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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 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 protests a call during the No. 13 Kentucky vs. South Carolina football game on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022, at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky. Kentucky lost 24-14. Photo by Isabel McSwain | Staff

Column: Kentucky football’s floor may have become its ceiling

Cole Parke, Sports Editor October 13, 2022

Kentucky football entered the 2022 season with high hopes. The Wildcats were ranked in the preseason AP Poll for the first time since the 70s and brought back a likely first round NFL Draft pick as...

Kentucky running back Kavosiey Smoke (0) runs the ball for a touchdown during the Kentucky vs. Tennessee football game on Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021, at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky. Tennessee won 45-42. Photo by Jack Weaver | Kentucky Kernel

Moving pieces and new faces: What to expect from Kentucky’s offense

Katelyn Perkins, Reporter August 30, 2022

The 2022 college football season is rapidly approaching, with less than one week away until the Wildcats return to Kroger Field. As the excitement builds, only time will tell how well the Cats' offense...

Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops watches his team from the sideline during the Kentucky vs. New Mexico State football game on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021, at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky. UK won 56-16. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

Mark Stoops discusses Kentucky’s early signing class

Cole Parke December 16, 2021

One day removed from college football’s early signing day, Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops spoke about the Wildcats’ 2022 class.Kentucky recorded 22 signees with 10 early enrollees, in what was undoubtedly...

J.J. Weaver and Dekel Crowdus (left to right) pose for a photo together during the UK football media day on Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

Dekel Crowdus will not play in 2021

Barkley Truax November 18, 2021

Former Frederick Douglass High School standout wide receiver Dekel Crowdus will not take the field in 2021, Mark Stoops confirmed Thursday."We're looking at next year at this point with the injury and...

Dane Key commits to Kentucky at Frederick Douglass High School on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021.

“It’s just home,” four-star receiver Dane Key commits to Kentucky

Barkley Truax October 28, 2021

Yahtzee!Four-star Lexington native and Frederick Douglass standout wide receiver Dane Key has committed to Kentucky, he announced Thursday evening. “[Kentucky] is just where I feel at home,” Key said...

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