Talking Football with Friday Night Fletch

Jack Long from the Christian County Tigers is our Bank of Cadiz Feature of the Week @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, @bigassfans, @eCampusdotcom, @County_TigerFB

March 16, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

Jack Long was medically retired from the active roster in 2025. That doesn’t diminish from a young man who was a heck of a football player over the course of his varsity high school career. Whatever Long’s roll may be going forward, Long will find someway to contribute and his contribution will be meaningful and impactful. That is why he is our Bank of Cadiz, Feature of the Week! Enjoy this look at an extraordinary young man, who accomplished extraordinary type things, both on and off the football field brought to you by our friends and neighbors at the Bank of Cadiz & Trust Company.

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Colleges are looking for QBs like Fox Coons and who could blame them? @coons_foxx, @WoodfordFBall, @PrepRedzone, @khsaafootball, @KyhighFootball, @bigassfans, @eCampusdotcom

March 14, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

Fox Coons comes into the ’26 season a “favorite” to challenge for “Mr. Football.” He is 6’5,” 240-pounds and is coming off a year where he threw for over 3,300-yards and 41-TDs. Coons clocked a 4.9-second, 40-yard dash at the Best of the Midwest college combine and registered 4.83-seconds on his “pro agility shuttle.” This kid is playing at the right program too. Coach Dennis Johnson has his team contending yearly for 5A supremacy and making deep, deep playoff runs each and every November/December. Is this coming season the season where the Yellow Jackets break through and walk off Kroger field with a 5A title. Trotting Fox Coons out to run the offense is a pretty good place from which to start. Enjoy this feature.

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Timmy Emongo from Scott County is our @bigassfans Kentucky Comfort Creator of the Week @cards_football, @HSFBamerica, @ChiefSmoke10, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, @eCampusdotcom

March 13, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

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Tremayne Clay, the Christian County Tigers ‘Do-Everything’ Athlete, will look to lead his new team @KatherineL58069, @coachclsmit, @ChiefSmoke10, @LasatersCoffee, @bigassfans, @CoachJEzell, @eCampusdotcom, @HenryMi74881410, @HopHighTigers, @FC_FALCONS_FB

March 9, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

There will be those who will tell you the newly consolidated “Tigers,” from Christian County High, will go as far next season as players like Tremayne Clay can lead them. Clay is a talent and one of five (5) former Hoptown Tigers to make the Big Ass Fans’s Large School, All-State Football Team. The newly consolidated school shouldn’t hurt for talent and the Tigers are amassing an array of coaching talent to “put the team through its paces” in its upcoming inaugural season. Regardless, Clay will be critical. Good thing he is also extremely talented. Enjoy this look at one of Hopkinsville, Kentucky more talented prep-level athletes brought to you by your friends and neighbors at the Bank of Cadiz.

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Looking for a physical H-Back, LB, or ATH? Check out Elijah Little… @ElijahL_2k, @CoachHopperton, @trevorhoskins13, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, @bigassfans, @eCampusdotcom

March 7, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

Elijah Little from Prestonsburg, Kentucky plays for Floyd Central. The Jaguars have been limping around 2A, district seven of late but Trevor Hoskins and company are looking to get that turned around in ’26. It is believe Little can advance that agenda substantially. Little is 6’0,” 200-pounds and completed some passes, averaged around six-yards a carry, was among the team’s leading receivers, was the 6th-leading scorer, was the leading tackler, and was tied for the lead in TFLs. That is a ton of production out of different slots occupied by just the one player. Little is thick, moves well, is aggressive, and physical. Your favorite college program may be searching for someone like that. We know where one may be found. If you read this article, you will also be armed with said knowledge. Enjoy the feature.

