Fredrick Douglass 2018

What does Franklin Gouglass need to do to improve in 2018? What do they need to keep doing to be successful? Remember, please be constructive.

They should be pretty good again this season probably right behind Scott County again this season. What will be key is how the new QB blends in with the returning players. If he can throw the ball out there Douglass is very talented at the WR position. Also if they have someone who can take over running the ball the way that Jefferson Harkless did last year they will be tough to handle.

Pretty sure D-I lineman recruit Walker Parks, who holds an offer from Notre Dame IIRC, transferred to Frederick Douglass from Lexington Christian.

Parks will help their line.

Thanks for sharing. Yes he will help big time.

Looking at their Hudl roster they look like they have a lot of big boys and a lot of skilled kids.

Some key football players this year. I know I left off some kids sorry but they have a nice roster returning.

Sr. QB Cameron Jones 6'8 255
Sr. OL/DL Collin Hanshel 6'5 250
Sr. OL/DL Jeffery Black 6'1 328
Sr. OL/DL Jayshaun Coffman 6'4 260
Sr. OL/DL Antonio Chenault 5'7 228
Jr. OL/DL Tre'Jawn Scott 5'11 317
Jr. OL/DL Walker Parks 6'5 255
Jr. OL/DL Jake O'Buck 6'5 300
Jr. OL/DL Dorian Steele 6'1 259
So. OL/DL Romarion Warner 6'1 242
So. OL/DL Jagger Burton 6'3 248
So. OL/DL Dalton Quigley 6'4 265
Fr. OL/DL Wyatt Hawkins 6'1 271
Sr. RB/DB Demarco Fishback 5'9 170
Sr. RB/DB Kyle Jackson 5'9 180
Sr. RB/DB Robert Coleman 5'9 175
Jr. RB/LB Elias McKenzie 6'1 200
So. RB/LB Darius Neal 5'10 185
Sr. QB/WR Montaveon Bean 6'1 151
Sr. LB David Arnold 6'1 198
Sr. WR/LB Gabe Hillyard 5'11 195
Sr. WR/RB/DB Brion Thomas 5'6 160
Sr. LB Kenja Clay 6'0 215
Sr. WR/DB Daiyaan Perkins 5'7 145
Sr. TE/LB Xavier Fogle 6'0 211
Jr. DB Devin Neal 5'11 192
Jr. DB Jaylin Bybee 5'9 165
Jr. OL/DL Lonnie Collins 5'10 235

Also Dekel Crowdus he was a standout big play wide-receiver last year as a freshman. He has already received offers from Western Michigan and Kentucky.

All 3 transfers from LCA ruled ineligible by KHSAA

For now. I'm sure there will be an appeal.

Curious, besides Parks, who are the other 2?

Interesting. Is the KHSAA changing policy? Going from private to public has been pretty easy the last few years. Or did multiple players leaving one school for another make them get tough?

Some of you knowledgeable F D fans tell me how a relative new school got so blessed with so much football talent ? It usually takes 8-10 years for a new school to make a mark. F D arrived on the scene ready to rock and roll.

I know nothing about FD. Collins is an example of a new school that didn’t need to wait 8-10 years to be good. Great Crossing I doubt will have the success FD has had but they have the potential to be better than average right out the gate.

Easy answer there - talent. If you have talented athletes, you win. Did Fayette Co. schools have any rules on how students matriculated to F D? If they said that if you are in that district then you are going to F D, then you could have an instant winner if you get talented upper classmen from day 1.

Cooper High School in N. Ky. played in the 5A championship 4 or 5 years after opening, so you can be a winner quickly if you have talent in your district. If Boone Co. Schools had told all the seniors and juniors in Cooper's district that they had to attend Cooper year one, I think they would have been a winner even sooner, maybe even year one.

I have heard today that there was actually 4 players who were ruled ineligible by the KHSAA. All four appealed and a federal judge overturned all 4's ineligibly. The KHSAA has 15 days I believe from the order to make the transfers eligible. Then they will have to meet the 11 calendar days of practice before playing. They could be eligible for the first game but probably the 2nd game if the KHSAA delays making them eligible. They should be a big help for the Broncos.