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08/03/22 - Devin Leary, rSr/2024, Kentucky + More +

2022 PRESEASON WALTER CAMP PLAYER OF YEAR PLAYER TO WATCH: Devin Leary, QB, junior, North Carolina State,...Earlier this week, The Sicklerville, N.J., native was announced as the ACC Preseason Player of the Year and last week was named to the watch lists for the Maxwell and Davey O'Brien Awards. In 2021, Leary set a new school single season record with 35 passing touchdowns breaking the previous mark of 34 held by Philip Rivers (2003). - North Carolina State Football

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QB Devin Leary, Kentucky
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08/02/22 - Eli Cox, rSr/2025, Kentucky + More +

Kentucky enters the coming season without a proven offensive tackle on its roster and with only two starters returning on the offensive line - one of whom, Eli Cox, is switching from guard to center. That is a huge question to be answered for the Cats because physical and relentless play from "The Big Blue Wall" has been the foundation of Stoops-era UK football success. - Herald Leader

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C Eli Cox, Kentucky
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08/02/22 - Beau Allen, rSr/2025, Kentucky + More +

One of the top prospects in the country has picked Tarleton as his landing spot. Tarleton Football announced Tuesday they have added quarterback Beau Allen. Allen transfers to Tarleton from Kentucky, where he spent the last two years. He played in five games with the SEC's Wildcats, completing 11-of-19 (.579) passes for 132 yards, scoring his first touchdown on the ground against New Mexico State. Last year as a redshirt freshman and No. 2 on the depth chart, Allen played against Louisville, New Mexico State and Louisiana-Monroe, after going against Alabama and Vanderbilt as a true freshman in 2020.

Allen was heavily recruited out of Lexington Catholic High School, named a four-star prospect by ESPN and Rivals. He was ranked as high as the No. 3 QB in Kentucky, and a top-15 QB across the nation overall. Allen turned down offers from Georgia, Michigan, Michigan State, Cincinnati, Maryland, Washington State, West Virginia, Marshall and Duke, among others, to attend Kentucky. He also had offers from several prominent schools ahead of his commitment to Tarleton this past week. - Tarleton Football

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QB Beau Allen, Kentucky
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07/30/22 - Beau Allen, rSr/2025, Kentucky + More +

Kentucky Wildcats quarterback Beau Allen announced Wednesday via his Twitter feed that he is entering the transfer portal. One of the most prolific passing quarterbacks in Lexington high school football history, Allen will leave UK having thrown only 19 passes in game-action as a Wildcat. "After a lot of thought and prayer, I have decided for the best interest of my football career, I will enter the transfer portal to have an opportunity to play this upcoming season," Allen wrote. "I am forever a Wildcat and I am very excited for the future." The son of 1980s-era UK QB Bill Allen, Beau Allen threw for 11,439 yards and 127 touchdowns in his career at Lexington Catholic. One of the most-decorated quarterbacks produced in the commonwealth in the past decade, Allen chose UK over scholarship offers from Cincinnati, Duke, Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, Washington State and West Virginia, among others. A four-star recruit by Rivals.com, Allen was seen as UK's quarterback of the future when he signed with Kentucky in its recruiting class of 2020. - Herald Leader

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QB Beau Allen, Kentucky
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07/30/22 - DeAndre Square, rSr/2023, Kentucky + More +

2022 PRESEASON BUTKUS AWARD WATCHLIST: DeAndre Square, Kentucky,...Square, a 6-foot-1, 221-pound native of Detroit, enters his fifth and final season with the Wildcats having played in 49 career games with 35 straight starting assignments. His career totals include 244 tackles, 19.5 tackles for loss, 13 quarterback hurries, four pass breakups, three forced fumbles, two interceptions and one fumble recovery. He's been voted a team captain twice (2020 and 2021) and is on track to graduate in December with a degree in health promotion. Square ranked third on the team last season in tackles (80), tackles for loss (9.5) and sacks (3.0). He added three quarterback hurries, one pass breakup, a forced fumble and an interception in helping UK win 10 games for the fourth time in school history. - Kentucky Football

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OLB DeAndre Square, Kentucky
News Source: Kentucky Football
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07/29/22 - Devin Leary, rSr/2024, Kentucky + More +

Devin Leary is coming off a record-breaking season during which he threw for 35 touchdowns, a single-season school record, passing Philip Rivers. Leary has thrown for 51 career touchdowns at N.C. State, good enough for sixth all-time. In two seasons as the starting quarterback for the Pack, Leary has posted a 12-3 record. After suffering a broken leg in 2020, Leary started all 12 games a year ago. Entering his third year under offensive coordinator Tim Beck, Leary is expected to lead N.C. State to new heights. "I have a really good grasp of the system, and guys that we need to step up, kind of teaching them and making sure they understand what they need to do, and just in general having the whole offense understand from my perspective," Leary said at ACC Kickoff. "Just being in the system for a good amount of time and just keep collaborating with Coach Beck." Leary threw just five interceptions last season while passing for 3,433 yards.

