February 1st is the first day Seniors can sign their National Letter of Intent to confirm their committment to play college football. Congratulations to Jensen Gebhardt, Sean Horan and Jamire Westbrook who will be signing on Wednesday.
Jamire Westbrook will join Knights Alumni Zac Murphy at Miami University. Jamire Westbrook committed to the Miami Redhawks on June 28th. Tune in to Redhawks Recruiting Live on Wednesday from 9AM to 1PM. Click Redhawks recruiting Live for a live webcast.
Jensen will be playing for Lindsey Wilson Blue Raiders along side Knight Alumni Trey Knecht. Jensen committed to Lindsey Wilson on January 24th.
Sean Horan will be playing in the Horizon League for the Butler Bulldogs. Sean visited Butler this weekend. He was offered and committed to the Bulldogs today!
Kings senior quarterback Jensen Gebhardt committed to Lindsey Wilson this morning, according to Kings coach Andy Olds.
Gebhardt, who is 6 feet 4 and 200 pounds, also has offer from Tiffin and Notre Dame College.
Gebhardt threw for 1,144 yards and 12 touchdowns in the regular season. The Knights were a Division II regional finalist.
Jensen will join Knight Alumni in Action Trey Knecht on the Blue Raider squad!
Kings Football will be hosting the Fourth Annual Alumni Football and Cheer Night on Friday, October 7th during the FAVC Homecoming Conference game versus Walnut Hills. Gates open at 6:00 in the North end zone with catered food. Former players and their families are encouraged to come for great food, to renew friendships and to cheer our current Knights on to victory over the Eagles.
Coach Olds is extremely excited to see event become part of the growing Knights Football tradition, what better game for Alumni to come support the team and renew friendships than a homecoming rivalry game! Coach Olds is looking forward to seeing you at the game.
Tickets for alumni are available for $3.00. Please email ppoggi@kingslocal.net to reserve your tickets.
As the 2011 Season begins Former Knights are on College Rosters:
Sean Keller – Kings 06 – Mount St. Joe – A second year player at Mount St. Joe after being a walk-on at Ball State #80 scored on a nine yard run with three minutes remaining in MSJ watch-up with Wilmington College to seal the victory. Sean, a former 3 time lettermen at Kings, was all conference and all city his senior year, helping lead the Knights to their 3rd straight conference title as a team captain. See Sean’s profile at msjsports.com.
Chris Maxwell – Kings ’07 – Ohio State University – Chris has earned the privilege to wear #37 for the Buckeyes this season as he moves from defensive back to linebacker. Chris saw action in the Buckeyes win on Saturday and is expected to be a big contributor on special teams during his senior season. One of Chris’ claims to fame is making 2 interceptions in two of his three spring games with the Buckeyes. A Mechanical Engineering student and walk-on, the Buckeye Coaching staff told kingsfootball.com that Chris the hardest working player on the team this summer! See Chris’s bio on OhioStateBuckeyes.com.
Connor Wayre – Kings ’08 – Wittenberg University - Connor started his Jr. Season at Whittenberg Saturday and led the team in rushing and ended the game with over 100 All Purpose Yards in Wittenberg’s 700th school win . Connor picked up 761 yards last year in the Tigers Championship season. See Connor’s Bio on the Wittenberg Website.
Zac Murphy – Kings ’09 – After tieing the state record for field goals in a season, Zac took his kicking game to Miami University. Zac earned the starting punting position for the Redhawks in 2010 punting for over 2000 yards on the season and around a 40 yard per punt average. Zac is know around the MAC conference as a quality coffin-corner punter, and earned all MAC Conference in 2010. Zac is viewed by his teammates and coaches as a spiritual leader on the Redhawks. See Zac’s Bio on MURedHawks.com.
Trey Knecht – Kings ’10 – Trey enters his Sophomore season at Lindsey Wilson after earning 1st team All Conference and D2 Old Spice D2 Player of the Year in 2010 at Kings. Trey like many of the Knights mentioned above is known by his coaching staff as a workhorse both on the field and in the weight room. Coaches for the Blue Raiders bragged about his accomplishments in the classroom this summer when talking to Kingsfootball.com. See Trey’s Bio on the Blue Raiders Website.
