According to a story in Tuesday’s Press-Register in Mobile, Ala., Davidson High School’s Rashad Cunningham, a 6-foot-4, 200-pound wide receiver, has committed to play for the Cats. According to Rivals.com, Cunningham is a three-star recruit who can run a 4.4 40-yard dash. UK wide receivers coach Tee Martin, a native of Mobile, Ala., recruited Cunningham, [...]
The Louisville Sports Commission announced the creation of the Howard Schnellenberger Award on Tuesday, which will be presented annually to the most valuable player of the UK/Louisville rivalry game. The two schools’ athletic departments and Schnellenberger gave their blessings for the creation of this award. Currently, Schnellenberger is the head football coach at Florida Atlantic [...]
Numerous position battles have been raging since the beginning of spring camp, but with the first game against Louisville just five days away, the depth chart has been set. UK head coach Joker Phillips announced the outcomes of multiple battles at Monday’s news conference. One of the more surprising sights on the depth chart was [...]
UK head coach Joker Phillips announced who the team captains would be at his Monday morning news conference. Junior wide receiver and all-purpose player Randall Cobb was named offensive captain, while senior defensive end DeQuin Evans, known as “DQ” to his teammates, was named defensive captain in just his second year with the Cats. Evans [...]
So, you thought John Calipari was done working on next year’s recruiting class for a while after locking up three top-10 recruits? Of course not. Kyle Wiltjer, a 6-foot-9 senior power forward from Portland, Ore., committed to play for UK in 2010-11 Saturday. Wiltjer is rated No. 21 by Scout.com and No. 25 by Rivals.com. [...]
Joker Phillips is making headway on the recruiting trail in his first year as head coach. UK’s recruiting class just jumped into ESPN’s top 25, taking out Mississippi State in the process. The Worldwide Leader, it appears, is liking the players Phillips is bringing in. Yesterday, he picked up a committment from Zach West, the [...]
Check out when the Louisville game is being played, and imagine how insanely drunk the entire state of Kentucky is going to be, either because they’re partying in the streets or because they’re drowning away their misery. Except for either campus, because it would be entirely illegal to drink if you’re under 21. (There is [...]
Andy Burns, UK’s starting third baseman last year, will transfer to Arizona, according to Blugrassbaseball.com. Burns hit .271 with 11 home runs and 30 RBI as a sophomore last year. (For those of you more sabermetric-oriented, he had a .345 on-base percentage and a .531 slugging percentage.) Beyond being a solid player who provided some [...]
UK senior tailback Derrick Locke was named to the Doak Walker Award Watch List, which recognizes the nation’s top-collegiate running back. Locke has 1,731 career rushing yards, which puts him at 10th on the UK career rushing list. The Hugo, Okla., native ran for 907 yards and six touchdowns last season. Locke also caught 31 [...]
Lexington Christian Academy offensive lineman Zach West opted to stay close to home for college by verbally commiting to UK on Wednesday. According to Scout.com, West is the nation’s 16th-ranked offensive guard. Rivals.com has the 6-foot-5, 290-pound lineman listed as the nation’s 59th best offensive tackle. West is a three-star recruit and had several scholarship [...]
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