You guys know the Rudy movie right? Well what are our own inspiring "Rudy"/walk-on stories?

[know1]

Junior Braddy

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

So I've been watching the classic sports movie Rudy while I'm typing this and I was just wondering if our own team has our own inspiring "Rudy"/walk-on stories? Shoot I even like to call our walk-ons "Rudy's"! (yes I know the real-life Rudy story didn't happen quite like the movie but that's not the point; incidentally I think it was actually much harder for him to get admitted into Notre Dame than to get on the football team).

I remember when I first seriously followed UK in high school (starting with 1996 season) and soon after my dream was to go to UK, which I indeed did with BA's in history and political science (class of 2003; b-ball centennial!). And I remember this one guy, Steve Masiello who was called at the time "human victory cigar". Now I don't know if he really exactly counts as a true "Rudy" player though...he did play all four years after all (1997-2000)...and on top of that he won a championship in 1998 and just barely missed another the year before. And since then he has become a head coach for Manhattan (since 2011).

Well that's just one example but any of our own players you think were most inspiring/Rudy-like? After all, just like how Rudy wouldn't take anything less than playing for the Irish, I'm sure there were players who could've had a fine starter sort of career at "some other school" but their dream was to play for the finest college basketball team in the country and would settle for no less.

Side note:

The real Rudy is a massive jerk. I've spent years working around the people of his hometown, and no one there likes him. He also had to settle with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a pump and dump scheme.

Joe Montana said 99% of the movie was fraudulent and that the team never turned in their jerseys.

 

[Mike_Edwards]

Anthony Epps, Ravi Moss, Cameron Mills top three off the top of my head.

 

[mdlUK.1]

Memory fades but I seem to recall Chris Harrison hitting a couple big 3’s during our 31 point comeback win at LSU in 1994. That seems like a true Rudy moment.

 

[UKAlum84]

Ravi Moss is inspiring. It's a story of what it means to grow up in Kentucky and end up starting for the team. As a senior he contributed big time.

 

[storm1507]

Not only did Chris Mills hit one of the biggest shots in UK history I am now listening to him on the pre game show interviewing Todd Svoboda.

 

[BlueWorldOrder74]

Not only did Chris Mills hit one of the biggest shots in UK history I am now listening to him on the pre game show interviewing Todd Svoboda.

😕

 

[CaptainBoogerBuns]

Rudy. A movie about as quirky

 

[bluecoon1]

It was my dream to play football for UK so I tried to commit in person to Jerry Claiborne back in ‘82 and he had security remove me. So I headed to the nearest recruiting station and the navy guy told me I could fly F-14’s, six months later I was dishing out taters at the chow hall.