Brian McCat
04-23-2008, 07:40 AM
By Mark Story
HERALD-LEADER SPORTS COLUMNIST
Derrick Locke has spent his spring going back and forth between football and track and field. The University of Kentucky sophomore has to work in that whole going to class thing, too.
You wonder how the surprise running back standout who has become a record-shattering long-jumper avoids whiplash.
"It's hard," Locke says.
Football: Rich Brooks says the two fastest players he's ever coached, college or pro, are longtime NFL wide receiver Eddie Kennison and a current UK tailback, Locke.
On UK's Pro Day -- when NFL scouts evaluate players -- Locke laid down a blazing 4.21 in the 40-yard dash.
http://www.kentucky.com/232/story/379970.html
HERALD-LEADER SPORTS COLUMNIST
Derrick Locke has spent his spring going back and forth between football and track and field. The University of Kentucky sophomore has to work in that whole going to class thing, too.
You wonder how the surprise running back standout who has become a record-shattering long-jumper avoids whiplash.
"It's hard," Locke says.
Football: Rich Brooks says the two fastest players he's ever coached, college or pro, are longtime NFL wide receiver Eddie Kennison and a current UK tailback, Locke.
On UK's Pro Day -- when NFL scouts evaluate players -- Locke laid down a blazing 4.21 in the 40-yard dash.
http://www.kentucky.com/232/story/379970.html