Mr. Football Award (Kentucky)

The Kentucky Mr. Football Award is an honor given to the top high school football player in the state of Kentucky and in the KHSAA. Awarded by a panel of sports writers and broadcasters from around the state's Associated Press, many past winners have proceeded to have successful college careers and even play in the National Football League (NFL).

Award winners

Professional teams listed are teams known.

Year	Player	High School	College	Professional team(s)
1986	Frank Jacobs	Newport Central Catholic	Notre Dame
1987	Kurt Barber	Paducah Tilghman[1]	Southern Cal (USC)	New York Jets (NFL) – 1992–95
1988	Jeff Brohm	Trinity	Louisville	San Francisco 49ers (NFL) – 1996–97
1989	Pookie Jones	Calloway County	Kentucky	British Columbia Lions (CFL) – 1997-? Louisville Fire (af2) – 2003-?
1990	Damon Hood	Warren Central	Kentucky
1991	Scott Russell	Evarts	Lees-McRae Union
1992	Billy Jack Haskins	Paducah Tilghman[1]	Kentucky Rhode Island
1993	Jeremy Simpson	Lincoln County	Cumberland (KY)
1994	Shaun Alexander	Boone County	Alabama	Seattle Seahawks (NFL) – 2000-07 Washington Redskins (NFL) – 2008
1995	Tim Couch	Leslie County	Kentucky	Cleveland Browns (NFL) – 1999-2003 Green Bay Packers (NFL) – 2004 British Columbia Lions (CFL) – 2005-2006 Jacksonville Jaguars (NFL) – 2007
1996	Derek Homer	Fort Knox	Kentucky	Baltimore Ravens (NFL) – 2001 Barcelona Dragons (NFL Europe) 2001-02 Lexington Horsemen (UIF) – 2003-
1997	Dennis Johnson	Harrodsburg	Kentucky	Arizona Cardinals (NFL) – 2002-04 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) – 2004 Lexington Horsemen (UIF) – 2005-
1998	Jared Lorenzen[2]	Ft. Thomas Highlands	Kentucky	New York Giants (NFL) – 2004-07 Indianapolis Colts (NFL) – 2008 Kentucky Horsemen (af2)– 2009 Northern Kentucky River Monsters (UIFL) – 2011 Owensboro Rage (CIFL) – 2013 Northern Kentucky River Monsters (CIFL) – 2014
1999	Travis Atwell	Hancock County	Toledo Kentucky
2000	Montrell Jones	Male	Tennessee Louisville
2001	Jeff Duggins	Boyle County	Alfred State
2002	Michael Bush	Male	Louisville	Oakland Raiders (NFL) – 2007-2012 Chicago Bears (NFL) – 2012-Current
2003	Brian Brohm	Trinity	Louisville	Green Bay Packers (NFL) – 2008 Buffalo Bills (NFL) – 2009-2010 Las Vegas Locomotives (UFL) – 2011-2012 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) – 2013–present
2004	Curtis Pulley	Hopkinsville	Kentucky Florida A&M
2005	Micah Johnson	Fort Campbell	Kentucky	Miami Dolphins (NFL) – 2010 Calgary Stampeders (CFL) – 2013–present
2006	Douglas Beaumont	Male	Louisville
2007	Corey Robinson	Lone Oak[3]	Troy	Brooklyn Bolts (FXFL) – 2014
2008	Rolandan "Deuce" Finch	St. Xavier	Boston College
2009	Antonio Andrews	Fort Campbell	Western Kentucky	Tennessee Titans
2010	Lamar Dawson	Boyle County	USC
2011	Patrick Towles	Highlands	Kentucky
2012	James Quick	Trinity	Louisville
2013	Nacarius Fant	Bowling Green	Western Kentucky
2014	Elijah Sindelar[4]	Caldwell County	Purdue
2015	Kash Daniel[5]	Paintsville	Kentucky

See also List of Kentucky Mr. Basketball award winners

References

• Pro-Football-Reference.com

1. Tilghman did not participate in the 2013 McCracken County consolidation, as it is operated by a separate school district.
2. Neil Schmidt (December 23, 1998). "Lorenzen is Mr. Football". www.enquirer.com. The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
3. Consolidated into McCracken County High School as Mustangs on August 9, 2013.
4. "Purdue recruit Elijah Sindelar honored as Kentucky's Mr. Football". www.indystar.com. Indianapolis Star. January 3, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
5. "UK commitment Kash Daniel of Paintsville named Kentucky's Mr. Football". www.kentucky.com. Lexington Herald-Leader. January 1, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2016.