Kentucky’s gritty special-teams wrench with old-school fullback toughness
A.J. Nance has been valued more for reliability, toughness, and special-teams impact than gaudy box-score numbers: Kentucky’s records show him as a multi-year contributor who moved from linebacker to fullback and was praised for good speed, toughness, and kick-coverage work. In the 2009 season, he was even named a game captain after a standout special-teams effort, which says a lot about his intensity and trust factor. If your team wants a physical, high-effort, low-drama tone-setter who buys into dirty work, he’s the kind of guy coaches love.
