By LARRY VAUGHT
Lamar Dawson is now officially an all-American player.
PARADE Magazine will announce the 48th annual PARADE All-America High School Football Team in its Sunday cover story and the 6-2, 230-pound Boyle County linebacker is on the team.
For 48 years PARADE has picked the top high school football players in America. The All-America program has a legacy of recognizing outstanding athletes who have gone on to star on college and professional football fields. This year, working with Sporting News, PARADE editors chose 53 seniors from 22 states to represent the best of high school football. The full team will be listed in this Sunday’s issue in The Kentucky Advocate.
Fifteen PARADE all-Americans have won the Heisman Trophy: Tim Tebow, Reggie Bush, Matt Leinart, Eric Crouch, Chris Weinke, Ron Dayne, Herschel Walker, Charles Woodson, Rashaan Salaam, Marcus Allen, Billy Sims, Earl Campbell, Tony Dorsett, Steve Spurrier and Mike Garrett.
This year 183 former players honored on this team played in the NFL and Sunday’s Super Bowl will feature 14 PARADE all-Americans including Graham Harrell, Ryan Pickett and Charles Woodson of the Green Bay Packers along with James Farrior, Lawrence Timmons, and LaMarr Woodley of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Over: Dawson took his final official visit to Tennessee over the weekend. That came after UK recruiting coordinator/linebacker coach Chuck Smith spent Thursday in Boyle County talking to Dawson, his grandmother and his mother.
Dawson made officials visits to Kentucky, Central Florida, Oregon and Southern California before going to Tennessee.
“He’s been exposed to a lot of great coaches and schools,†said Boyle coach Larry French. “Now he has until Wednesday to decide where he’ll go to school.â€Â
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I posted this on a post by Aaron on BBK about Collins choosing Bama.
I can’t blame any player for choosing his home state U, it could have been a dream for him. If he even makes the roster he will probably be a home town hero.
But it was a terrible choice for his career, IMO. Bama had TEN four star recruits in the last four classes, including three in his, PLUS someone you may have heard of, Julio Jones. Pretty stiff competition for a three star.
Dawson, however, is another situation. On the other hand I think Dawson has all the home state incentives plus a chance to play for a good staff with integrity, for a program on the rise that will play in bowl games, for a coach he knows that has put two stars in the pros, and if he had a career ending injury before he played a snap he would still be a hero to a lot of fans in Kentucky. He has a lot more reasons to go to UK than Collins did for going to Bama.
I think Collins going to Bama was a terrible choice for his career, I think Lamar going to UK would be an excellent choice for his career.
(redundant “on the other hand” from my paste, sorry.)
First, CONGRATS to Lamar Dawson — what an honor that is. Secondly, jauk11, you have excellently expressed and supported your opinion here — well-done. GO CATS!!!
Congratulations Lamar very few players from this state have ever recieved this honor. A very great accomplishment.
Larmar, congratulations on your award; a great honor to a fine young man. Hope to see you in U K blue for the next four years wearing #5. Keep the Boyle and Central Kentucky connection going strong.
Still no word on Lamar, but regardless of what he does this is a huge honor for him