @MaxPreps @OfficialKYMSFA @KYFUTURESTARS

July 16, 2022 Henry Lyon 0

One of them (Tristin Dillard) is considered among the best RBs in Kentucky and is a member of the Team Kentucky FBU Elite squad and the other (Jack Whaley Long) is a relative unknown but is starting to demonstrate the skills requisite to achieve stardom at this and the next level. Together, they will take a young HMS squad as far as they are able to carry the Tigers. Enjoy this look at two ’27 stars. HB.