It is hard to pick the best now if you broke it down who was the best running back from Highlands in the 50's, 60', 70's etc., I played againts one Nelson Red in the late 60's and he was a tough one and fast. I would have to vote other because there has been so many good backs as well as teams at Ft Thomas. JD

It is hard to pick the best now if you broke it down who was the best running back from Highlands in the 50's, 60', 70's etc., I played againts one Nelson Red in the late 60's and he was a tough one and fast. I would have to vote other because there has been so many good backs as well as teams at Ft Thomas. JD

 

 

Yes he was.

Leatherneck did you play with him or was he before your time. I played him my freshmen year and we could not tackle or catch him. We only scrimmage them 2 more times until I graduated in 1970. JD

Leatherneck did you play with him or was he before your time. I played him my freshmen year and we could not tackle or catch him. We only scrimmage them 2 more times until I graduated in 1970. JD

 

Before my time. But I watched him play and remember him being very, very good and really fast.

Leatherneck did you play with him or was he before your time. I played him my freshmen year and we could not tackle or catch him. We only scrimmage them 2 more times until I graduated in 1970. JD

 

:laugh:

Would have been fun to watch Mitchell carry it for a few years.

Did Marty Moore play RB for Highlands, in addition to playing LB on defense? If so, how did he stack up to the others mentioned in this thread?

Did Marty Moore play RB for Highlands, in addition to playing LB on defense? If so, how did he stack up to the others mentioned in this thread?

 

 

Yes he did but he was more of a fullback..

Did Marty Moore play RB for Highlands, in addition to playing LB on defense? If so, how did he stack up to the others mentioned in this thread?

 

His senior year he was fullback in a wishbone offense. He would just run you over. He had over 225 yards rushing against Bell County in a playoff game.

Would have been fun to watch Mitchell carry it for a few years.

 

I would have liked to have seen Drake Bruns run the ball.

In four years, we may be mentioning this years starting kicker as one of the greats. JD will be a stud if they let him....

In four years, we may be mentioning this years starting kicker as one of the greats. JD will be a stud if they let him....

 

As a kicker...probably, let's not get ahead of ourselves here

The RBs mentioned above were great, each contributed in elevating the program. The strength of the Bird's program is they're always making more, the BEST is yet to come.