Well, Im actually glad it worked out this way for us in particular, couldnt be happier with Wofford, but I wish and hope that these kids that do leave and their success helps the in state schools correct the err in their ways and give these kids a shot. Like UK shifting its recruiting practices from going after the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th tier guys from out of state in GA, and FL, to recruiting good kids in OH has paid dividends, lets see a concentration of In State FCS and D2 programs focus on shoring up the State Border by concentrating on keeping these kids home and getting the rest elsewhere.

If you would, please add Rockcastle Counties' Corey McPhetridge to U Pike and Jared Lake to Washington University in St. Louis to the list. Wash. U. is DIII

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The reason I commented and used Rj as the example is to make it personal. And not just a general convo. These Ky schools IMO would be better served trying to secure the top end talent in state then resting on trying to win with the 3rd, 4th, 5th tier guys from out of state. But hey, it is what it is.

So if you have a kid or kids that are looking for a great program. Wofford has made it a point to recruit this area. Just last year alone they were recruiting Kylan Nelson (Went to Ohio U) Emory Thonpson (Dartmouth) and if course RJ and others. If you get tired of looking for the in state schools doing what they do, send Wofford your film. They will give a good look. I'll help you with the contact if needed.

 

Wofford does indeed recruit heavily in Kentucky. They recruited both of my sons. I feel that in some ways this is due to the fact that ShadDon Brown, an assistant coach on that team has possibly opened some pathways this direction into Kentucky. Coach Brown knew our head coach from where they played each other when he was head coach at Rowan County and contacted him about my sons. My sons both settled on an excellent DIII out of state school that offers engineering directly without going through the 5 and half years of a 3+2+football program. (If they want to play their senior year, they have another semester added onto the three years and if in-state that sure stretches past the KEES money scholarship)

As a side note, my older son was offered full athletic scholarship after his academic scholarships by EKU, but decided to take the direct engineering route and tougher academics of an elite academic DIII school. I would have loved to have seen him play at a football school close by like EKU, but, he is doing well with the Ivy League level academic school he attends. He had a succesful sophomore year of starting all eleven games at guard and making conference athlete of the week once while being academic all-conference on the year (3.6GPA and above). His team made it to the national DIII playoffs for the second time in school history this past season. During recruiting he was offered an official visit by an Ivy League team, but passed on it for his own personal reasons.

My younger son did not receive the attention that the older son did in most part because his team record wasn't much to look at. As a player, he is bigger, stronger, had larger stats and is about as athletic as his older brother. He did receive lots of general interest from out of state, especially from the northeast and midwest after I put his name in a very budget minded recruiting database. I think we had about 93 requests for film and several personal contacts by coaches. But he choose the school his brother went to in the long run and his mother and I look forward to seeing them play together for the next two years again.

By the way, everyone knows that there are NO DIII scholarships. But if the school really wants your kids for their academics as well, there are considerable academic scholarships that schools can offer. We don't drip with money in our home, but between the two boys, their school academic scholarships are approaching six figures annually which is the ONLY way we could afford the school they are attending. Someone posted "HIT THOSE BOOKS!" I couldn't agree more with that person.

If you would, please add Rockcastle Counties' Corey McPhetridge to U Pike and Jared Lake to Washington University in St. Louis to the list. Wash. U. is DIII

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Wofford does indeed recruit heavily in Kentucky. They recruited both of my sons. I feel that in some ways this is due to the fact that ShadDon Brown' date=' an assistant coach on that team has possibly opened some pathways this direction into Kentucky. Coach Brown knew our head coach from where they played each other when he was head coach at Rowan County and contacted him about my sons. My sons both settled on an excellent DIII out of state school that offers engineering directly without going through the 5 and half years of a 3+2+football program. (If they want to play their senior year, they have another semester added onto the three years and if in-state that sure stretches past the KEES money scholarship) As a side note, my older son was offered full athletic scholarship after his academic scholarships by EKU, but decided to take the direct engineering route and tougher academics of an elite academic DIII school. I would have loved to have seen him play at a football school close by like EKU, but, he is doing well with the Ivy League level academic school he attends. He had a succesful sophomore year of starting all eleven games at guard and making conference athlete of the week once while being academic all-conference on the year (3.6GPA and above). His team made it to the national DIII playoffs for the second time in school history this past season. During recruiting he was offered an official visit by an Ivy League team, but passed on it for his own personal reasons. My younger son did not receive the attention that the older son did in most part because his team record wasn't much to look at. As a player, he is bigger, stronger, had larger stats and is about as athletic as his older brother. He did receive lots of general interest from out of state, especially from the northeast and midwest after I put his name in a very budget minded recruiting database. I think we had about 93 requests for film and several personal contacts by coaches. But he choose the school his brother went to in the long run and his mother and I look forward to seeing them play together for the next two years again. By the way, everyone knows that there are NO DIII scholarships. But if the school really wants your kids for their academics as well, there are considerable academic scholarships that schools can offer. We don't drip with money in our home, but between the two boys, their school academic scholarships are approaching six figures annually which is the ONLY way we could afford the school they are attending. Someone posted "HIT THOSE BOOKS!" I couldn't agree more with that person.[/quote']

 

Very nice on your 2 sons and a major congratulations to you. Wofford has many KY ties that play into their recruiting. Head Coach mike Ayers is an EKU Alumn and has been the head man at Wofford for 27 years. Defensive Coordinator Nate Fuqua is a Danviller HS grad, 3 time Wofford All American, and has been on Wofford staff 10 years. Shadon Brown also a Danville HS Grad, played at Wofford DB coach now for 5 seasons, Reruiting Coordinator and RB Coach Aaron Johnson graduated from Bowling Green HS and has been on staff 5 seasons. Also played at Wofford.

