{"id":601977,"date":"2025-12-15T07:00:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T07:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/601977\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T07:00:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T07:00:13","slug":"covcath-quarterback-expects-to-play-different-position-when-he-joins-uk-football-team-as-preferred-walk-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/601977\/","title":{"rendered":"CovCath quarterback expects to play different position when he joins UK football team as preferred walk-on"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Terry Boehmker
NKyTribune sports reporter<\/p>\n

Cash Harney is the only quarterback in the history of the Covington Catholic football program who exceeded 1,000 yards in both passing and rushing in the same season. But the 6-foot, 185-pound senior doesn\u2019t know if he\u2019ll get a chance to play that position when he joins the University of Kentucky team as a preferred walk-on next year.<\/p>\n

Harney announced his commitment last week, a few days after UK hired Will Stein as head coach.\u2028The Wildcats also brought in Pete Nochta as director of recruiting. He held that same position at the University of Louisville.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>CovCath senior Cash Harney Harney had a combined total of 6,855 passing and rushing yards playing quarterback.(Photo by Bob Jackson)<\/p>\n

\u201cPete Notcha was recruiting me at Louisville and he flipped to UK, so it kind of worked out perfectly,\u201d Harney said. \u201cHe was the one that\u2019s really trusted in me and had all the confidence in me since day one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harney knows he wasn\u2019t recruited to play quarterback. When he went to one of Louisville\u2019s football camps, Notcha was more impressed with his speed and athleticism.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey moved me around quite a bit,\u201d Harney said of the camp session. \u201cThey had me at wide receiver, I\u2019d like to pursue that, or even special teams, punt returner, anything they want me to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over the last four years, Harney had a combined total of 6,855 passing and rushing yards playing quarterback for CovCath and Beechwood.<\/p>\n

As a freshman, he replaced an injured teammate as Beechwood\u2019s starting quarterback in the first five games and ended the season with 638 yards passing and 323 rushing for the Tigers\u2019 2002 Class 2A state championship team.<\/p>\n

When he transferred to CovCath as a sophomore, Harney saw limited action on offense. But he had 44 tackles and five interceptions at defensive back on the Colonels\u2019 2023 team that lost in the Class 4A state championship game to finish 14-1.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Cash Harney<\/p>\n

In his first season as CovCath\u2019s starting quarterback, Harney totaled 1,303 yards passing and 1,476 yards rushing on the 2024 team that made it to the Class 4A state semifinals.<\/p>\n

This season, he passed for 1,941 yards and rushed for 1,002 yards on a CovCath team that made it to the Class 4A region finals.<\/p>\n

Those big numbers along with his quickness and athleticism are what prompted UK to offer him a spot on the roster as a preferred walk-on for the Wildcats, who finished 5-7 and 4-8 the last two seasons.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, I\u2019ve played (quarterback) all of high school and I think I\u2019m good at that,\u201d Harney said. \u201cBut I feel like I\u2019m good anywhere. I\u2019m a good fit for anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harney said Miami of Ohio, Akron and Thomas More were the other college football teams recruiting him. He may have had a better shot at the quarterback position on those trams, but he always wanted to play for Kentucky.<\/p>\n

He plans to finish out this school year and graduate with his senior class before reporting to UK.\u2028The multi-talented athlete is also the starting point guard on CovCath\u2019s highly ranked basketball team. Once the basketball season is completed, he\u2019ll begin training to play major college football.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019ll be little bit of everything, but mostly getting bigger,\u201d he said of his training goals. \u201cI\u2019ve started working on it, but I won\u2019t fully be into it until after basketball.\u201d<\/p>\n

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