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James “LJ” Smith, 3030 OL/DL, is our @bigassfans Kentucky Comfort Creator Feature of the Week @LJ_94_Smith, @OfficialKYMSFA, @PrepRedzoneNext, @drew_toennies, @JCTMSFootball, @JMLampley75, @eCampusdotcom, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball

March 6, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

The ’30s are coming on the roster for the Fall 2026 season. They will be freshmen and some of them will start, many of them will playing meaningful, varsity snaps, many of them will contribute in tangible ways, and a few of them will round into immediate, HS stars. Bigs are hard to figure as some of these guys outgrow their athleticism and need a few years to recover. One guy who figures to be an immediate contributor, if not a starter is James “LJ” Smith, IV. He is 6’4,” 292-pounds, appears headed to Male High where he will play both basketball and football, and already has D-1s checking in on him. Enjoy this look at a young, KY phenom and let’s keep it comfortable out there Kentucky, brought to you by our friends at Big Ass Fans!

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Landon Robinson, OL, from Covington Catholic is our @bigassfans Kentucky Comfort Creator of the Week @bigassfans, @eCampusdotcom, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, @LRobinson_09, @CovCathFBAlumni, @CovCathFootball, @NDFootball

February 13, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

The real difference between big time Kentucky football programs and just programs, particularly in football, are “The Bigs.” I was talking with a newly hired, 6A head football coach and I told him, no matter how many flashy skills you can muster the real difference in big-timers versus the imposters reside along the lines of scrimmage. Your Boyle Counties, your Covington Catholics, your Lexington Catholics, they seem able to develop and deploy quality linemen up and down the roster. Landon Robinson is a great example. This kid missed five (5) games of action owing to breaking his nose a season ago but was in the starting lineup when available. This guy has all the tools to be a really high priority target for college programs searching for quality linemen which its pretty much every, single year. Enjoy the feature and let’s keep it comfortable out there, Kentucky!

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Is Jalen Dantzler the best safety in @khsaafootball? Yep. @JalenDantzler_9, @CoachDantzler, @CHSJacketFB, @KyHighFootball, @Doug_Preston1, @bigassfans, @eCampusdotcom

February 12, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

Jalen Dantzler is either the best athlete in the high school game in Kentucky or certainly among them. This kid, frankly, has shown this offseason a penchant for doing physical things other kids just can’t. This kid is running the 40 in under 4.4-seconds, shuttling in the low 4.2’s, broad jumping close to 11-feet, all while standing a minimus of 6’2,” with a long reach and lengthy frame which may even add an inch or two before it is all said and done. This kid had a dynamite junior season for the Yellow Jackets and figures to add a senior year for the story books. At the end of the day, Jalen Dantzler is a high end, Division I backend guy with all the physical attributes and characteristics coveted by the “Big Boys.” Enjoy the feature.

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Silas Sandusky, Trimble County, as versatile and talented as they come @TrimbleGameDay, @NCKCathletics, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, @eCampusdotcom, @bigassfans, @LasatersCoffee

January 24, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

There are good players on every roster in the commonwealth of Kentucky competing in the sport of football. Silas Sandusky is an example of this principle. If you look at the percentage of production he has contributed to his team’s bottom line in 2025, it is hard to believe he was only a sophomore. Sandusky is the kind of kid this publication exists to find and feature. If we don’t tell you about him, the chances his story will ever be heard is exceedingly remote. You’re welcome.

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Luis Lira, from Calloway County, is our Bank of Cadiz featured player @CClakerfootball, @Coach_CobyLewis, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, @bigassfans, @eCampusdotcom

January 5, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

We continue on with our offseason coverage not really discussing players of the week so much as discussing featured players and prospects. Luis Ira is a ’26 left guard who was an unsung hero for his Laker ball club which experienced, under first year head football coach, Coby Lewis quite the remarkable turnaround. The Lakers went from winless in ’24 to six (6) wins in ’25 and proved a competitive spirit along the way. People around this program are excited about the strides it is making in a city (Murray, KY) getting known as a hotbed of football competitiveness on Kentucky’s western end. Enjoy the feature.

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