The Kentucky Mr. Football award is an honor given to the top high school football player in the state of Kentucky and in the KHSAA. Awarded by a panel of sports writers and broadcasters from around the state's Associated Press, many past winners have proceeded to have successful college careers and even play in the National Football League (NFL).
Award winners
YearPlayerHigh schoolCollegeNFL draftRef.1986Frank JacobsNewport Central CatholicNotre Dame1987Kurt BarberPaducah TilghmanUSC1992 NFL draft: 2nd round, 42nd overall by the New York Jets1988Jeff BrohmTrinityLouisville1989Pookie JonesCalloway CountyKentucky1990Damon HoodWarren CentralKentucky1991Scott RussellEvartsEvarts was consolidated with two other schools into Harlan County High School in 2008.Lees-McRaeUnion1992Billy Jack HaskinsPaducah TilghmanKentuckyRhode Island1993Jeremy SimpsonLincoln CountyCumberland (KY)1994Shaun AlexanderBoone CountyAlabama2000 NFL draft: 1st round, 19th overall by the Seattle Seahawks1995Tim CouchLeslie CountyKentucky1999 NFL draft: 1st round, 1st overall by the Cleveland Browns1996Derek HomerFort KnoxKentucky1997Dennis JohnsonHarrodsburgKentucky2002 NFL draft: 3rd round, 98th overall by the Arizona Cardinals1998Jared LorenzenHighlandsKentucky1999Travis AtwellHancock CountyToledoKentucky2000Montrell JonesMaleTennesseeLouisville2001Jeffery DugginsBoyle CountyAlfred State2002Michael BushMaleLouisville2007 NFL draft: 4th round, 100th overall by the Oakland Raiders2003Brian BrohmTrinityLouisville2008 NFL draft: 2nd round, 56th overall by the Green Bay Packers2004Curtis PulleyHopkinsvilleKentuckyFlorida A&M2005Micah JohnsonFort CampbellKentucky2006Douglas BeaumontMaleLouisville2007Corey RobinsonLone Oak<ref name=McCracken>Consolidated into today's McCracken County High School as Mustangs on August 9, 2013.</ref> Troy2008Rolandan FinchSt. XavierBoston College2009Antonio AndrewsFort CampbellWestern Kentucky2010Lamar DawsonBoyle CountyUSC2011Patrick TowlesHighlandsKentuckyBoston College2012James QuickTrinityLouisville2013Nacarius FantBowling GreenWestern Kentucky2014Elijah SindelarCaldwell CountyPurdue2015Kash DanielPaintsvilleKentucky2016Jamale CarothersBowling GreenNavy Western Kentucky2017D'mauriae VanCleaveDanvilleWofford2018Wan'Dale RobinsonWestern HillsNebraskaKentucky2022 NFL draft: 2nd round, 43rd overall by the New York Giants2019Michael MayerCovington CatholicNotre Dame2023 NFL draft: 2nd round, 35th overall by the Las Vegas Raiders2020 (tie)Cameron HergottBeechwoodEastern Kentucky2020 (tie)Jager BurtonFrederick DouglassKentucky2021Isaac DixonBelfryKentucky2022Travis EganBullitt EastLouisville2023Daniel ThomasBell CountyUVA Wise2024Montavin QuisenberryBoyle CountyKentucky2025Evan HamptonOwensboroVanderbilt
Schools with multiple winners SchoolNumber of AwardsYearsTrinity31988, 2003, 2012Male32000, 2002, 2006Boyle County32001, 2010, 2024Bowling Green22013, 2016Highlands21998, 2011Fort Campbell22005, 2009Paducah Tilghman21987, 1992
Colleges with multiple winners CollegeNumber of AwardsYearsKentucky161989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2024Louisville71988, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2012, 2022Notre Dame21986, 2019Western Kentucky22009, 2013Boston College22008, 2011USC21987, 2010
References
See also List of Kentucky Mr. Basketball award winners