How does a sophomore lead the state with 1300+yds and 21TD's

[Jason Frakes]

Typically Louisville, Lexington and Northern Kentucky dominate these teams, Western Kentucky typically is ignored. Popularity contest is what it boils down too, unfortunately.

 

Seven of The Courier-Journal's 24 first-teamers were from Western Kentucky. I've found Northern Kentucky gets ignored in these things far more than any other area of the state.

[BubbyKY]

Marquel Tinsley Stats

 

Teams w/ Calpreps ranking Receptions/Yards

 

WINS:

#6384 Allen County (Scottsville, KY) (20-12), 7/96

#7682 Muhlenberg County (Greenville, KY) (43-14), 7/63

#8317 Apollo (Owensboro, KY) (48-27), 8/212

#8696 Warren East (Bowling Green, KY) (41-19), 8/224

#12016 Ohio County (Hartford, KY) (46-14), 4/120

#12070 Hancock County (Lewisport, KY) (42-10), 6/157

LOSSES:

#362 Male (Louisville, KY) (38-7), 4/54

#1621 Owensboro (KY) (36-6), 6/68

#2494 McCracken County (Paducah, KY) (62-20), 9/118

#3642 Owensboro Catholic (Owensboro, KY) (41-19), 7/63

#6676 Henderson County (Henderson, KY) (42-40) 7/146

[Harry Doyle]

1) He's a sophomore.

 

2) He's a player. I've heard about him since he was an 8th grader at Union from former coaches/current coaches who also happened to have great careers as players in college as well. I judge their recognition of talent.

 

3) His time and more will come. He's on the map.

 

Best of luck young man.

[Capn Jack]

From the KHSAA website:

 

 

TOP 20 RUSHING LEADERS

(playing a minimum of 8 games)

(ranked by net yards rushing average)

Player School Gms Att Yds TD Avg

Brandon Troxell McCreary Central 10 170 2194 25 219

Cory Smith Hazard 13 263 2561 36 197

WanDale Robinson Western Hills 11 165 2015 28 183

Myles Hurst Jackson County 11 217 1927 18 175

Brody Johnson East Ridge 10 188 1746 27 175

Hunter Perdue Bullitt East 11 197 1918 20 174

Trajon Bright Mayfield 10 172 1635 23 164

Seth Johnson Shelby Valley 9 132 1467 17 163

Jayden Neace Perry Central 10 290 1614 16 161

Kent Phelps Paintsville 12 168 1922 31 160

Jordan Hampton Shelby Valley 10 215 1548 20 155

Daniel Caudill Edmonson County 10 225 1544 27 154

Jacob Foley Garrard County 11 269 1674 21 152

Brandon Leff Spencer County 12 191 1812 18 151

Vonn Williams Owensboro Catholic 12 235 1772 19 148

Dalton Cook Lynn Camp 10 148 1469 14 147

Joe Jackson Johnson Central 13 143 1872 29 144

Demond Johnson Muhlenberg County 9 150 1260 10 140

Landon Board Owensboro 13 196 1805 25 139

Dillon Wheatley Lex. Christian 13 250 1791 28 138

[FootballBobcat]

A) What schedule did he play against to acquire these stats? (this is not a loaded question; I honestly don't know where he played)

 

B) How "connected" is his coach with lots of other head coaches (for it is a coaches' vote in the C-J)? A lot of times (not always) some of the votes are 'acquired' through emails saying, "you vote for my OL kid, I'll vote for your WR."

C) How much was he "hyped" by his own school, coaching staff, and the media outlets in his area (I include people coming onto THIS site as important hype)?

 

This explains a few things.

[Mr. Sixer]

His time will come. As Jason Frakes stated he was going up against some notable names at the WR position this year like Johnson, Catlett, Hendrix and Hayes etc. He's made his initial mark and I am sure he will be recognized even more as his career develops. As Hellbird stated, name recognition plays a huge part in this process just he identified the QB who lead the State in passing didn't even make HM because it was his first and final season on varsity due to him being senior.

[ATLCat]

How?

 

Aug 19, 16 Allen County-Scottsville home (W) 20 - 12

Aug 26, 16 Owensboro Catholic home (L) 19 - 41

Sep 3, 16 Warren East (W) 41 - 19

Sep 9, 16 Hancock County home (W) 42 - 10

Sep 16, 16 Owensboro away (L) 6 - 36

Sep 23, 16 McCracken County home (L) 20 - 62

Oct 7, 16 Muhlenberg County away (W) 43 - 14

Oct 14, 16 Henderson County away (L) 40 - 42

Oct 21, 16 Ohio County home (W) 46 - 14

Oct 28, 16 Apollo away (W) 48 - 27

Nov 4, 16 Male away (L) 7 - 38

 

 

63 yards vs. OCath

68 yards vs. Owensboro

54 yards vs. Male

 

It may be 6A football, but let's not make WKY 6A Football to be anything special because it is not. Against the three best teams on his schedule he only averaged 62 receiving yards.

 

This isn't popularity, this is who is better... and Jake Johnson, Dante Hendix, etc are just better

 

As mentioned, his time will come.. and when it does he needs to average more than 62 yards against his toughest competition.

[ECpride]

He played against 2 teams CJ Hayes played and had better stats. So if we make comparisons based off of stats and level of competition Tinsley does stack better against Hayes from SW. I do not believe Tinsley is better than Hayes yet, but to say his stats and level of play doesn't compare with other WR is not accurate. Tinsley has a chance to be great if he continues to develop. Congrats on the Honorable Mention.

[15th Region]

It might not be updated, but JC Sophomore Joe Jackson went for over 2,000 yards rushing on the season and over 20 plus TD's. He did not make it either for the same reasons everyone else has mentioned. His time will come.

[rosco]

State had better pay attention to W KY area, The Thisley kid is real deal, makes all the catches. Several other sophomores had big years around here also, Vonn Williams at RB was best runner in area, Will Warren another sophomore QB had over 2100 yards passing and 32 td's, Nick Mills made catch after catch, Noah Todd disrupted offensive backfields all year long. I think you'll hear these names a lot over next few years, (hopefully in rest of KY)!