2025 KFCA District Players of the Year

The Kentucky Football Coaches Association has selected its 2025 Players, Linemen, and Coaches of the Year:

Players of the Year

Class 1A

1st: Zayden Kinney, Fulton County
2nd: Kace Eastridge, Campbellsville
3rd: Eddie Bivens, Newport Catholic
4th: Charles Oglesby, Covington Holy Cross
5th: Caden Jones, Sayre
6th: Landen Stiltner, Raceland
7th: Deakon Partin, Middlesboro
8th: William Shoptaw, Hazard

Class 2A

1st: Caden Howard, Crittenden County
2nd: Miles Edge, Owensboro Catholic
3rd: Kris Hughes, Somerset
4th: Tyler King, Lexington Christian
5th: Tyler Fryman, Beechwood
6th: Waylon Abner, Breathitt County
7th: Devan Maynard, Martin County
8th: Jonah Bartley, Shelby Valley

Class 3A

1st: Wyatt Robbins, Murray
2nd: Hudson Gumm, Glasgow
3rd: Ja’Hyde Brown, Christian Academy-Louisville
4th: RJ Blair, Garrard County
5th: Kaleb Evans, Lloyd Memorial
6th: Jayden Frasure, Russell
7th: Blake Burnett, Bell County
8th: Luke Fetherolf, Lawrence County

Class 4A

1st: Avery Thompson, Paducah Tilghman
2nd: Cavalli Pittman, John Hardin
3rd: Colin Daniels, North Oldham
4th: Keyon Davis, Spencer County
5th: Tayden Lorenzen, Highlands
6th: Logan Music, Johnson Central
7th: Seneca Driver, Boyle County
8th: Cole Stevens, Corbin

Class 5A

1st: Markezz Hightower, Madisonville-North Hopkins
2nd: Davis Chaney, Greenwood
3rd: Garyon Hobbs, Atherton
4th: AJ Lee, Bullitt Central
5th: Cameron O’Hara, Cooper
6th: Timmy Emongo, Scott County
7th: Cooper Swaim, West Jessamine
8th: Mason Griffin, South Laurel

Class 6A

1st: James Bradley, Hopkinsville
2nd: Kayden York, South Warren
3rd: Gerian Traynor, Manual
4th: Steron Davidson, Male
5th: Zane Johnson, Trinity
6th: Jacob Savage, Ryle
7th: Darnell Burnside, Tates Creek
8th: Dakari Talbert, Frederick Douglass

Linemen of the Year

Class 1A

1st: Drake Thorpe, Fulton County
2nd: Kris Mandy, KCD
3rd: Will Sandfoss, Newport Catholic
4th: Beckett Meersman, Bishop Brossart
5th: Wyatt Moore, Sayre
6th: Jacob Litteral, Raceland
7th: Christian Davis, Middlesboro
8th: Caden Thacker, Pikeville

Class 2A

1st: Ashton Rodgers, Mayfield
2nd: Caden Conkright, Owensboro Catholic
3rd: Andrew Houk, Green County
4th: Sasha Wade, Danville
5th: Lucas Tillery, Owen County
6th: Waylon Abner, Breathitt County
7th: Preston Shepherd, Knott County Central
8th: Bo Wolford, Belfry

Class 3A

1st: Ryan Walls, Murray
2nd: Matt Stephens, LaRue County
3rd: Kellan Hall, Christian Academy-Louisville
4th: Mark Hosinski, Lexington Catholic
5th: King Lee, Bourbon County
6th: Zack Brown, Russell
7th: Spencer Phipps, Bell County
8th: Ty Brooks, Lawrence County

Class 4A

1st: Ben Myers, Paducah Tilghman
2nd: Bryten Close, Taylor County
3rd: Josh Vaughan, Valley
4th: Richard Gilbert, Spencer County
5th: Max Merz, Highlands
6th: Drew Ferguson, Johnson Central
7th: Trashaun Bryant, Wayne County
8th: Malachi Brown, Corbin

Class 5A

1st: JW Muster, Owensboro
2nd: Zach Jordan, Bowling Green
3rd: Jeremiah Jackson, Iroquois
4th: Chaz Tutt, Fairdale
5th: Noah Reichel, Cooper
6th: Justyn Perez, Woodford County
7th: Isaiah Wilkinson, West Jessamine
8th: Brady Hull, Pulaski County

Class 6A

1st: Foster Jackson, Hopkinsville
2nd: Malik Butler, South Warren
3rd: Josiah Hope, North Hardin
4th: Christian White, Male
5th: Nate Shields, Trinity
6th: Bo Gay, Ryle
7th: Josiah Hernandez, Paul Laurence Dunbar
8th: Camden Burke, Madison Central

Coaches of the Year

Class 1A

1st: James Bridges, Fulton County
2nd: Dale Estes, Campbellsville
3rd: Steve Lickert, Newport Catholic
4th: Curt Spencer, Holy Cross
5th: Chad Pennington, Sayre
6th: Michael Salmons, Raceland
7th: Larry French, Middlesboro
8th: Brian Melvin, Paintsville

Class 2A

1st: Cliff Dew, Mayfield
2nd: Robert Eubanks, Hancock County
3rd: John Petett, Monroe County
4th: Lawrence Smith, Washington County
5th: Steve Tarter, Bracken County
6th: Mark Easterling, Morgan County
7th: Randall Mullins, Knott County Central
8th: Matt Varney, Belfry

Class 3A

1st: Melvin Cunningham, Murray
2nd: Josh Robins, Butler County
3rd: Hunter Cantwell, Christian Academy-Louisville
4th: David Clark, Lexington Catholic
5th: Kyle Niederman, Lloyd Memorial
6th: TJ Maynard, Russell
7th: Dudley Hilton, Bell County
8th: Alan Short, Lawrence County

Class 4A

1st: Coby Lewis, Calloway County
2nd: Josh Boston, Nelson County
3rd: Brock Roberts, North Oldham
4th: Eddie James, Franklin County
5th: Bob Sphire, Highlands
6th: Jesse Peck, Johnson Central
7th: Justin Haddix, Boyle County
8th: Jacob Saylor, Harlan County

Class 5A

1st: John Edge, Apollo
2nd: William Howard, Greenwood
3rd: Gary Wheeler, Butler
4th: Louis Dover, Fairdale
5th: Randy Borchers, Cooper
6th: Dennis Johnson, Woodford County
7th: Scott Marsh, West Jessamine
8th: Steve Nelson, North Laurel

Class 6A

1st: Tyler Brooks, McCracken County
2nd: Brandon Smith, South Warren
3rd: Kevin Wallace, Saint Xavier
4th: Chris Wolfe, Male
5th: Jamie Reed, Oldham County
6th: Mike Engler, Ryle
7th: Jon Lawson, Lafayette
8th: William Blair, Madison Central