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Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

Kentucky wide receivers Dane Key and Barion Brown dance to music at the Cat Walk before the Kentucky vs. Ball State football game on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023, at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Abbey Cutrer | Staff

Dane Key, Barion Brown and the brotherhood of Kentucky football

Samantha Money, Assistant Sports Editor August 29, 2023

Kentucky football wide receivers Barion Brown and Dane Key are their own movie. Last year, that movie broke box office records — Key with the most touchdown receptions by a freshman in program history...

Kentucky Wildcats head coach Mark Stoops coaches his team during the Kentucky vs. Iowa Music City Bowl football game on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. UK lost 21-0. Photo by Isabel McSwain | Staff

Kentucky football unveils complete 2024 schedule

Cole Parke, Sports Editor June 18, 2023

Kentucky football unveiled its complete 2024 football schedule, revealing the slate of games the team will play in the first season that Texas and Oklahoma join the Southeastern Conference (SEC) from the...

Kentucky athletics director Mitch Barnhart watches the Kentucky vs. No. 1 South Carolina womens basketball game on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, at Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, Kentucky. South Carolina won 95-66. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

UK Athletics announces department-wide sale of Alcohol at sporting events

Cole Parke, Sports Editor June 17, 2023

UK Athletics and Kentucky Athletic Director Mitch Barnhart announced a department-wide sale of alcoholic beverages at sporting events for the 2023-24 school year. The official confirmation came from...

Kentucky defensive back Carrington Valentine (14) celebrates after a sack during the University of Kentucky vs. South Carolina football game on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021, at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina. UK won 16-10. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

Kentucky football corner Carrington Valentine selected by Green Bay Packers with No. 232 pick in 2023 NFL Draft

Parker Scott, Reporter April 29, 2023

Kentucky football cornerback Carrington Valentine was selected by the Green Bay Packers with the No. 232 pick in the seventh round of the 2023 NFL Draft on Saturday. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Valentine...

Kentucky Wildcats running back Chris Rodriguez Jr. (24) warms up before the No. 7 Kentucky vs. No. 14 Ole Miss football game on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, at Vaught Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi. Ole Miss won 22-19. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

Kentucky football running back Chris Rodriguez Jr. drafted No. 193 overall by Washington Commanders

Samantha Money, Assistant Sports Editor April 29, 2023

Kentucky football running back Chris Rodriguez Jr. was drafted No. 193 overall, No. 16 in round six, overall by the Washington Commanders in the 2023 NFL Draft on Saturday. The senior from Georgia spent...

Kentucky Wildcats quarterback Will Levis (7) poses with the Governor’s Cup trophy after the Kentucky vs. No. 25 Louisville football game on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022, at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky. UK won 26-13. Photo by Isabel McSwain | Staff

Kentucky football quarterback Will Levis drafted No. 33 overall by Tennessee Titans

Cole Parke, Sports Editor April 28, 2023

Kentucky quarterback Will Levis was drafted No. 33 overall, the No. 2 pick in the second round, by the Tennessee Titans in the 2023 NFL Draft on Friday. Levis played two years with Kentucky as the Wildcats’...

Kentucky Wildcats defensive back Maxwell Hairston (31) guards wide receiver Dekel Crowdus (3) during the Kentucky Football Spring Practice on Saturday, April 1, 2023, at the Joe Craft Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Travis Fannon | Staff

Kentucky football hosts open practice in place of annual spring game

Parker Scott, Reporter April 4, 2023

Kentucky football held a spring practice that was open to fans and the media on Saturday, with the practice partially serving as a substitute for the Blue-White Game, which will not take place before the...

Kentucky Wildcats head coach Mark Stoops walks through the Cat Walk before the No. 22 Kentucky vs. No. 16 Mississippi State football game on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022, at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

Kentucky football announces addition of two quality control coaches

Parker Scott, Reporter February 22, 2023

Kentucky football head coach Mark Stoops announced two additions to his staff on Monday. Graduate assistant C.J. Conrad was promoted to an offensive quality control coach and Mike Priefer Jr. was hired...

Kentucky Wildcats wide receiver Barion Brown (2) runs the ball during the Kentucky vs. Iowa Music City Bowl football game on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. UK lost 21-0. Photo by Isabel McSwain | Staff

Didn’t catch UK Sports over winter break? Here’s what you missed

Luke Fetzer, Reporter January 11, 2023

The Winter months are considered by some to be the absolute peak of Kentucky’s athletic department. With crucial early matchups of both mens and womens basketball, a potential bowl game journey and...

Kentucky Wildcats head coach Mark Stoops high fives fans during Cat Walk before the Kentucky vs. Louisville football game on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022, at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Isabel McSwain | Staff

Despite key offensive weapons absent, Cats travel to Nashville full of optimism

Luke Fetzer, Reporter December 30, 2022

Kentucky football wrapped up its final practice on Thursday before the team is set to face off against Iowa in the Music City Bowl on New Year’s Eve.  The 2022 Music City Bowl marks Kentucky’s...

Graphic made for the hiring of Jay Boulware as the University of Kentucky football teams running backs coach and special teams coordinator. Graphic by UK Athletics.

Jay Boulware speaks on what he brings to the table at Kentucky

Cole Parke, Sports Editor December 16, 2022

Kentucky running backs coach and special teams coordinator Jay Boulware spoke to the media for the first time since being hired just four days prior on Friday. Boulware spoke about what he brings to...

Kentucky Wildcats defensive back Carrington Valentine (14) makes a tackle during the No. 7 Kentucky vs. No. 14 Ole Miss football game on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, at Vaught Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi. Ole Miss won 22-19. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

Kentucky’s Carrington Valentine declares for NFL Draft, will not play in Music City Bowl

Samantha Money, Assistant Sports Editor December 15, 2022

Kentucky cornerback Carrington Valentine declared for the 2023 NFL Draft on Thursday, also announcing his decision to forgo the 2022 Music City Bowl as well. The junior from Cincinnati, Ohio, is the...

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