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A repeat first-team pick, Wales fell short of the state record for career rushing yards but helped Central to the Class 3-A state title.

The 5-foot-10, 183-pounder missed almost two full games with injuries and still ran for 2,784 yards and 40 touchdowns.

“He’s special,” Central coach Ty Scroggins said. “Over his career, he proved to me and I think to a lot of people in the state of Kentucky that he should have been Mr. Football. He has meant more to our program than a lot of other players that came through it, including (Kentucky players) Ridge (Wilson) and Tim (Patterson).”

Wales finished with 8,213 yards, just 12 behind Fort Knox’s Derek Homer for second place all-time in Kentucky.

Wales did a lot of his damage against Class 6-A teams — 230 yards and three TDs against St. Xavier, 230 and one TD against Ballard and 191 and 3 TDs against Pleasure Ridge Park.

As a junior, Wales rushed for a Jefferson County-record 2,994 yards with 40 TDs. His 123 career TDs ranks second in the state behind the 138 of Lexington Christian’s Domonique Hayden.

Wales is still uncommitted. He has officially visited Louisville and is expected to visit Kentucky in January. He’s also talking to Western Kentucky and had been interested in Illinois.

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