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2022 COACHES PRESEASON ALL-SEC THIRD TEAM: QB - Will Levis, Kentucky,...Levis, a 6-foot-3, 232-pound senior from Madison, Connecticut, is entering his second year as the starter at quarterback. He had an impressive debut season for the Wildcats after transferring from Penn State in 2021. In 13 games, he threw for 2,827 yards and 24 scores, while rushing for 376 net yards and nine touchdowns. His 24 TD passes were the most since Andre' Woodson had 40 in 2007. He totaled 3,203 yards of total offense, the seventh player in school history to reach 3,000 yards of total offense in a season. - Kentucky Fotball

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QB Will Levis, Kentucky
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08/30/22 - DeAndre Square, rSr/2023, Kentucky, 6-1, 226 (DS#48 OLB) + More +

2022 COACHES PRESEASON ALL-SEC THIRD TEAM: LB - DeAndre Square, Kentucky,...Square (49 career games, 35 career starts) was third-leading tackler in 2021 with 80 tackles, including 9.5 tackles for loss and 3.0 sacks. He also had three quarterback hurries. Square hauled in the game-clinching interception in the Vrbo Citrus Bowl vs. Iowa. - Kentucky Fotball

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OLB DeAndre Square, Kentucky
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08/30/22 - Jacquez Jones, rSr/2023, Kentucky, 6-0, 227 (DS#44 ILB) + More +

2022 COACHES PRESEASON ALL-SEC THIRD TEAM: LB - Jacquez Jones, Kentucky,...Jones joined UK from Ole Miss before the 2021 campaign and led the team with 86 total tackles. He had 3.5 tackles for loss, a game-sealing pass breakup vs. Florida, one fumble recovery and one forced fumble. - Kentucky Fotball

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ILB Jacquez Jones, Kentucky
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08/30/22 - Chris Rodriguez Jr., rSr/2023, Kentucky, 6-0, 217 (DS#20 RB) + More +

Kentucky running back Chris Rodriguez Jr. will not play in Saturday night's season opener against Miami of Ohio, and coach Mark Stoops expects multiple-game suspensions for the No. 20 Wildcats' rushing leader and other players. Rodriguez pleaded guilty this summer to driving under the influence and other charges following his arrest in May. Neither the senior nor linebacker Jordan Wright was listed on the depth chart released Monday, but Stoops said they were "unavailable" rather than suspended. He did not offer further details during a news conference. "These players have some rights as well and I have to be very conscientious of that," he said. "I expect a few of them will have multiple-game suspensions, but I don't know. I'll address it next week." Discipline was expected for the first team All-Southeastern Conference selection, but Stoops has sidestepped questions about his status throughout fall camp. Rodriguez is coming off a season in which he rushed for a career-high 1,379 yards and nine touchdowns to help Kentucky finish 10-3 last season and win the Citrus Bowl. Wright had 30 tackles, six pass breakups and four tackles for loss in nine games last fall. - AP College Football

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RB Chris Rodriguez Jr., Kentucky
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08/30/22 - Devin Leary, rSr/2024, Kentucky, 6-1, 215 (DS#15 QB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON MANNING AWARD PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Devin Leary, Jr., NC State,...Leary has been named to the 2022 Manning Award Watch List. Earlier this summer, The Sicklerville, N.J., native was announced as the ACC Preseason Player of the Year and was also named to the watch lists for the Maxwell, Davey O'Brien and Walter Camp Player of the Year awards. The Manning Award, sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, announced its preseason Watch List on Thursday. The list includes 30 of the top quarterbacks in the nation heading into the 2022 season. The winner will again be selected by a voting panel, which includes national media and each of the Mannings, after the bowls. - NC State Football

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QB Devin Leary, Kentucky
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08/30/22 - Will Levis, rSr/2023, Kentucky, 6-4, 229 (DS#4 QB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON MANNING AWARD PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Will Levis, Sr., Kentucky,...In 13 games last season, Levis completed 233 of 353 passes for 2,827 yards and 24 scores, while rushing for 376 yards and nine touchdowns. His 24 TD passes were the most since Andre' Woodson had 40 in 2007. He totaled 3,202 yards of total offense, the seventh player in school history to reach 3,000 yards of total offense in a season. - Kentucky Football

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QB Will Levis, Kentucky
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08/29/22 - Kenneth Horsey, rSr/2024, Kentucky, 6-4, 313 (DS#42 OG) + More +

2022 COACHES PRESEASON ALL-SEC SECOND TEAM: OL - Kenneth Horsey, Kentucky,...Horsey, a native of Sanford, Florida, has manned the left guard spot for two seasons and now is the Wildcats' most experienced lineman with 25 career games and 21 career starts. An interesting note about Horsey - he had open-heart surgery in April of 2018, prior to his freshman year at UK. Because of his perseverance to return to play, he won the 2020 Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year Award. His experience with heart health led him to volunteer with the Lexington's local chapter of the American Heart Association and he went on to earn a spot on the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team and the SEC Community Service Team in 2021. - Kentucky Fotball

