[EKUAlum05]

Interesting lack of respect for special teams play. Merrick of Bell County outpaced all of these guys as the top vote-getter in CJ All-State Team (Coaches Poll) and was #1 vote getter....first time in 86 years a kicker/punter got this honor....but no consideration for the Lexington list!!

Would you consider Stephen Gostkowski one of the top 22 players in the NFL?

There is little to no correlation between being voted all-state for a particular position and being one of the 22 best players. Merrick is th most well known and most heralded kicker in the state... who else would the coaches have picked for the kicker instead. But, if two coaches had to pick 11 players each out of the entire state for a pickup game I don't think Merrick would make the cut.