He was clutch when it mattered for the Pack, throwing 11 touchdowns in the fourth quarter or overtime. Leary was the only quarterback in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) with 10 or more touchdowns and one or no interceptions in the fourth quarter. He was just the third ACC quarterback in the playoff era to accomplish that feat. "He's one of the top quarterbacks in the country," N.C. State linebacker Isaiah Moore told The News & Observer. "We feel like he's the best in the country. We have no worries when he's under center." - Raleigh News Observer

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QB Devin Leary, Kentucky
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07/29/22 - Eli Cox, rSr/2025, Kentucky + More +

2022 PRESEASON OUTLAND TROPHY WATCHLIST: C Eli Cox, Kentucky,...Cox, a native of Nicholasville, Kentucky, was named a midseason All-American by ESPN and the Associated Press last year after starting at right guard in the first nine games. He was named SEC Co-Offensive Lineman of the Week after helping the Wildcats pile up 330 rushing yards in the 42-21 win over LSU. Against Missouri, he recovered a fumble in the end zone that proved to be the game-winning touchdown in the 35-28 win over the Tigers. Cox's season was cut short after suffering an injury to his left hand vs. Tennessee that required surgery. He returned to play in the spring in his new position at center and has emerged as one of the leaders of the Big Blue Wall. - Kentucky Football

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C Eli Cox, Kentucky
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07/29/22 - Colin Goodfellow, rSr/2023, Kentucky + More +

2022 PRESEASON RAY GUY WATCHLIST: Colin Goodfellow - Kentucky,...Goodfellow (6-2, 225) is a grad student going for a second degree. His two-season totals (12 games) include 45 punts for an average of 46.3 yards with 13 inside the 20. Last season (2021) he ranked third in the SEC in punting with a 45.94 average in 10 games with 35 punts for 1,608 yards with a long of 70. That was the second-highest season average for punting in school history. Practiced with the team but did not play in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Graduated in May of 2021 with a nursing degree and is currently working on a second degree in Kinesiology and health promotion - Kentucky Football

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P Colin Goodfellow, Kentucky
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07/28/22 - Jamon Dumas-Johnson, Sr/2025, Kentucky + More +

2022 PRESEASON BUTKUS AWARD WATCHLIST: Jamon Dumas-Johnson, Georgia,...Played in 14 of 15 games as a reserve LB and also on special teams in 2021...finished with 22 total stops on the season, along with 2.0 QB sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, one interception and two QB pressures. - Georgia Football

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ILB Jamon Dumas-Johnson, Kentucky
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07/28/22 - Zach Calzada, rSr/2026, Kentucky + More +

It's like musical chairs at the quarterback position in the SEC West, but according to Fisher, Auburn is one of the winners. Fisher raved about Calzada and the type of person he is and the type of player he is last week at SEC Media Days. "Zach is a tremendous human being," Fisher said. "I hated to lose Zach. He's a competitor. He has tremendous arm talent. He's competitive, he's tough, he's smart. He's a team guy. Zach will do anything in the world to win for his teams. "I think they're getting a great human being with a talented football player," he went on. "It's going to be a pain in our tail when we play them. I know that. I know he's in a battle right now, but Zach is a very talented guy, and they're blessed to have him. He will do a great job for them."

Calzada famously quarterbacked Texas A&M's upset win over Alabama last season in College Station, highlighting a season of ups and downs. In Auburn, he's hoping to have more ups - but he has to find his way onto the field first. Auburn head coach Bryan Harsin has said it'll be an open battle going into fall camp between Calzada, who was limited in the spring with an injury to his non-throwing shoulder, and returner TJ Finley, freshman Holden Geriner, and Hoover alum and Oregon transfer Robby Ashford. Calzada finished last season throwing 56.1-percent for 2,185 yards with 17 touchdowns and nine interceptions. - Opelika-Auburn News

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QB Zach Calzada, Kentucky
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07/28/22 - Tayvion Robinson, rSr/2024, Kentucky + More +

A season ago, Wan'Dale Robinson transferred home to Kentucky from Nebraska and proceeded to produce the single-greatest season ever (104 catches for 1,334 yards and seven TDs) for a Wildcats wideout. With the ex-Western Hills High School star now set to make plays for the New York Giants, UK is counting on a different Robinson to emerge as its "WR1." In three seasons at Virginia Tech, Tayvion Robinson caught a combined 113 passes for 1,555 yards and nine touchdowns. No one should expect Tayvion to match Wan'Dale but Kentucky does need its "new Robinson" to lead a youthful receiving corps. - Herald Leader

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WR Tayvion Robinson, Kentucky
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07/25/22 - Zach Calzada, rSr/2026, Kentucky + More +

Zach Calzada's toughness is one of the lasting impressions he left on Fisher and his Texas A&M teammates before entering the transfer portal in the offseason. Calzada, who started 10 games for the Aggies last fall, transferred to Auburn in the spring and is firmly in the mix for the Tigers' starting quarterback job as fall camp approaches. That toughness he displayed at Kyle Field last November also left an impression on his competitors-turned-teammates at Auburn. "You want to play with somebody that got that dog in him," Auburn running back Tank Bigsby said. "He didn't back down, he didn't give up, he didn't quit. I'd rather play with somebody that doesn't want to quit all the time." Calzada and offensive lineman Layden Robinson shared the Texas A&M team award for toughness at the end of last season, both of them being honored with that accolade during the team's annual December banquet.