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OG Kenneth Horsey, Kentucky
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08/29/22 - Chris Rodriguez Jr., rSr/2023, Kentucky, 6-0, 217 (DS#20 RB) + More +

2022 COACHES PRESEASON ALL-SEC FIRST TEAM: RB - Chris Rodriguez Jr., Kentucky,...Rodriguez, a 5-11, 224-pound product of McDonough, Georgia, is the SEC's leading returning rusher. In 2021, he averaged 106.1 yards per game, ranking 12th nationally and second in the SEC. His 1,379 rushing yards ranks fifth on UK's single-season list and he became the 10th player in school history to rush for 1,000 yards in a season. It's the 14th total time a Wildcat has accomplished that feat. He had nine 100-yard rushing games last season, a school record. He also had 13 receptions for 61 yards and three touchdowns. For his career, Rodriguez has 2,740 rushing yards (sixth on UK's career list), 26 rushing TDs (tied for second on UK's career list) and 15 100-yard games (third in school history). - Kentucky Fotball

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RB Chris Rodriguez Jr., Kentucky
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08/29/22 - Octavious Oxendine, rSr/2025, Kentucky, 6-2, 277 (DS#91 DT) + More +

Octavious Oxendine was in the midst of a breakout season last fall when he suffered a knee injury against LSU that sidelined him for UK's final seven games. Through the first six, the North Hardin High School grad tallied 15 total tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss and two sacks. Cutting back on his beloved chicken Alfredo, Oxendine reported to camp weighing 281 pounds after checking in at 318 last year. He's noticed a difference - "I feel faster," he said - and his coaches are seeing it, too. "His weight is down, but he looks stronger," defensive coordinator Brad White said at the start of camp. "He's looser than he's ever been in the past. He's a guy that's brimming with confidence."

Kentucky's defensive line needs Oxendine to take on a bigger role with the departure of leading tackler Paschal to the NFL, and the junior's weight loss journey appears to have put him on the right track. A more-versatile Oxendine bodes well for UK's rotation-based approach in the trenches, and defensive line coach Anwar Stewart has compared the Radcliff native's preseason form to that of Paschal, who weighed 278 pounds during his 2021 All-SEC campaign. "He's playing really fast," Stewart said of Oxendine. "Shoot, when he gets on the edge pass-rush-wise, he's a very strong kid and athletic, very twitchy. He's playing a lot like Josh Paschal." - Courier Journal

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DT Octavious Oxendine, Kentucky
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08/29/22 - Zach Calzada, rSr/2026, Kentucky, 6-3, 222 (DS#57 QB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON JOHNNY UNITAS GOLDEN ARM AWARD WATCH LIST: Zach Calzada, Auburn,...Quarterback transfer from Texas A&M who was 184-327 passing in 2021 for 2,185 yards and 17 scores, starting 10 games in 2021...SEC offensive player of week in the win over Alabama (21-31 passing, 285 yards, 3 TD)...did not play in 2020 and saw action in three games in 2019. - Auburn Football

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QB Zach Calzada, Kentucky
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08/22/22 - Josh Kattus, Sr/2026, Kentucky, 6-4, 247 (DS#51 TE) + More +

If nothing else has been made clear through the first two weeks of Kentucky football's preseason practices, fans can rest assured that new offensive coordinator Rich Scangarello loves his tight ends. "I really believe there's three or four or five in that room that are going to play on Sundays," he declared after the first practice. Entering camp, the depth chart already looked crowded. Returners Brenden Bates, Keaton Upshaw, Izayah Cummings and Jordan Dingle brought a combined 84 games, 14 starts, 51 catches and eight touchdowns to the room. There did not appear to be any snaps available for a newcomer. Someone forgot to tell freshman Josh Kattus that he was destined for a redshirt season though. "I love him," Scangarello said. "I'm a big fan of Josh. He's got a long road to go, but he's got some special qualities. He's kind of become a favorite, I think, among the offense too as a young player. He's nasty, plays hard, plays to the whistle. "I think he aggravates the defensive guys at times, which I love. He's got a little something to him that's going to make him a really good football player here."

