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Overall, it was a good season...

FernCreekCat67

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If you looked purely at talent, pre-season, this UK club looked to go from a low of 5-7 to a high of 7-5. Florida and UT's programs destabilized, which gave UK a breakthrough opportunity, and they didn't capitalize.

Nonetheless, it was a good season, with important victories over Missouri, Vanderbilt and South Carolina, which are absolutely essential at this stage of the program's development. And UK came a two point conversion away from upsetting a favored bowl opponent. It wasn't pretty, that I'll readily concede, but I'll take this season over about 90% of prior UK football seasons.

Now, let's sign Peters, Oats, Taylor, and Watt, retain Allen, Edwards and Ware, and get on to 2018! And that includes beating Missouri, Vanderbilt and South Carolina AGAIN, and taking the next step in elevating our program against Mississippi State and Louisville.

85 Scholarship Players [4 Openings]
Offense – 39 Players [1 Openings]
Defense – 43 Players [3 Openings]
Special Teams – 3 Players

QB(4)
Drew Barker 6-3 222 QB Sr. Rivals 4* [5.9]
Terry Wilson 6-3 205 QB So Rivals 3* [5.6]
Gunnar Hoak 6-4 206 QB So. Rivals 3* [5.5]
Danny Clark 6-2 230 QB Fr. Rivals 3* [5.7]

TB(5)
Sihiem King 5-9 172 TB Sr. Rivals 3* [5.5]
Benny Snell 5-11 223 TB Jr. Rivals 3* [5.5]
A.J. Rose 6-1 212 TB So. Rivals 3* [5.6]
Bryant Koback 6-0 193 TB Fr. Rivals 3* [5.6]
Chris Rodriguez 6-0 220 TB RS [Fr.] Rivals 3* [5.6]

WR – X(3)
Tavin Richardson 6-3 218 WR Jr. Rivals 3* [5.7]
Isaiah Epps 6-2 185 WR So. Rivals 3* [5.6]
JaVonte Richardson 6-4 230 WR Fr. Rivals 4* [5.9]
X – Dominick Watt 6-1 190 WR RS [Fr.] Rivals 4* [5.8] – Crystal Ball 0% UK

WR – Z(4)
Dorian Baker 6-3 208 WR Sr. Rivals 4* [5.8]
Joshua Ali 6-0 180 WR So. Rivals 3* [5.6]
Marvin Alexander 6-2 176 WR RS [Fr.] Rivals 3* [5.7]
Bryce Oliver 6-3 200 WR RS [Fr.] Rivals 3* [5.5]

SWR – F(2)
Lynn Bowden 6-1 190 SWR So. Rivals 4* [5.8]
Clevan Thomas 5-11 190 SWR So. Rivals 3* [5.7]

SWR – Y(2)
Walker Wood 6-0 181 SWR Fr. Rivals 3* [5.6]
Akeem Hayes 5-10 170 SWR RS [Fr.] Rivals 3* [5.6]

TE(4)
C.J. Conrad 6-5 245 TE Sr. Rivals 4* [5.8]
Justin Rigg 6-6 251 TE So. Rivals 3* [5.5]
Brenden Bates 6-5 240 TE RS [Fr.] Rivals 4* [5.7]
Keaton Upshaw 6-6 240 TE RS [Fr.] Rivals 3* [5.7]

C(2)
Drake Jackson 6-2 302 C So. Rivals 4* [5.8]
Quintin Wilson 6-3 320 C RS [Fr.] Rivals 3* [5.7]

OG(7)
Jervontius Stallings 6-3 320 OG Sr. Rivals 2* [5.4]
Logan Stenberg 6-6 318 OG Jr. Rivals 3* [5.7]
Mason Wolfe 6-6 320 OG Jr. Rivals 3* [5.5]
Luke Fortner 6-6 305 OG So. Rivals 3* [5.5]
Sebastien Dolcine 6-4 300 OG Fr. Rivals 2* [5.4]
Marquan McCall 6-3 350 OG RS [Fr.] Rivals 4* [5.9]
Kenneth Horsey 6-3 330 OG RS [Fr.] Rivals 3* [5.5]

OT(6)
George Asafo-Adjei 6-5 315 OT Sr. Rivals 3* [5.7]
Landon Young 6-7 305 OT Jr. Rivals 5* [6.1]
E.J. Price 6-6 325 OT So. Rivals 4* [5.8]
Naasir Watkins 6-5 300 OT Fr. Rivals 3* [5.5]
Austin Dotson 6-6 310 OT Fr. Rivals 2* [5.4]
Darian Kinnard 6-7 330 OT RS [Fr.] Rivals 3* [5.7]

