Junior wide receiver Matt Roark and junior defensive tackle Luke McDermott have been named game captains for Saturday’s contest with Akron. Both players have exceeded outsider’s expectations thus far, and UK head coach Joker Phillips most likely decided to name the two temporary captains based upon their strong performances against Western Kentucky. Roark had three [...]
Junior wide receiver Randall Cobb was named National Punt Returner of the Week by the College Football Performance Awards, and senior quarterback Mike Hartline was named honorable mention as National Quarterback of the Week by the College Football Performance Awards for their accomplishments in UK’s 63-28 win over Western Kentucky Saturday. Cobb returned a punt [...]
Notes UK and WKU will play again next season at LP Field in Nashville. Cats have won 15 straight games against non-conference opponents at home. Second meeting between the two schools: UK is 2-0 against the Hilltoppers. UK’s 63 points were the most points scored in regulation since scoring 77 points vs. UTEP in 2002. [...]
Fans not able to attend UK’s home opener will have more opportunities to see the game after Insight Communications acquired the rights to broadcast the game live in selected markets. These markets are: • Bowling Green – channel 5 • Evansville, Ind./Henderson, Ky. – channel 74 for customers without a digital box; channel 503 on [...]
Junior linebacker Danny Trevathan was named Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Week after he posted a game-high 11 tackles in the Cats 23-16 win over the Cards on Saturday. His 11 tackles on Saturday were tied for the second-highest total in the SEC during week one of the season. Nine of Trevathan’s tackles were [...]
UK’s freshman kicker Joe Mansour was named the National Kickoff Specialist of the Week after his performance against Louisville on Saturday. Mansour kicked off five times in the Cats’ 23-16 win over the Cards, and three of those kickoffs went for touchbacks. Following a shaky placekicking performance by UK junior Ryan Tydlacka, who missed a [...]
The Arizona Cardinals trimmed their roster for the final time on Saturday to reach the 53-man roster limit, and former UK running back Alfonso Smith was one of the final two cuts. Smith, who signed with the Cardinals as an undrafted free agent this year, scored a touchdown in the Cardinals’ final preseason game on [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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