Laster transferring
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I saw this coming from a mile away. He was going to get passed by a freshman anyway. Good luck to him at his future school.
He'll have his degree from UK and will always be a Wildcat. I wish him the very best!
Yea, I hate it cause he seems like a good kid and he did whatever they asked but.... he was looking at 3rd on the depth chart at 2 different positions that had a lot of comp for 2 and 3. Bannerman is liked by the staff and has 4 years. Bonner seems similar with 2 years left and is maybe quicker. Even if they are equal the youth wins out.
Part of the normal churn as more talented players appear and develop and room needs to be made for them.
These kids watch practice. They know if there better than the field. I think part of the reason Badet transferred is other talented wr.
There had to be players leaving to accommodate all of the extra signees from this class. I was hoping for it to be more third string players like Laster than starters like Badet and Boom, but oh well. Best of luck to him.
Laster will have his degree in May. So this is a graduate transfer. Same thing Badet is doing.
Badet, the starting WR we utilized constantly last season? C'mon, now. I can see where that could be the case for Laster, but not Badet.
Yes Badet the wr that didn't get near as much run towards the end of the year. Juice was the go to guy in the Louisville game. I'm not saying Badet wasn't talented but writing was on the wall that other players where coming on and he would have to share snaps. If Badet was confident he was gonna be the number 1 wr next year then why the hell would he transfer?
Because, God bless him, Stephen Johnson is good for one bomb a game and that's about it. If you're a receiver looking to get drafted, it makes sense to find a more pass happy offense.
Some of that is on the wr dropping several passes. Johnson threw for 330 against Louisville and Badet had how many of that? If your gonna get drafted UK as good a place as any. We will see if Badet has as much success as UK leading at this next year.
I remember 30 yards. 30 unbelievably important yards that changed the game from "play for OT" to let's win. Best, most important play of the final drive.
Not picking a fight. But honestly that was about my favorite play of the game. 30 yard rope the he went up for and got.
According to this article, we are now only one over our 85 scholarship limit.
http://www.kentucky.com/sports/coll...football/jen-smith-blog/article134964039.html
Articles can be wrong. Unless there are players gone that have not been announced to the public we are more than one over the limit. Count 'em for yourself.
1 2 Dorian Baker
2 3 Jordan Griffin
3 4 Marcus Walker
4 5 Kendall Randolph
5 6 Blake Bone
6 7 Drew Barker
7 7 Mike Edwards
8 8 Kobie Walker
9 9 Garrett Johnson
10 9 Davonte Robinson
11 10 Asim A.J. Rose
12 11 Tavin Richardson
13 12 Gunnar Hoak
14 15 Stephen Johnson
15 17 Tobias Gillium
16 19 Kayaune Ross
17 20 Kengera Daniel
18 21 Chris Westry
19 22 Sihiem King
20 25 Darius West
21 26 Benny Snell
22 28 Kei Beckham
23 29 Derrick Baity
24 31 Jamar 'Boogie' Watson
25 32 Eli Brown
26 33 Roland Walder
27 34 Jordan Jones
28 35 Denzil Ware
29 36 Jacob Hyde
30 40 Nico Firios
31 41 Josh Allen
32 45 Jaylin Bannerman
33 47 Jordan Bonner
34 51 Courtney Love
35 52 Drake Jackson
36 56 Kash Daniel
37 59 Kordell Looney
38 60 Calvin Taylor
39 64 George Asafo-Adjei
40 65 Jervontius Stallings
41 67 Landon Young
42 68 Nick Haynes
43 69 Matt Elam
44 71 Logan Stenberg
45 73 Kyle Meadows
46 74 Cole Mosier
47 75 Tate Leavitt
48 77 Naquez Pringle
49 77 Mason Wolfe
50 79 Luke Fortner
51 80 Grant McKinniss
52 81 Dakota Holtzclaw
53 82 Jabari Greenwood
54 83 Justin Rigg
55 85 Greg Hart
56 87 C.J. Conrad
57 88 Charles Walker
58 89 Zy'Aire Hughes
59 90 T.J. Carter
60 92 Alvonte Bell
61 93 Ja'Quize Cross
62 98 Tymere Dubose
63 99 Austin MacGinnis
64 99 Adrian Middleton
65 6 Lonnie Johnson
66 13 Danny Clark
67 17 Walker Wood
68 18 Clevan Thomas
69 24 Bryant Koback
70 27 Cedric Dort
71 44 Jamin Davis
72 Abule Abadi-Fitzgerald
