Trevon Alexander with coach Brent Thompson (Twitter Photo)
Junior lineman Trevon Alexander certainly had a terrific role model last year at North Hardin in lineman Octavius Oxendine, a Kentucky signee, and has two more future Wildcats — running back Lavell Wright and safety Jordan Lovett — are his teammates this year. If Kentucky recruiting coordinator Vince Marrow has his way, the 6-6, 340-pound Alexander will help keep that pipeline going. He’s only a sophomore but got one of the first scholarships offers in the 2023 class from Kentucky.
Kentucky first saw Alexander as an eighth-grader while recruiting Oxendine and then got to see him play last year as well.
“It’s still kind of shocking for him to be a sophomore and then also get a Kentucky offer so early,” North Hardin coach Brent Thompson said.
The coach knows Marrow, Stoops and offensive line coach John Schlarman know him well enough to know he would not give them a name of a potential recruiting target he did not think could play in the SEC.
“Schlarman and I are close. We know each other well. No way would I tell him wrong,” Thompson said. “Trevon puts in extra work. There’s only so much you can do in practice but he puts in the work outside of here, too.”
That’s the same work ethic Oxendine had and Thompson said there were times those two would be the last duo in the weight room.
“He’s been running. We run our sprints and then he runs some more himself,” Thompson said. “I told him if he wanted to be the best he could not sit back. If Kentucky is where you want to go, then you have to work for that to make it a complete offer because you are ready.
“He is an aggressive young man. He wants to get better. He can run block and has a nice attitude when he does it. He is one if we have to get a first down, we don’t shy away from him.”
Thompson likes the way UK coaches have emphasize the family atmosphere at UK to his players and that they are there to help.
“They sell it is not a four-year decision but a 40-year (career) decision,” the North Hardin coach said. “If a Kentucky kid comes to Kentucky, they are going to take care of you when you are done helping you find jobs. That’s a great testament to the UK staff.
“I try not to push my kids anywhere but I do feel comfortable if a kid wants to go up there with Stoops, Marrow and those guys taking care of them like they are their own.”
