Not everyone has an offer on signing day…
But sometimes a Mom’s advice turns into a Starting Tackle protecting a freshman QB’s blind side in a wild 28-point comeback Bowl Victory!
#WalkonGRIT
#Burlsworth2024
@marshaljackson9
Been a part of Spring Games for 20+ years, from Salt Lake City to Louisville, Fayetteville to Raleigh…but this one right here in BG just felt different!
Football is the greatest team sport in the world…that O-line, those backs & receivers, a dominant defense that demoralized an offense in the 2nd half!!!
No scholarship...work.
No playing time...work harder.
3 years & zero stats...keep working.
Inspiring story & a standout Pro Day for
@DeonYelder
on the Hill today!
#ThePursuit
#Gritty
#Tough
#Resilient
these Tops are the best I’ve ever been around.
They never give in.
They will fight for each other to the end.
No one can ever take that away from them & that
#Resilience
will serve them well in all their life’s paths.
Spent 24 years in coaching in 5 states & 7 cities:
The people of KY, communities of Louisville (4yrs) and Bowling Green (4yrs) are some of the kindest, most neighborly people you will ever meet.
The outpouring response to this disaster is just how people do things here.
JoJo’s got Team Veltkamp as fans for life! The kid just did what he’s been training for...and we were blessed to witness it!
Big thanks 2
@SouthWarrenBBK
for making this dream a reality.
Congratulations to today’s QB MVP in Indianapolis, three-star Kentucky QB Caden Veltcamp
@crveltkamp
Veltcamp has offers from Kentucky, Appalachian State and several others.
My original
#heroes
...
Served first their country,
And later, their family.
Taught us to work.
Modeled grit & perseverance.
Loved all types.
Taught servant-leadership.
Humble and kind,
Yet unwavering strength.
Today my folks
Rest In Peace...
Under that big
#Montana
sky.
Worked with 8-9 college WR’s that went on to be drafted, of which three played 8, 10, & 16 years in the league.
No offense to any of those WR’s…Malachi Corley is just different!
#UNTACKLEABLE
Western Kentucky's Malachi Corley was named top WR on the National team in a vote from DB teammates at practice player-of-the-week awards ceremony today at 2024 Reese’s Senior Bowl.
#TheDraftStartsInMOBILE
™️
Over the next 3 days,
some guy won’t get drafted, yet play in the league as long as anyone picked.
Getting picked or “picked up”, both are just a foot in the door.
In the end, it’s why this game is great...
#ProveItInPractice
#Undrafted
That’s pretty much a wrap with 4:40 left in the 2Q here at Woodford. QB
@crveltkamp
CATCHES this 2pt conversion to put
@SouthWarrenFB
up 39-3 and start a running clock. Spartans went on to add a TD on fumbled kickoff and are now up 46-3 with 4:33 left in 2Q.
“The fight is won or lost
far away from witnesses—
behind the lines, in the gym,
and out there on the road,
long before I dance
under these lights.”
#MuhammadAli
Whatever it takes...
Even when no one’s watching.
Typical opening question with NFL scout:
How’s his work ethic?
Me: Dev Key? HE’S A PRO.
Methodical. Tough.
Self-starter. Leader. Young guys that want to be successful should emulate his process.
One year out, I still pray daily that I can be the servant-leader, encourager & mentor that they were every single day of their lives.
#Legacy
#RealHeroes
My original
#heroes
...
Served first their country,
And later, their family.
Taught us to work.
Modeled grit & perseverance.
Loved all types.
Taught servant-leadership.
Humble and kind,
Yet unwavering strength.
Today my folks
Rest In Peace...
Under that big
#Montana
sky.
We each have 2 voices in us...
One is GRIT,
The other is QUIT.
#Champions
block out the static coming from Quit & turn up the volume on Grit.
#MondayMotivation
#TOPgrit
The
@BroylesAward
goes to the nation’s best assistant coach, and the 2019 Nominees were announced today...
As the leader of our defensive unit, no better man for this honor than
@coachwhitewku
! 👏
#GoTops
.
@WKUMikeGoff
’s OL unit has been ranked 2️⃣0️⃣th in FBS by
@PFF_College
!
And it’s very important to note that the Hilltoppers will have 4️⃣ returning starters in 2020, with 💯 career starts among them.
#GoTops
📰 |
Having sat with Jim at multiple schools talking players/prospects, this is coming from one of the absolute best in prospect evaluation.
And watching first hand w/this duo…he is right!!
#GoTops
If Western Kentucky’s Austin Reed & Malachi Corley isn’t the best QB/WR duo at G5 level then tell us who is?
These two dudes can play.
NFL Draft fans need to watch some
@WKUFootball
this fall.
#BestoftheBest
#TheDraftStartsInMOBILE
™️
My 2 cents:
Most improved player (on & off the field) from last year to this year...
@JayPeeezyy
&
The best back-up nickel to running back story of all time...
@_iamg4
WKU’s OL ranks
#1
in the Country in Pass Blocking according to PFF, with a grade of 90.4.
This is the best grade of any team in the nation the last 3 years.
WKU’s PFF Pass Blocking grade last 3 seasons:
2021: 1st
2020: 3rd
2019: 1st
#StatTuesday
dis ’kre-shə-ˌner-ē
1. the time in the collegiate calendar, as defined by the NCAA, that separates those that want to be great
#collegefootball
players from those that just want to say they are on the team
“I used my discretionary period to gain 5 lbs of lean muscle”
14 years ago,
@coachtimsocha
, myself & the Cards upset previously undefeated Boise State in the Liberty Bowl for our 11th win.
Watching Socha send his
#Huskies
out of the Rose Bowl tunnel today...highlight of the 2018 season for me!!
9 of last 11 picks…
14 total picks this round:
Group of 5, FCS or D-II
NFL Scouting/Personnel departments find the players!
Dominate where your feet are!
𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏 𝐅𝐖𝐀𝐀 𝐀𝐋𝐋-𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍
🇺🇸 𝐉𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐒 🇺🇸
He is the 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 Hilltopper to earn this honor from the FWAA in the program’s FBS Era!
#TopsOnTop
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@jerrethsterns
@jerrethsterns
may be 5’7 & change, but he has always played like he’s 6’4…
Guys with that mentality are the bedrock of any successful team and EVERYONE in the building KNOWS it!
#GoTops
#PlayBIG
Spend all your time dwelling on problems & live in perpetual defeat.
Instead, expend your energy on solutions & have faith in the process.
#Mindset
#ProblemSolver
OPPORTUNITY is often wrapped in adversity...
Forever hidden from the weak-minded,
Presenting itself only to the gritty tough ones willing to unwrap it.
#Toughness
#Grit
#Tops