73 Tyrell Ajian
74 Joshua Ali
75 Quinton Bohanna
76 Lynn Bowden
77 Yusuf Corker
78 Sebastian Dolcine
79 Austin Dotson
80 Isaiah Epps
81 Phil Hoskins
82 Alex King
83 Michael Nesbitt
84 Joshua Paschal
85 JaVonte Richardson
86 Naasir Watkins
87 Chris Whittaker
88 Jordan Wright
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I can think of a few from that list RV posted above that could be candidates to transfer, but I don't want to speculate publicly on how it might go down. For one thing, it likely would expose my ignorance on such matters, but more importantly, such speculation of specific players is unfair to them.
However, you're right - a lot of the dead wood has already been gotten rid of.
why would they not be counted? Mosier is a starter and Walker a starter on the punt return team and primary backup at receiver. No way these guys lose their schollies.
I don't disagree with you on the basis of merit, but scholarships are awarded on a yearly basis and when you have a numbers crunch, walk-ons are the first to lose their scholarship. Is it fair, no, but it's what happens at every school.
Having said that, I have no problem finding 5-6 other players that IMO needs a very good spring camp or they might be talked into transferring.
I can never recall a walk on at UK that was awarded a scholarship and then had it taken back. Don't know about other schools. I think it's fair to say if either one of these guys had their ticket snatched away after what they have contributed they would have a player rebellion on their hands. I can see at least 20 guys on this roaster besides freshmen that should lose their ride before these two.
Great play but he wasn't targeted as much that game is my point. I never said he wasn't talented. If he thought he was going to be the guy he would still be here.
If Nico Firios or Kei Beckham or Blake Bone decided to transfer, would people be shocked? I think Bone can have a good year, but could also see him passed by again. I think Firios is great on ST, but could see where he might not think he is going to get on the field much at LBer. I though Beckham had some good moments last year, but with the last three classes at DB, he may not think he is going to beat some of those guys out.
I have to believe that no one's scholarship will be snatched away. I also have to believe we will be at or under the 85 by the time school begins due to more attrition for a variety of reasons. There are those that I would choose as probable candidates but speculation is reckless and unhelpful IMO. As many times as not it turns out to be those you didn't expect.
Don't worry as the numbers always work out. We're a long ways away from the beginning of the fall semester.
Don't worry as the numbers always work out. We're a long ways away from the beginning of the fall semester.
No way. His drops were frustrating but he was our top receiver. Badet transferred for other reasons.
Yea he did not believe he would be showcased here. I guess what that means is debatable.
Now that I can believe, but it wasn't because of new guys if our best receiver transferred because of new guys EVERY receiver on the team should leave.
I never said strictly just new guys. Guys like Bone Richardson Greenwood where pushing for spots last year. Badet knows who was behind him. Plus we do not know what coaches told him.
True, and I suspect Bowden will play as a true freshman, I think it will mostly be in the wildcat, special teams. We don't know what coaches said its true, I just doubt it was to make room, or really anything to do with his abilities other than like you said, he wanted the ball more. It's kinda not fair, not taking anything away from him but, he had a fair share land right in his bread basket and he dropped the ball pun intended.
Badet would have started had he stayed. His desire to showcase himself is human, but would not be desirable if I was a recruiting coach.
Badet Is very fast but he had issues wanting to go over the middle. If you want to be a top draft pick at his size you better run the whole route tree.
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