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BenDrake
- position Defensive Back
- height 6-1
- Weight 199
- class Junior
- Hometown Charlottesville, Va.
- High school Monticello
2021 – Junior
- Practiced with the team
- Dean’s List (Fall 2021)
2020 – Sophomore
- Practiced with the team
2019 – Freshman
- Practiced with the team
High School
- Two-year starter at safety and wide receiver for head coach Jeff Lloyd at Monticello
- An all-around athlete as he was also a four-year letter winner in basketball as a small forward and soccer as a center midfielder … Also played lacrosse one season
- Earned Monticello’s Male Athlete of the Year in 2019
- Honorable mention in the Jefferson district for basketball and football
- Member of the student council
- Chose Kentucky over James Madison and Virginia Tech
Personal
- Born in Charlottesville, Virginia
- Son of David Drake and Malissa Drake
- Siblings are Emarie, Lauren, and Will
- Uncle, Richard Shadwick, played football at Morehead State from 1988-92
- Major is communication
Ben Says
- His nickname is “Drizzy”
- After football, he would like to work or coach in sports
- Three words to describe him are funny, attentive and committed
- His sports hero is Michael Jordan because he taught him to never stop working
- One sentence to describe Coach Stoops is “he’s a great leader”