NG (4)
Tymere Dubose 6-5 320 NG Sr. Rivals 3* [5.6]
Ja’Quize Cross 6-3 302 NG So. Rivals 2* [5.3]
Quinton Bohanna 6-4 320 NG So. Rivals 3* [5.5]
Jerquavion Mahone 6-3 300 NG RS [Fr.] Rivals NR

DT – Left of NG (4)
Adrian Middleton 6-3 275 DT Sr. Rivals 3* [5.6]
Phil Hoskins 6-5 280 DT Jr. Rivals 3* [5.7]
Kordell Looney 6-3 293 DT So. Rivals 3* [5.6]
Davoan Hawkins 6-4 275 DT RS [Fr.] Rivals 3* [5.6]

SDE – Right of NG(4)
Kengera Daniel 6-5 260 SDE Sr. Rivals 3* [5.6]
T.J. Carter 6-4 280 SDE Jr. Rivals 2* [5.4]
Calvin Taylor 6-9 305 SDE Jr. Rivals 2* [5.4]
Abule Abadi 6-6 260 SDE Fr. Rivals 3* [5.6]
X – Leonard Taylor 6-5 240 SDE RS [Fr.] Rivals 4* [5.8] – Crystal Ball 92% UK

Jack LB/WDE(5)
Denzil Ware 6-2 245 WDE Sr. Rivals 3* [5.6]
Jaylin Bannerman 6-5 238 WDE So. Rivals 3* [5.6]
Joshua Paschal 6-3 270 WDE So. Rivals 4* [5.8]
Chris Whittaker 6-3 256 WDE Fr. Rivals 3* [5.5]
Jordan Wright 6-5 250 WDE Fr. Rivals 3* [5.7]

SLB/OLB(3)
Josh Allen 6-5 230 SLB Sr. Rivals 3* [5.5]
Jamar Watson 6-3 240 SLB So. Rivals 2* [5.4]
Alex King 6-3 225 SLB Fr. Rivals 3* [5.7]
X – Chris Oats 6-4 205 SLB RS [Fr.] Rivals 4* [5.8] – Crystal Ball 44% UK

MLB(1)
Kash Daniel 6-1 248 MLB Jr. Rivals 4* [5.8]
X - Xavier Peters 6-4 220 MLB RS [Fr.] Rivals 4* [5.9] – Crystal Ball 100% UK

WLB/ILB(5)
Jordan Jones 6-2 221 WLB Sr. Rivals 3* [5.7]
Eli Brown 6-2 215 WLB Jr. Rivals 4* [5.8]
Jamin Davis 6-4 212 WLB Fr. Rivals 2* [5.4]
DeAndre Square 6-1 205 WLB RS [Fr.] Rivals 3* [5.7]
Ashtan Pierre 6-2 200 WLB RS [Fr.] Rivals 3* [5.5]

CB - Boundary(4)
Chris Westry 6-4 195 CB Sr. Rivals 3* [5.6]
Lonnie Johnson 6-3 203 CB Sr. Rivals 3* [5.6]
Cedrick Dort 5-11 170 CB So. Rivals 2* [5.4]
Jamari Brown 6-2 180 CB RS [Fr.] Rivals 3* [5.6]

CB - Field(4)
Derrick Baity 6-3 186 CB Sr. Rivals 3* [5.5]
Jordan Griffin 6-0 186 CB Jr. Rivals 4* [5.8]
Zyaire Hughes 6-1 190 CB So. Rivals 3* [5.5]
Stanley Garner 6-3 180 CB RS [Fr.] Rivals 4* [5.8]

S - Strong(5)
Mike Edwards 6-0 200 SS Sr. Rivals 4* [5.8]
Marcus Walker 6-1 212 SS Jr. Rivals 3* [5.7]
Dom Williams 5-10 180 SS RS [Jr.] Rivals 3* [5.5]
Tobias Gilliam 5-11 191 SS So. Rivals 3* [5.7]
Michael Nesbitt 6-0 185 SS Fr. Rivals 3* [5.6]

S - Free(4)
Darius West 6-0 210 FS Sr. Rivals 4* [5.8]
Davonte Robinson 6-2 187 FS So. Rivals 3* [5.6]
Yusuf Corker 6-0 190 FS Fr. Rivals 3* [5.7]
Tyrell Ajian 6-0 190 FS Fr. Rivals 4* [5.8]

K/P/ST(3)
Grant McKinniss 6-1 210 P So. Rivals 2* [5.2]
Max Duffy 6-1 200 P RS [So.] Rivals NR
Chance Poore 6-3 200 K RS [Fr.] Rivals 3* [5.5]
 
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