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 [...]
The Cats had a new face at Monday’s practice: Elliot Porter. Porter, a defensive tackle from Waggaman, La., had originally signed to play for Louisiana State in February, but the Tigers had too many signees to qualify and released him from his scholarship. Besides UK, Porter considered Oregon and Texas A&M as possible landing spots, [...]
UK junior wide receiver Gene McCaskill will miss the 2010 season after sustaining an injury to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left knee, UK head coach Joker Phillips announced Sunday. McCaskill suffered the injury during the Cats’ Saturday scrimmage. A native of Chester, S.C., McCaskill has featured in 25 games for the Cats, [...]
UK junior wide receiver Randall Cobb has been named to the 2010 Fred Biletnikoff Award watch list. Cobb led the Cats in receiving last season with 39 catches for 447 yards and four touchdowns. Five other receivers from the Southeastern Conference—Auburn’s Darvin Adams, Arkansas’ Greg Childs, Georgia’s A.J. Green, South Carolina’s Alshon Jeffry and Alabama’s [...]
The following is a list of players that will not play for the team this year: Defensive lineman Tim McAdoo is heading to junior college, which is a one-and-a-half to two-year commitment. Linebacker Farrington Huguenin will go to prep school for a year in North Carolina. Linebacker Jabari Johnson has been ruled academically ineligible, but [...]
Sophomore QB Morgan Newton discusses the QB competition: Senior QB Mike Hartline discusses the QB situation:
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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