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posted 07-27-2012 07:45 PM
He has the makings of a terrific quarterback before he leaves Kentucky.
Patrick Towles is one of the most decorated high school football players in Kentucky state history. He is a state champion. He's been named player of the year. He is ranked among the top incoming quarterback prospects in the nation.
Today, as a freshman of the University of Kentucky football team, none of that matters anymore.
"It's so hard to get here, because at first, if you want to lead, you have to get the respect of the people you are leading," said Towles. "That's either going to be through hard work or fear or something like that. But coming in as a freshman, high school doesn't matter anymore. I don't have any stepping ground or anything that can prove to them to say, 'Hey, I deserve your respect.' These first two months, I'm just trying to get the respect of all my teammates so that when the time comes, I can."
That's just one of the challenges for a freshman quarterback: leadership. And while his high school credentials don't carry much weight amongst his peers, the intangible skills he learned while quarterbacking one of the best teams in the state don't go unnoticed.
His head coach Joker Phillips, who identified Towles as a priority for Kentucky early on in Towles' high school career, believes Towles has the ability to be a great leader not only in the future, but now. It was one of the things that most impressed Phillips about his freshman quarterback coming in.
"(He's a) big athlete, takes charge, he's a film room junkie, winner," said Phillips on National Signing Day. "(He) went in as a sophomore when the starting quarterback goes down, he was the guy that went in and all he did was lead 'em to a state championship as a sophomore and then went on to win two more after that. He's the guy that's the type of leader that we need to be the face of this program."
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