2023 All-County Football Player of the Year: Better Late Than Never

Crescent City’s Keenon took time to bloom as player, but became team’s big threat

  • Crescent City receiver Lentavius Keenon rambles for yardage in a game against Newberry on Oct. 27. (RITA FULLERTON / Special to the Daily News)
    Crescent City receiver Lentavius Keenon rambles for yardage in a game against Newberry on Oct. 27. (RITA FULLERTON / Special to the Daily News)
  • Crescent City’s Lentavius Keenon stands with his trophy honoring him as Putnam County’s player of the year in football at the Jim McCool All-County football team banquet on Dec. 11 at Palatka Junior-Senior High School. Posing with Keenon are (from left) Chris Gent, the public affairs manager at Georgia Pacific, and Jim McCool, who coached Palatka High’s program from 1983-2003. (MARK BLUMENTHAL / Palatka Daily News)
    Crescent City’s Lentavius Keenon stands with his trophy honoring him as Putnam County’s player of the year in football at the Jim McCool All-County football team banquet on Dec. 11 at Palatka Junior-Senior High School. Posing with Keenon are (from left) Chris Gent, the public affairs manager at Georgia Pacific, and Jim McCool, who coached Palatka High’s program from 1983-2003. (MARK BLUMENTHAL / Palatka Daily News)
By most standards, Crescent City Junior-Senior High School senior wide receiver Lentavius Keenon was a late bloomer when it came to playing sports. “I played Police Athletic League basketball for…

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