Mr. Kentucky Football Signs His National Letter of Intent

Nacarius Fant, the 2013 selection of Mr. Football in Kentucky, has signed his National Letter of Intent to play football at Western Kentucky University.  Fant, a three-time Associated Press 1^st Team All-State wide receiver, has been committed to the Hilltoppers for months after choosing WKU over Illinois.  Fant will join a long list of former Purples to have played at WKU.  A former Purple has either been playing or coaching at WKU every season since 2007. 

 Fant holds every single-game, single-season, and career receiving record at Bowling Green High School.  His receiving statistics also rank him very high in the KHSAA record book in several areas.  Those include:

 Career Touchdowns:                      53, 4^th

Single-season Touchdowns:        24, Tied for 7^th

Single-game Touchdowns:           4, Tied for 7^th

Career Receptions:                         227, Tied for 5^th

Single-season Receptions:           83, Tied for 17^th

Single-game Receptions:              15, Tied for 14^th

Career Yards:                                     4473, 3^rd

Single-season Yards:                       1699, 7^th

 

Fant also ended his BGHS career with 380 points scored, trailing only Avery Hibbitt’s 454 on the career scoring list at BGHS.  Fant’s 152 points scored this season was the 5^th highest in a year by a Purple.  Avery Hibbitt also holds that mark with 206 points scored in 2005. 

 BGHS was 53-3 during Fant’s four-year career with the Purples.  Those 53 victories are the most in a four-year span in BGHS Football history.  Fant was a part of three Class 5A state championships and help the Purples to a 44-game win streak which is the state’s third longest according to KHSAA statistics. 

 Since Kevin Wallace became the head coach at BGHS in 1996, 24 players have signed letters of intent to play college football at the Division I level.  Fant will become the 12th BGHS graduate to play at WKU during that time.  Other Purples to sign and play at WKU during Wallace’s tenure include Sylvester Gray, Patrick Reynolds, Kevin Goff, Daniel Withrow, Brian Lowder, Andrew Koon, Jay Bradford, Casey Tinius, Avery Hibbitt, Ryan Beard, and Ryan Wallace.  Ryan Wallace continues to be a part of the WKU program, serving as  the Tight Ends coach/Graduate Assistant.