Landon Young was glad he got to tell LeeAnne Schlarman and her children again just what John Schlarman meant to him and many others. (UK Athletics Photo)
Landon Young’s journey to this point where he’s preparing to start his third NFL season with the New Orleans Saints actually started just over 10 years ago when he was offered a Kentucky scholarship by then offensive line coach John Schlarman.
That’s why he was so happy to be in Lexington recently for the annual Schlarman Strong Golf Scramble in memory of his former coach who passed away three years ago from cancer. Young missed the 2022 event when he was rehabbing an injury.
“It was a bittersweet time. He (Schlarman) would not want us to be crying and feeling sorry for him,” Young said. “He would always want us to celebrate his life and the impact he had on all of us.
“It’s really amazing the impact he had on so many of us and to be able to get together and reminisce and celebrate him was special.”
“Young said it is important to keep letting LeeAnne Schlarman and her four children know what a huge impact John Schlarman had on so many.
“He spent time with us when we knew he had a wife and four kids. He was grooming us to be men. If we needed to talk, he talked. He took the whole OL (offensive line) room of 14 to 16 players under his wing,” Young said.
“We should all always thank LeeAnne for what her husband did and none of us will ever forget what he did for us.”
