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 Draft Scout College Football Player News: 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

(DS#44 CB) rSr/2023 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

(DS#15 QB) rSr/2024 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

(DS#999 WR) rSr/2024 WR Rahsaan Lewis, Kentucky
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  08/11/22 - Deone Walker, Jr/2025, Kentucky, 6-7, 331 (DS#14 DT) + More +

  Finding a defensive lineman physically capable of holding his own against Southeastern Conference opponents is never an easy task, but Kentucky appears to have one in Walker. The 6-foot-6, 330-pound tackle was the biggest standout from Saturday's Fan Day practice. "That's a different cat right there," super senior linebacker Jacquez Jones said of Walker. "He's so big and the way he moves. Deone, he's special. Nobody big should be moving like that." Octavious Oxendine, Justin Rogers and Tre'Vonn Rybka opened preseason practice as the starters on Kentucky's defensive line, but coaches are expected to rotate heavily at those positions. Walker already has received some first-team snaps. "He works hard," Stoops said. "You can see the athletic ability in him. Just got to stay the course. There's going to be ups and downs, but unbelievable talent. Exactly what we thought when we recruited him." - Herald Leader

(DS#14 DT) Jr/2025 DT Deone Walker, Kentucky
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  08/11/22 - Will Levis, rSr/2023, Kentucky, 6-4, 229 (DS#4 QB) + More +

  For just the fifth time in program history, Kentucky football will enter a season ranked in at least one of the major polls. The Wildcats were slotted at No. 21 in the USA Today coaches poll released Monday. Kentucky was ranked fourth among SEC teams, behind No. 1 Alabama, No. 3 Georgia and No. 7 Texas A&M. Arkansas (23) and Ole Miss (24) were the other SEC teams included in the top 25. Kentucky has been ranked in the preseason Associated Press poll four times in program history: 1950, 1951, 1957 and 1978. Two years ago, UK was not ranked in either the preseason AP or coaches polls but did debut in both polls' first in-season update before actually playing a game. The 2022 preseason AP poll will be released later this month. The No. 21 ranking represents a six-spot drop from where Kentucky finished last season. The Wildcats were No. 15 in the final 2021 coaches poll. UK was also ranked 18th in last season's final AP poll, marking the 10th time in program history the Wildcats had been ranked in a season's final poll. - Herald Leader

(DS#4 QB) rSr/2023 QB Will Levis, Kentucky
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  08/11/22 - Dee Beckwith, rJr/2025, Kentucky, 6-4, 236 (DS#999 WR) + More +

  Tennessee transfer Dee Beckwith is already on his second position at Kentucky. UK first listed him as a running back when he was added to the roster in June. When the roster was updated for the start of preseason camp this week, Beckwith had moved to wide receiver. In reality, neither position fully encapsulates the role Beckwith might fill for Kentucky when he gains full command of coordinator Rich Scangarello's offense. "He's a big boy," UK Coach Mark Stoops said. "He's a guy that can confuse you at times because he can play so many different positions. That's the nice thing. That's what Rich really liked about him and we liked about him as a staff, was we could be very multiple with him."

During Kentucky's open practice Saturday, Beckwith mostly served as a spectator during team scrimmage periods, but even on the sideline he was hard to miss. At 6-foot-5, 230 pounds, Beckwith possesses the physical tools that make it easy to see why he was rated as a four-star prospect out of Florence High School in Alabama. He committed to Tennessee's recruiting class of 2020 over offers from Kentucky, Florida, Auburn, Florida State, Michigan, Ole Miss and Michigan State. - Herald Leader

(DS#999 WR) rJr/2025 WR Dee Beckwith, Kentucky
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  08/10/22 - Ramon Jefferson, rSr/2024, Kentucky, 5-09, 201 (DS#38 RB) + More +

  When Will Levis took the field for the first time in a drill against Kentucky's first-team defense, a newcomer lined up with him in the backfield. Ramon Jefferson took the first snap with the first team, but it's probably best not to take too much from the move. The Sam Houston State transfer was one of five running backs who saw time with the first-team offense over the course of Saturday's practice, as Kavosiey Smoke, La'Vell Wright, JuTahn McClain and Chris Rodriguez each got turns as well.