Blake Bates – Kings ’11 – After earning 1st team All Conference for Kings last year, Blake Bates accepted a position for the Ashland University Eagles. Blake is transitioning from LB and TE on the Knights to Half Back for the Eagles. See Blake’s Bio on the Ashland University football Website.
Jonny Brewster – Kings ’11 – After earning 1st team All Conference for the Knights, Johnny has joined the Carthage Redman. Carthage Coach Rucks had this to say about Jonny, “ Jonny is as talented as they come…a great athlete with a great mind and purpose…he’ll do some special things at Carthage.” See Jonny’s Bio on the Carthage College Redman Website.
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Kingsfootball.com had the opportunity to catch up with Chris Maxwell on Saturday night. Chris, a Senior at OSU, is one of six players from over 130 walk-ons to make arguably the top college football programs in the nation.
For college football players spring practice is where you work your way up in the depth charts, and Chris is competing in his final year with the Buckeyes. Chris is excited for his senior year and working hard to find a spot to compete for the team on Saturday’s potentially on special teams. This year spring practice is even more intense at Ohio States, as several holes open up from graduation and suspensions.
When asked about his scholarship situation, Chris said it’s still unclear. Coach Tressel has historically provided scholarships to his Senior Walk-ons to reward them for their commitment to the program. This season OSU has a much higher accept rate for scholarships from their incoming freshmen class, so that part of the picture is still unclear.
Coach Andy Olds, calls Chris Maxwell “a winner”. Chris had the opportunity and was well on his way to transferring to another college to pursue his passion to play college football, but as he considered his options and desire to acquire a degree from the Ohio State University, Chris stayed the course. Worked hard to earn a spot as a walk-on, and now every Saturday in the fall Chris is enjoying the fruits of his labor as an Ohio State Buckeye.
Next Saturday is Ohio State’s Spring Game, Chris will be looking to make another interception in the spring game, which would make him one of the few in OSU history to have an interception in the Spring Game for every season his was a member of the squad. Chris mentioned his teammates are already razzing him as they prepare for this Saturday.
Our Chris Maxwell, still has the heart of a Knight! Chris has the 3rd interview in the segment below.
For more on Chris Maxwell, enjoy last season’s WKNG TV interview during halftime of the Loveland game with Barrett Cohen.
Congratulations to Blake Bates who has recently committed to Ashland College. Blake recently visited the college and went through work outs on site to seal the offer.
Click Ashland College Eagles Football to learn more about Blake’s future football home!
The University of Cincinnati football team handed out its postseason honors last month, as the team celebrated the 2010 campaign inside the Tangeman University Center on the UC campus. Linebacker Collin McCafferty (Maineville, Ohio/Kings) earned the Special Teams Player of the Year award. Collin recently graduated in December in Entrepreneurship. See the entire article at Bearcat Lair. Collin was a three year member of the All-Big East Academic Team. Collin started as a walk-on and later earned a full scholarship through his tremendous leadership on special teams.
Collin helped Andy Olds’ squad win three straight Fort Ancient Valley Conference titles … rushed for 1,271 yards and 22 scores and notched 71 total tackles as a senior on his way to first-team all-state and FAVC Player of the Year honors.
Zac Murphy, Knights Alumni in Action and Miami Redhawks punter, has been selected to the All-Mac Conference team the conference announced on December 1st.
Zac helped lead the Redhawks to a MAC championship last week defeating number 24 Northern Illinois 26-21. See Game Recap at MAC-Sports.com. Zac had 6 punts for 228 yards including 3 pinned inside the 20 and a long of 48 yards.
The Redhawks, who recorded the best turnaround in college football this year with an 8 game improvement over last season, have earned the right to play January 6th at 8PM on ESPN in the GoDaddy.com Bowl in Mobile, Alabama.
