Kentucky tight end Josh Kattus has been named one of four finalists for the 15th annual Pop Warner College Football Award, Pop Warner Little Scholars announced Tuesday.
The Cincinnati native has caught 21 passes for 310 yards and five touchdowns in 33 career games and 15 starts for the Wildcats. This season, he made six receptions for 77 yards and two scores — a 27-yard TD at then-No. 7 Tennessee and a 4-yard score at No. 3 Texas. Kattus also recovered a fumble resulting in a game-winning touchdown at then-No. 6 Ole Miss.
Academically, Kattus is a three-time Dean’s List honoree, earning First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll as a freshman and the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll as a sophomore.
In May, Kattus helped raise more than $34,000 for the Lexington Rotary Club Endowment Fund and Surgery on Sunday, a nonprofit providing free outpatient procedures for those in need, as a participant in the Dancing with the Lexington Stars event. He also regularly visits the Kentucky Children’s Hospital each week with teammates and volunteers at Lexington’s Ronald McDonald House and Scott County Humane Society.
The Pop Warner Little Scholars National College Football Award winner will be announced on Dec. 9 as part of the 67th Pop Warner Super Bowl at Camping World Stadium in Orlando.
Previous recipients have included Tony Bradford (Texas Tech), Prince Amukamara (Nebraska), Chase Minnifield (Virginia), Sean Renfree (Duke), Gary Bush (Purdue), Jordan Richards (Stanford), Brandon Chubb (Wake Forest), Evan Engram (Mississippi), Braxton Berrios (Miami), CJ Conrad (Kentucky), Michael Pittman Jr. (USC), Ian Book (Notre Dame) and Elijah Hicks (California) and Kenneth Horsey (Kentucky).
Pop Warner Little Scholars is the nation’s oldest youth football, cheerleading and dance organization, founded in 1929. It’s the only youth sports organization that emphasizes academics as a prerequisite for participation.