 

Those coaches are from this state and know the caliber of players ky puts out annually as they are located in SC and still recruit heavily in KY. Oh by the way, Wofford has won 6 SoCon Titles in last 10 seasons, they know something about what it takes to win.

Very nice on your 2 sons and a major congratulations to you. Wofford has many KY ties that play into their recruiting. Head Coach mike Ayers is an EKU Alumn and has been the head man at Wofford for 27 years. Defensive Coordinator Nate Fuqua is a Danviller HS grad, 3 time Wofford All American, and has been on Wofford staff 10 years. Shadon Brown also a Danville HS Grad, played at Wofford DB coach now for 5 seasons, Reruiting Coordinator and RB Coach Aaron Johnson graduated from Bowling Green HS and has been on staff 5 seasons. Also played at Wofford.

 

Those coaches are from this state and know the caliber of players ky puts out annually as they are located in SC and still recruit heavily in KY. Oh by the way, Wofford has won 6 SoCon Titles in last 10 seasons, they know something about what it takes to win.

I wasn't aware that Wofford had that many Kentucky ties. That is interesting.

I wasn't aware that Wofford had that many Kentucky ties. That is interesting.

 

I only knew of Brown....that is VERY interesting. The boys head high school coach looked for their interest and told them he would help them any way he could as far as getting recruited by them. But the boys wanted to go into a direct engineering program, one mechanical and the other chemical which limited their choices by quite a margin. To be honest, neither kid is DI BCS size for linemen nor had the speed. That is where most of the engineering schools are. Things worked out pretty well though. Thanks for the kind words GF2. Best of luck to your boy at Wofford. I hope things turn out well for him in his academic and athletic pursuits. I hear that "Boss" Boston Bryant from Whitley Co. is tearing it up down there at Wofford! Conference defensive freshman of the year maybe? I actually looked hard at the school and checked out their history as well. Very interesting history, especially during the Civil War when the College invested in the Confederacy and about went belly up. Methodist roots I believe and they kept it solvent. I looked into several universities like that and I'm a history buff.

Ayers is not an EKU grad. Georgetown ..

Ayers is not an EKU grad. Georgetown ..

 

My apologies. That's right. Attended EKU first. Before graduating from Georgetown that should say.

My apologies. That's right. Attended EKU first. Before graduating from Georgetown that should say.

 

No problem, Dan Patrick attended EKU also.. but didn't graduate. Still an impressive resume for Ayers.

Agreed. I guess that is one reason why I don't understand it. Heck, out-of-state schools give our players more attention then the in-state schools, for the most part.

This is very VERY true. Out of all the schools recruiting my son, and there were about 13 or so that sent a ton of letters etc since his jr year and 90% were out of state. Mostly NAIA and a few DII were out of state yet even though Georgetown was always high on his list and showed a lot of interest in them, they didnt contact him until he already decided on a school. Even the other in state NAIA schools there was only 1 that recruited him hard. Most schools were out of state and that struck us odd.

 

When you hear from schools like Dayton but don't hear from Georgetown even when you notify them of your interst along with video and stats etc. yet no word until long after the other schools have done their recruiting etc. don't get me wrong, I'm ecstatic over the school my son chose to p,ay for, top notch education, much better than we ever could have imagined, but the process the I. State schools chose wasn't very encouraging for in state athletes if you ask me.

This is very VERY true. Out of all the schools recruiting my son, and there were about 13 or so that sent a ton of letters etc since his jr year and 90% were out of state. Mostly NAIA and a few DII were out of state yet even though Georgetown was always high on his list and showed a lot of interest in them, they didnt contact him until he already decided on a school. Even the other in state NAIA schools there was only 1 that recruited him hard. Most schools were out of state and that struck us odd.

 

When you hear from schools like Dayton but don't hear from Georgetown even when you notify them of your interst along with video and stats etc. yet no word until long after the other schools have done their recruiting etc. don't get me wrong, I'm ecstatic over the school my son chose to p,ay for, top notch education, much better than we ever could have imagined, but the process the I. State schools chose wasn't very encouraging for in state athletes if you ask me.

 

About the same situation as my youngest son. Now...I don't know how much the head coach turned off some of the schools when they called to ask questions and he knew my son was going into engineering. He did start getting more attention after the season was over with phone calls from Centre and few others, but, he was already applied early decision to the school that he wound up going to. He then had to tell those late calling coaches that if he was accepted there it was legally binding because he had applied early decision. He got way far more calls from coaches out of state before he received any from in state. Coaches called during the season from McCallister College in Minneapolis, Bowdoin in Maine, Case Western Reserve in Cleveland and Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh before he got a call from anybody in Kentucky.

If you would, please add Rockcastle Counties' Corey McPhetridge to U Pike and Jared Lake to Washington University in St. Louis to the list. Wash. U. is DIII

 

Congrats to both. Washington University is one of the top schools in the nation. Very selective.

Thank you sir. I'd say it is pretty obvious that I'm pretty proud of both of them.