With Upshaw battling a minor hamstring issue as he worked his way back from missing all of last season due to injury, Kattus was already receiving some first-team reps in certain packages at UK's Fan Day open practice three days into preseason camp. Kattus arrived on campus with a reputation as a physical blocker, but he made an early statement with multiple catches during the 11-on-11 periods that afternoon. It quickly became apparent that Kattus was not only a temporary injury-replacement, either. "He's turned heads ever since he got here," quarterback Will Levis said. "Obviously, not the biggest dude at the tight end position, but he's got a really good feel for the game. He's a smart kid, physical kid, brings the energy. "...I think he'll get some burn this year. He's a good player. I trust him. He's as prepared as any of the freshmen we have going into practice." - Herald Leader

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TE Josh Kattus, Kentucky
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08/21/22 - Ramon Jefferson, rSr/2024, Kentucky, 5-09, 201 (DS#38 RB) + More +

You see his hometown on the roster and you hear Ramon Jefferson's thick Bronx accent and your mind goes to basketball. With his big-city Bravado, the Kentucky running back sounds like so many of those hard-nosed New York City point guards whose voices you've heard. "Yeah, yeah," Jefferson said, smiling like he's heard this before. "I can play a little ball. I got a little jump shot, a little crossover move." That's the sport his hometown is known for. But for Jefferson, the Bronx was the launching bad for a pigskin ascent that's taken him to FCS programs at Maine and Sam Houston state, with a stop at Garden City Community College in between. His final collegiate stop is his biggest step up yet. An FCS second-team All-American last season at Sam Houston - he rushed for 1,155 yards and 13 touchdowns - Jefferson is set to test his mettle in a crowded Kentucky backfield against the elites of the SEC. "I have big-play ability," Jefferson says. "Obviously, you know, big question is just, can it translate to this level, which I feel like it can." - Courier Journal

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RB Ramon Jefferson, Kentucky
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08/17/22 - Keidron Smith, rSr/2023, Kentucky, 6-2, 201 (DS#44 CB) + More +

It started in high school with memorizing wide receivers' routes. Maybe just one for any given game. Talent could take Keidron Smith a pretty long way in those days - to three-star cornerback status and a scholarship to Ole Miss - and so he didn't need much more than that. In time, he came to crave it. Fast forward to this fall, and Smith is finishing his college football career at Kentucky. He's a fifth-year senior and a certified film-room fiend. The film study he used to do in passing has become a passion. "(Film study) slows the game down so much more," Smith said. "It makes the game so much slower, and that allows you to play so much faster." It's a lesson Smith absorbed at Ole Miss and, as importantly, one the Kentucky coaches hope he can start to impart the Cats' younger corners.

Though he hopes to set an example for Kentucky's corners, Smith is foremost here to play. He came to UK not merely to follow friend and former roommate Jacquez Jones, the Wildcats linebacker who came from Oxford before last season and became a fixture on the UK defense, but because he saw "the opportunity here." After moving from corner to safety last season at Ole Miss, Smith - who also played at nickel back for the Rebels - is back in his original position at Kentucky. A stout 6-foot-2 and 204 pounds, he has the size Mark Stoops favors at the position and saw UK as an ideal schematic fit. "It's basically free agency," Smith said of the transfer portal. "I took my time, and I think - well, I don't think, I know - that I made the right decision." - Courier Journal

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CB Keidron Smith, Kentucky
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08/16/22 - Devin Leary, rSr/2024, Kentucky, 6-1, 215 (DS#15 QB) + More +

Devin Leary on trying to improve: "My biggest emphasis this offseason comes with the defensive identification - whether there is a certain pressure or a certain look that is bad with the specific play that we have, getting us out of those looks. That was my biggest thing this spring that Coach [Tim] Beck [the offensive coordinator] kind of took the leash off me - 'Hey, if you see something that you feel as if this play isn't going to work, just get out [of it] and check it." - Richmond Times-Dispatch

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QB Devin Leary, Kentucky
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08/11/22 - Rahsaan Lewis, rSr/2024, Kentucky, 5-10, 187 (DS#999 WR) + More +

Kentucky football senior wide receiver Rahsaan Lewis, son of Pro Football Hall of Famer Ray Lewis, has pleaded guilty to driving under the influence. Lewis was arrested in March after being stopped while driving on South Upper Street in downtown Lexington. According to an arrest citation, Lewis showed signs of impairment during a field sobriety test and had a blood alcohol concentration of .153, nearly double the legal limit. He was also charged with reckless driving and improper start from a parked position.

On Aug. 5, Lewis entered a guilty plea to the charge of driving under the influence, first offense. The reckless driving charge and improper start charge were merged as part of the plea. He was sentenced to four days home incarceration and ordered to pay a $200 fine with $568 of court costs. Lewis' driver's license was suspended. A UK spokeswoman told the Herald-Leader the football program had no comment or update on Lewis' status with the team after the plea. Lewis has been practicing with the team since his arrest and participated in the team's Fan Day open practice Saturday, one day after his plea. - Herald Leader

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WR Rahsaan Lewis, Kentucky
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