53 minutes ago, nees1212 said:

Didn't Wera play QB and DE?

That sounds right.  Beechwood has had so many studs it is hard to keep up with them all. 

4 hours ago, TimeWillTell said:

This year at OHS we will have to have Ty Ashley or Eli Hampton be our QB. We don't really have any other choice. 

You have Zeke Beehn!!

I think it just depends. Is the kid an athlete playing QB or is he a true “QB”? 
 

There is a difference between the two. QB/DB I think is fine. QB/LB is something a little different imo. 

1 hour ago, theguru said:

I remember Male bringing Michael Bush in to play defense too when Male couldn't stop Trinity.  And for anyone that wants to feel old today, Michael Warren Bush Jr. is 40 years old. ??

Also, from Wikipedia:

Bush attended Louisville Male High School where he played quarterback his senior year after seeing action at defensive back, defensive end, linebacker, running back, safety, and wide receiver over his career. As a senior, he led the Bulldogs to the state championship game in Kentucky's highest class. In that showdown against future Louisville teammate Brian Brohm and the Trinity High School Shamrocks, Bush threw for 468 yards and six touchdowns and ran for 116 yards and another touchdown in a 59–56 loss. He also caught two passes for 24 yards, returned a punt and a kickoff, and made five tackles on defense.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bush

 

I never forgot about Michael Bush, what a great talent he was "back then". I did forget about how freakishly different he was. Thank you for refreshing my brain about how old I am and about a dude that was just so much more different than everyone else. He was a stud basketball player too, pretty sure he won or played in a state title, maybe more than once..or I could just be making it up lol. It's crazy to think that was all well over 20+ years ago. That may be one of the best state title games in KY history, what a shootout Bush and Brohm. Then they teamed up at Louisville and had very successful college careers. Then they moved on to the NFL and Mike had a pretty successful stint. I think Brohm spent some time with the Packers.

Randle Cobb I am going to have to say played both ways. Pretty sure I watched Beechwood eliminate him and Frankfort in the playoffs in Ft. Mitchell. Dude was a stud. Then went and played multiple positions at a high level in the SEC.

Correction..I don't know why I thought Cobb played for Frankfort he attended Alcoa in TN.

7 hours ago, RVaughn said:

What if your QB has no shot of playing college football as a QB but has legit shot of playing college football on defense.  With no film on defense could cost the kid a chance of playing college football if not allowed to play defense.  

If he is physically talented enough to play defense in college and is playing only QB colleges will still find him. It’s very common that a QB is one of the best athletes on the field in today’s game. Colleges are looking for measurables. If the kid has those he’ll find a spot. 
 

When we still had just four classes it was not uncommon to see starting QBs playing defense in 4A. At that time offenses were a little less QB centric as some offenses are today. 

3 hours ago, Honey Badger said:

Correction..I don't know why I thought Cobb played for Frankfort he attended Alcoa in TN.

I believe you are thinking of EJ Fields. Really good Panther. 
 

Very tough to defend. We played them when I was at Mason. 

1 hour ago, ChiefSmoke said:

I believe you are thinking of EJ Fields. Really good Panther. 
 

Very tough to defend. We played them when I was at Mason. 

Yes that was him EJ Fields, still can't believe I confused him with Randall Cobb lol. Very similiar players and time frames. That guy Fields was electric though. Played QB, DB and returned kicks. Could have played WR or DB at UK and ended up at WR.

1 hour ago, barrel said:

When we still had just four classes it was not uncommon to see starting QBs playing defense in 4A. At that time offenses were a little less QB centric as some offenses are today. 

In 1998 JT Haskins (current Bryan Station HC) took the Bryan Station Defenders to the 4A state finals as the starting QB/DB, he then went on to play DB at U of L.

Chris Hitchew (more than likely spelled wrong) played QB and I am pretty sure middle linebacker on a team with Joe Wynn under Lickert at Dayton. Won a decent amount of games but nothing top notch like a few other names in here. Hitchew was a haus though. Wynn was nice also.

No.  Moore QB Javis Wallace had a season ending injury which I blame on the wear and tear to his body on both sides of the ball.  Being a Soph and barely 160lbs, someone on the staff should of known better.  Not only did he play QB but he also played DB, KR, and WR.  

I don't think there is a set answer to this question.  I think it simply depends on your team's need and also the individual who is playing QB.  A lot of things play a factor like:

1) Do you have a good backup who can direct the offense if something did happen?

2) Do you enough solid players on defense where there isn't necessarily the need for the QB to play defense?

3)  What type of offense do you run?  Is it more RB oriented or do you sling the ball around a bit more?

4)  Is your QB a pro-style QB (I.e. better arm and maybe not as mobile thus not as good of an athlete) or a dual threat or simply an athlete playing QB where that athleticism is useful or needed on defense?

CAL last year vs. CAL this year is a great example of why there isn't necessarily a set answer.  Cole Hodge was a really good athlete and even though CAL is a smaller school, he wasn't needed on defense last year or the year before.  Fast forward to this year and Conner Hodge, who like his brother was also a good athlete, was needed on defense.  Same result for CAL both years at the end of it.

On 2/19/2025 at 3:07 PM, snakesnot_2000 said:

Mayfield had it's All State QB (David Fowler) play defensive back for them back in the early 1970's and against Madisonville in the playoff's he tore his knee up in that game. That was the last a QB played defense for Mayfield. Not saying if the right situation and right player ever came along it couldn't happen.

Logan Armstrong played QB/LB in ‘07. A few factors went into that though. That was his one and only year starting at QB and he had definitely already established himself as one of the best players on defense the 2 seasons prior. He was built like a LB and QB was really his secondary position behind LB. Also that team was pretty thin on solid players if I remember correctly.

6 hours ago, Unrivaled97 said:

I don't think there is a set answer to this question.  I think it simply depends on your team's need and also the individual who is playing QB.  A lot of things play a factor like:

1) Do you have a good backup who can direct the offense if something did happen?

2) Do you enough solid players on defense where there isn't necessarily the need for the QB to play defense?

3)  What type of offense do you run?  Is it more RB oriented or do you sling the ball around a bit more?

4)  Is your QB a pro-style QB (I.e. better arm and maybe not as mobile thus not as good of an athlete) or a dual threat or simply an athlete playing QB where that athleticism is useful or needed on defense?

CAL last year vs. CAL this year is a great example of why there isn't necessarily a set answer.  Cole Hodge was a really good athlete and even though CAL is a smaller school, he wasn't needed on defense last year or the year before.  Fast forward to this year and Conner Hodge, who like his brother was also a good athlete, was needed on defense.  Same result for CAL both years at the end of it.

I agree 100% with this answer.