Rodriguez, a second-team preseason All-SEC selection, continues to practice though his playing status remains unclear after an offseason arrest on DUI charges. He had a spectacular one-handed catch on a throw deep down the right sideline from Levis during a drill against the first-team defense. "I (didn't) think he had that in him, to be honest," Levis joked. "No, Chris is awesome. To get him more involved in the passing game was a goal of mine - and just the running backs in general was a goal of mine." Smoke, Wright and McClain "bring another level of speed" to the UK backfield, Levis said. And Jefferson has made a strong first impression on his new QB, who called the 5-foot-10, 215-pound senior running back "a bowling ball" and "a little Mighty Mouse." "He's got a good feel," Levis said. "You see he bounces that when he's supposed to bounce it, he cuts when he's supposed to cut. You watch his tape, it just kind of jumps out immediately." - Courier Journal

(DS#38 RB) rSr/2024 RB Ramon Jefferson, Kentucky
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  08/09/22 - Will Levis, rSr/2023, Kentucky, 6-4, 229 (DS#4 QB) + More +

  Will Levis may want to watch his back this fall, but he insists he won't. Though Kentucky's acclaimed quarterback will be depending on a pair of inexperienced left tackles for blocking on his blind side, he said his eyes will be aimed elsewhere. "If I'm thinking about who's in an offensive line or what's going on, then that's just one more thing I have to put on my plate," Levis said Wednesday afternoon during the Wildcats' media day. "And I really just have to use my instincts and just feel in the pocket to understand when things are breaking down or when there are moments where I might need to be escaping or moving up."

Levis was sacked 23 times last season - roughly once for every 10 passes he completed - but that total likely would have been much lower were he less willing to run under duress rather than throw the ball away. Chris Rodriguez was the only Kentucky back to log more carries from scrimmage than did Levis last year. Both players scored nine rushing touchdowns. "I have full confidence in our (offensive line) unit," Levis said. "And no matter who's up there, if they're the No. 1 player in the country, they are still going to get beat every so often. You're going to have to rely on instincts and be able to move in the pocket and step up and make those throws. It's something you can't really think about." - Courier Journal

(DS#4 QB) rSr/2023 QB Will Levis, Kentucky
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  08/05/22 - Beau Allen, rSr/2026, Kentucky, 6-2, 211 (DS#999 QB) + More +

  If his father is correct, quarterback Beau Allen's unexpected decision last week to transfer from the Kentucky football program may have taken root during UK's 31-17 drubbing at Mississippi State last Oct 30. Before Mike Leach left the head coaching job at Washington State for the same position at MSU, he and his staff put a full-court recruiting press on Allen. So in Starkville last season, Allen was greeted by many of the support-staff members who had ardently wooed him for Washington State.

Once the game started, the Kentucky offense laid a dinosaur egg, with starting quarterback Will Levis throwing three interceptions. "Obviously, we didn't play very well, and Beau doesn't get to see the field at all," Bill Allen says. "I don't know that that set really well with him, necessarily." On Tuesday, Tarleton State, a Football Championship Subdivision program in Stephenville, Texas, announced that Beau Allen had joined its team. Having waited to transfer until well after the May 1 cutoff for immediate eligibility at another FBS school in 2022, moving down a division was the clearest path Beau Allen had to playing immediately this fall. According to Bill Allen, a mid-1980s-era UK QB himself, Beau Allen's feeling that he needed to be playing in games to develop motivated the former Lexington Catholic High School star to take action. "He wants to play," Bill Allen said. "He couldn't just stand there anymore, in my opinion." - Herald Leader

(DS#999 QB) rSr/2026 QB Beau Allen, Kentucky
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  2022 PRESEASON WALTER CAMP PLAYER OF YEAR PLAYER TO WATCH: Chris Rodriquez, RB, senior, Kentucky,...Rodriguez is the Southeastern Conference'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 and the 14th total time a Wildcat has accomplished that feat. - Kentucky Football

(DS#20 RB) rSr/2023 RB Chris Rodriguez Jr., Kentucky
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  08/03/22 - Will Levis, rSr/2023, Kentucky, 6-4, 229 (DS#4 QB) + More +

  2022 PRESEASON WALTER CAMP PLAYER OF YEAR PLAYER TO WATCH: Will Levis, QB, senior, Kentucky,...Levis 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 yards and nine touchdowns. - Kentucky Football

(DS#4 QB) rSr/2023 QB Will Levis, Kentucky
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  08/03/22 - Devin Leary, rSr/2024, Kentucky, 6-1, 215 (DS#15 QB) + 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

(DS#15 QB) rSr/2024 QB Devin Leary, Kentucky
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  08/02/22 - Eli Cox, rSr/2025, Kentucky, 6-4, 306 (DS#7 C) + 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

(DS#7 C) rSr/2025 C Eli Cox, Kentucky
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  08/02/22 - Beau Allen, rSr/2026, Kentucky, 6-2, 211 (DS#999 QB) + 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

(DS#999 QB) rSr/2026 QB Beau Allen, Kentucky
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  07/30/22 - Beau Allen, rSr/2026, Kentucky, 6-2, 211 (DS#999 QB) + 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

(DS#999 QB) rSr/2026 QB Beau Allen, Kentucky
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