Robinson was part of the same signing class as Calzada and has long respected him as both a quarterback on the field and a person off it. He admitted that it was tough to see Calzada transfer to Auburn, but he spoke fondly of the player the Tigers are getting. "Zach is going to be amazing for the Auburn Tigers; it's just going to make it even tougher when we play them," Robinson said. "…Zach has earned a lot of our guys' respect, and that's never going to change, because we know what type of guy Zach Calzada is, and we know what he brings to the table." - Birmingham News

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QB Zach Calzada, Kentucky
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07/25/22 - Will Levis, rSr/2023, Kentucky + More +

Mark Stoops may usually be reluctant to contribute to the preseason hype machine for his Kentucky football players, but even he cannot help but brag on quarterback Will Levis this summer. "We have to have some play-makers step up at the wide receiver position because we have a beast of a quarterback," Stoops said during his appearance at SEC Media Days Wednesday. Stoops made it clear where he stands on the topic of whether Levis can earn a spot in the first round of the 2023 NFL draft. "I'm not going to lie, when I watch him at times, I mean, it does kind of blow you away," Stoops said. "You just watch him maybe on a windy day, there's gusts coming at you, and the way he rips the football, the way he throws it, the way he works, he's exceptional. "I don't worry about him, talking about him like that, because he's very self-driven. He's worried about getting better. He works his tail off every day."

A year ago, Levis had not even been named Kentucky's starting quarterback yet. He had been pigeon-holed as a change-of-pace, run-first backup at Penn State. While he was viewed as the favorite to win Kentucky's starting job after being recruited out of the transfer portal by offensive coordinator Liam Coen, he faced significant competition from multiple quarterbacks who enjoyed the head start of a full spring practice to learn Coen's system. Levis wasted little time winning the respect of his teammates and establishing himself as the obvious choice to start for Kentucky after arriving on campus. There were moments of inconsistency during his first season as a Wildcat, but he led Kentucky to its second 10-win season since 1977 while totaling more than 3,000 yards of offense. - Courier Journal

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QB Will Levis, Kentucky
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07/25/22 - Will Levis, rSr/2023, Kentucky + More +

Mark Stoops and company will have a more difficult time selling the disrespect narrative leading up to the 2022 season. Reporters attending the SEC's annual media days event in Atlanta this week have voted the Wildcats second in the preseason SEC East poll, behind only defending national champion Georgia. Four voters picked Kentucky to win the division. No Kentucky player was picked to the media's preseason All-SEC first team, but running back Chris Rodriguez and offensive guard Kenneth Horsey were second-team selections. Quarterback Will Levis was voted to the third team, behind Alabama quarterback Bryce Young and Tennessee quarterback Hendon Hooker on the first and second teams. Summer projections have generally placed Kentucky in a group of several teams fighting to separate themselves behind preseason favorites Alabama and Georgia. - Courier Journal

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QB Will Levis, Kentucky
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07/25/22 - Will Levis, rSr/2023, Kentucky + More +

The SEC in 2022 is not without excellent quarterbacks. Alabama's Bryce Young. Tennessee's Hendon Hooker. Georgia's Stetson Bennett. Arkansas' KJ Jefferson. None, however, not even Young, returning Heisman Trophy winner, has felt the summer spotlight quite like Kentucky's Will Levis. Such was Wednesday's backdrop as the Wildcats' signal-caller arrived at the College Football Hall of Fame for the SEC Football Media Days, front and center for those curious about the prospect many NFL scouts believe is a potential first-round pick in next year's draft. Even the first overall pick. "I try not to pay too much attention to it," Levis said during a meeting with the Kentucky media inside the Omni Hotel. "It's impossible for me not to see it. And it's cool. I acknowledge it. My family will send it to me and it's cool for them, as well."

It's cool for the Cats. Not since Andre Woodson in 2007 has Kentucky arrived at the annual SEC football talkfest promoting its starting quarterback, much less one with such professional potential. It's worth repeating: The 6-foot-3 232-pounder from Connecticut, via Penn State, has all the traits the next level covets in an NFL quarterback. "He can make all the throws," UK Coach Mark Stoops told the conference media on Wednesday. "Everything about him, he's exceptional. And I don't worry about saying that, because he's very self-driven." - Herald Leader

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