Former UK linebacker Micah Johnson has been invited to the New York Giants’ rookie mini-camp on a tryout basis after going undrafted over the weekend, according to the New York Giant’s website.
Johnson was, perhaps, the most notable former UK player to not have his named called by an NFL team. Johnson was a former first-team [...]
Add yet another award to freshman guard A’dia Mathies’ resume.
On Sunday, Mathies was named to the seventh annual Gballmag.com Young All-America team for her significant contributions to her team’s success during her rookie campaign. Nine other players joined Mathies on the list, including Southeastern Conference opponent Jasmine James, a guard for Georgia.
Mathies averaged 13.6 points, [...]
It was fitting that the weather for Saturday’s Blue/White game was overcast because the competition for UK’s starting quarterback is still cloudy following the last day of spring football.
The Blue team defeated the White team 60-25 in a modified form of the scrimmage, whereby the offense (Blue) played against the defense (White) and scored points [...]
QB Morgan Newton on the QB competition and his performance in the Blue/White game.
QB Mike Hartline on the QB competition and his performance in the Blue/White game.
QB Ryan Mossakowski on the QB competition and his performance in the Blue/White game.
Joker Phillips discusses the Blue/White game.
Another video of Phillips discussing the Blue/White game.
Spring affords the flowers a chance to bloom, while spring football also gives lesser-known players a chance to blossom and move up the depth chart.
With the annual UK Blue-White intra-squad scrimmage set for Saturday, the last week of spring practice and the scrimmage are the last opportunities for players to make their mark in a [...]
The UK coaching staff has decided to change the format of Saturday’s Blue-White game because of injuries at key positions.
The game was originally supposed to mimic an actual game with approximately half the team (the Blue team) squaring off against the other half of the team (the White team).
Instead, the game will now be [...]
Joker Phillips talks about various position battles following Wednesday’s practice. My apologies for Phillips’ back of the head for the first little while. He eventually turns around.
Junior tight end Nick Melillo discusses the difference between this spring and last spring. Melillo was one of the surprise stories from last year’s spring game, and as a [...]
In the game of football, you can’t win if you don’t tackle.
A simple fact UK head coach Joker Phillips realized all too well following his team’s scrimmage Saturday.
“We’ve got to tackle, we just didn’t tackle on defense, which cost us getting off the field a few times,” Phillips said. “We rally to the [...]
Safety Winston Guy on the secondary and his increased role as a leader.
Junior forward Victoria Dunlap and freshman guard A’dia Mathies were named Full Court Press All-Americans on Thursday.
Dunlap, the AP and coaches’ choice for Southeastern Conference Player of the Year, was named to the second team by a panel of Full Court Press correspondents from across the nation. Mathies was named to the second team on [...]
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