The top-ranked football player in the state is no stranger to the coaches and players at the University of Kentucky.
Frederick Douglass High School offensive lineman Jager Burton is the top recruit in the Commonwealth, ranked by Rivals as the No. 149 player overall in the 2021 recruiting class. Before he was an offensive lineman, he was a defensive lineman attending a summer camp at UK.
“I was playing D-line and Coach (John) Schlarman pulled me aside. He was like, ‘You’re a pretty athletic defensive lineman, but if you move to offensive line you’ll be extremely athletic,'” Burton said on the KSR Football Podcast.