Jackson Smith from Boyle County
- Thread starter Pelosigalore
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Surely if he's what you say, there are no rules against letting him try out.
There was some talk that UK was interested in talking to Andrew about a PWO last winter but it fell apart when Boulware arrived. Dobbs is so smart he is on a full ride academic scholarship at UK so he doesn't really need football. His family are big UK fans but the coaching staff treated him pretty disrespectfully about a PWO which is sad because they could use him.
Let me guess, Lou Matsakis was part of his recruitment. There's a reason he's no longer with the team. Carter Schwartz who was in the same class with my Nephew at Trinity (and his holder and good friend) had committed to UK, then decommitted and wound up at UofL. He blamed it on lack of communication from Matsakis after his commitment. My nephew had a great private workout with Coach Matsakis, Kicked a 60 yarder for him, excelled at all the drills, Got tons of praise, then communication dropped. He did get invited at the last minute to the Vandy game in 2022 for an unofficial visit after trying to reach out numerous times for one, but even on the visit, the interaction with Matsakis was limited. Just a bad recruiter all around.
That's the difference between strategic thinking vs short-term. You see it a lot in life, especially in business/finance.
So when's he transferring to UK if he's this good. I'm pretty sure UK just took a kid from Montana.
Didn't he go to Miami of Ohio? Don't see his name on a roster or commit list for Miami anywhere.
He's at Miami, OH. He was Graham Nicholson's backup this year and redshirted. Had Graham opted to transfer out for his final year of eligibility, Kellan would be the starter next year. But Nicholson is staying for his final year. Nicholson just won the Lou Groza award for being the nations best kicker and damn near set an NCAA record for most consecutive made Field goals in a season. He missed his 25th which would have tied the mark. We were all a little baffled as to why Nicholson decided to stay. He could likely be kicking for anybody with some decent NIL money to boot. He's got nothing left to prove at Miami and will be hard pressed to better his 2023 season. But who knows where these kids minds are these days. So Kellan will have to be backup another year, but expects more opportunities. He did kick almost the entire second half of their blowout of Delaware State and made all of his XP attempts and all of his Kickoffs were touchbacks. Miami will be loaded for bear next year by MAC standards. They bring back a ton of key players and should be the odds on favorites to win the MAC next year, they open their season at Notre Dame though.
https://miamiredhawks.com/sports/football/roster/kellan-mclaughlin/8571
Because he likes it at Miami so far, Because the guy UK had recruiting him back in 2022 sucked and is thankfully no longer on the staff. And Yes he can kick at an elite level.
Great school! Glad to hear he landed at a good school & program. Wishing much success to him going forward
