NSD 2020: Kalil Branham

Rated a four-star recruit by 247Sports … Rated a top 500 player in the class by 247Sports and the No. 10 player in state of Ohio … Four-year letterman in four sports - football, basketball, baseball and track & field … Coached by Brian Staats … Earned Northland’s Offensive Player of the Year award in 2019-20 … Graduated a semester early and plans to enroll at Kentucky in January … Played quarterback out of necessity as a junior … Set to compete in the Offense-Defense All-American Bowl in Miami on Jan. 5, 2020 … Brother, John, plays for Eastern Michigan, a team UK will face in 2020 … A two-time City League track champion in the 400 meters … Picked Kentucky over Michigan, Boston College, Cincinnati and others.