
’25 three phase performer among more versatile players in all of KY
We have covered Triston “TK” Kay since he was in elementary school. He first popped up on our radar when he was in the sixth grade and has dined on a steady diet of post season all-star accolades ever since. No matter how old it makes us feel, Triston Kay is entering his senior year of high school football. He is among the most versatile athletes competing in the KHSAA game at any level and a player his high school coach believes to be in Kentucky’s top 50 performers. That is mighty high praise in deed.
HB Lyon, Director of Scouting, KPGFootball

Hudl Highlights (Offensive, ’23)
We have been focusing this offseason on versatility. You might say it has been the offseason emphasis.

While we have done a solid job locating players with this attribute, we have not featured a single athlete this entire summer any more versatile nor skilled than Triston “TK” Kay from Hopkinsville High School.
Kay is from a football playing family. His father was a very skilled and successful footballer at Todd County Central in his day. TK has followed in the family footsteps.
Kay completed a pair of passes in ’23, led the team in yards from scrimmage rushing, yards gained receiving, number of receptions, TDs receiving, and scoring. Kay was third (3rd) on the team in TDs rushing and fifth (5th) on the team in tackles.
That is some versatility. That is production in multiple phases.
We caught up with the new Hopkinsville Head Football Coach at a Sevens event in Hopkinsville. Coach Dustin Lopez was effusive in his praise of his versatile star.
Triston Kay is among the top 40 football players in the KHSAA class of ’25
Dustin Lopez, HFC, Hopkinsville High
“Let me assure you,” Lopez told KPGFootball, “Triston Kay is among the top 40-players, Kentucky-wide, in the ’25 class. “The only things holding him back are things over which he doesn’t have any control. He performs wherever he’s slotted. He is a freaking football playing stud.”

We agree.
Hoptown had a rough year in ’23, finishing an uncustomary 1-9. However, the Tigers did improve their play as the year progressed, dropping a one-pointer to an 8-4, Logan County High, on October 13, 2023 and a one-pointer to a five (5) win ACS squad the very next week (October 20). With a two (2)-point, heart-breaker to the cross town rival in September, and you can see how not all 1-9s are the same.
The Tigers look to get back on the horse which threw them a year ago. They have a new head man at the controls and some very important pieces returning with some timely seasoning and a year of game speed reps under the old belt.
Kay will be really crucial to the movement back up the ladder to the Tigers’ customary place among its western-Kentucky rivals. Lucky for Hoptown he does so may things so very well.
This is Friday Night Fletch, reporting for KPGFootball, reminding you to PLAY THROUGH THE WHISTLE!
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