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LWC Football inks 42 on National Signing Day

Local area signees include Charles Johnson of Campbellsville, Mason Helton of Somerset, and Andrew Hughes of Glasgow.

By Chris Wells

The Lindsey Wilson football team has signed 42 student-athletes to NAIA scholarships, LWC football head coach Chris Oliver announced this afternoon.

"As our program has matured and become stronger over the years, so have our recruiting classes," Oliver said. "To say that we are excited about the class that signed today would be an understatement."


The 42 student-athletes come from seven states -- Kentucky (25), Alabama (6), Tennessee (6), Indiana (2), Ohio (1), Georgia (1) and Florida (1).

"This is a very strong class, and these young men will provide outstanding depth and competition on our roster next fall," Oliver said. "Some of them will come in and compete right away, and that's a heck of a compliment because I think very highly about the talent level of the guys already on campus."

Lindsey Wilson is coming off a second straight appearance in the NAIA Football Championship Series. The Blue Raiders finished 2015 with an 8-3 record and ranked 13th in the postseason edition of the NAIA Coaches' Top-25 Poll.

Oliver is proud of the direction of the program that he and his coaching staff built from scratch in 2010.

"We have worked hard over the past seven years to make the Blue Raider football program a household name within our recruiting footprint, and we're seeing that hard work pay off with the types of young men we're attracting," Oliver said. "Our assistant coaches deserve a lot of credit for their work ethic and the first class way they go about their business throughout the recruiting process. Today was a great day for our program."

  1. Kolton Alvey (Shelbyville, Ky. / Collins HS)

  2. Elijah Anderson (Princeton, Ky. / Caldwell County HS)

  3. Benji Arnette (Murfreesboro, Tenn. / Oakland HS)

  4. Cameron Ayres (Corydon, Ind. / Corydon Central HS)

  5. Paul Blincoe (Louisville, Ky. / Male HS)

  6. Jeremy Bonner (Louisville, Ky. / Eastern HS)

  7. Tyler Buckner (Louisville, Ky. / Male HS)

  8. Austin Calhoun (Hodgenville, Ky. / Bullitt Central HS)

  9. Carlos Davis (Madison, Ala. / Bob Jones HS)

  10. Jared Dougherty (Ft. Thomas, Ky. / Highlands HS)

  11. Cameron Dukes (Shepherdsville, Ky. / Bullitt Central HS)

  12. Romie Dukes (Adamsville, Ala. / Minor HS)

  13. Hunter Fox (Knoxville, Tenn. / Farragut HS)

  14. Charles Gaines (Elsmere, Ky. / Lloyd Memorial HS)

  15. Dylan Garcia (Louisville, Ky. / Fairdale HS)

  16. Patrick Gatson (Louisville, Ky. / Shawnee HS)

  17. Roman Gillispie (Corinth, Ky. / Grant County HS)

  18. Vasaad Greer (Owensboro, Ky. / Owensboro HS)

  19. Collin Hall (Loganville, Ga. / Loganville Christian HS)

  20. Bo Hebel (Ft. Thomas, Ky. / Highlands HS)

  21. Mason Helton (Somerset, Ky. / Pulaski County HS)

  22. Jacob Hiles (Union, Ky. / Ryle HS)

  23. Adam Hisch (Cincinnati, Ohio / McNicholas HS)

  24. Andrew Hughes (Glasgow, Ky. / Barren County HS)

  25. Jacob Isham (Greenville, Tenn. / North Greene HS)

  26. T.J. James (Owensboro, Ky. / Owensboro HS)

  27. R.J. Jennings (Birmingham, Ala. / Briarwood Christian HS)

  28. Charles Johnson (Campbellsville, Ky. / Taylor County HS)

  29. Scotty Krantz (Louisville, Ky. / Christian Academy HS)

  30. Ty McKibben (Nashville, Tenn. / Stratford HS)

  31. Akil Oliver (Miami, Fla. / Westminster Christian HS)

  32. Sakima Opsal (Lexington, Ky. / Tates Creek HS)

  33. Mark Pruitt (Laverne, Tenn. / Oakland HS)

  34. Jailen Reed (Louisville, Ky. / Trinity HS)

  35. Shamar Robertson (Winchester, Ky. / George Rogers Clark HS)

  36. Kirkland Smith (Alabaster, Ala. / Thompson HS)

  37. Fadell Sydnor (Louisville, Ky. / Trinity HS)

  38. Conner Walls (Mt. Juliet, Tenn. / Wilson Central HS)

  39. Hunter Warthan (Bloomington, Ind. / Bloomington South HS)

  40. Antwan Washington (Flatwoods, Ky. / Fairview HS)

  41. Brady Wix (Cullman, Ala. / Cullman HS)

  42. Chase Young (Hoover, Ala. / Spain Park HS)



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