Dusty Bonner

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Dusty Bonner is a former American football quarterback for the University of Kentucky Wildcats and Valdosta State University.

At Kentucky, Bonner was the backup quarterback behind eventual #1 overall NFL draft pick Tim Couch during the 1998 season in which the Wildcats ended up in the Outback Bowl after winning seven games. Couch went to the NFL after his junior season and Bonner became the starting quarterback in 1999, leading Kentucky to six wins (including victories over Louisiana State University and the University of Arkansas) and a close loss in the Music City Bowl. After head coach Hal Mumme announced that freshman Jared Lorenzen would be the starting quarterback for the 2000 season, Bonner transferred to Valdosta State University, where he was a two-time Harlon Hill trophy winner.

Bonner later led the Indoor Arena football Lexington Horsemen to an Indoor Bowl Championship. Bonner is now the general manager of the Lexington Horsemen.

Bonner was befriended by Kentucky native Ross Mann in winter of '05. Said Bonner, "When I met Ross things really started to come together for me. He has a unique perspective." Bonner currently has plans to make the trek to Columbus, Ohio where Mann currently lives. "I think what you are seeing is a young man down in Lexington who is really seeing things come together," said Mann "naturally I don't want to take all the credit, but, I'm sure if you were to ask Dusty he'd point to be as the catalyst."