These players who were once considered extra blockers who could maybe catch a handful of passes have become true offensive weapons. Kentucky football roster: Who UK is losing and adding through the transfer portal during offseason Seniors returning to Kentucky football S Tyrell Ajian A two-year starter, Ajian totaled. MacAfee didn't let up once he got to college, either. Find out more. Join us for a March Madness Webinar on Tuesday, March 7 at 8pm ET. Do you have a sports website? The first stage of Kentucky football's offseason roster overhaul is complete. Bryant was no one-year wonder, either, with 408 receiving yards as a sophomore and 662 receiving yards as a junior. Michael Mayer was pegged as a tight end who would dominate in college and in the NFL when he was still at Covington Catholic High in Park Hills, Kentucky. When you look at the teams that have won national championships in recent memory, it's not hard to look at their rosters and pick out dynamic tight ends who helped them get to that level here's a look at the greatest college football tight ends in history. 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Bottom line: Florida Atlantic's Harrison Bryant broke new ground as a senior in 2019 when he became the first player outside the Group of Five to win the John Mackey Award as the nation's tight end after he racked up 65 receptions for 1,004 receiving yards and seven touchdowns. He won a national championship with Oklahoma as a sophomore in 1985 when he caught a 71-yard touchdown pass in an Orange Bowl win over Penn State. Or write about sports? Novacek was a star on the next level as well, winning three Super Bowls with the Dallas Cowboys in the early 1990s while making five Pro Bowls. Ross became the first Northeastern player inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2004. 1987-1988 Kentucky Basketball Roster 86 SHARES Share Tweet Front Row (l to r): Head Coach Eddie Sutton, Assistant Coach James Dickey, Ed Davender, Derrick Miller, Rex Chapman, Eric Manuel, Winston Bennett, Reggie Hanson, Johnathon Davis, Sean Sutton, Assistant Coach Dwane Casey, Assistant Coach Jimmy Dykes, Assistant Coach Roger Harden. He's a member of both the College Football Hall of Fame and Pro Football Hall of Fame. If you find an advertisement in the rotation that is viewed as inappropriate for the web site, please click on web site feedback below, and report the exact URL of the ad. Bottom line: Tight ends were not considered a viable receiving option in the 1960s despite the rules of football being essentially the same they are now but Elon's Rich McGeorge was a player out of time when it came to his position. View the Kentucky Wildcats roster for the 2010 FBS college football season. Hudson still holds NCAA career records for a tight end for catches per game (5.4) and receiving yards per game (75.3), and he set the single-game NCAA receiving record for tight ends with 13 receptions for 259 yards against archrival Utah in 1981. He was also a two-time NFL All-Pro with the Cincinnati Bengals, setting a Super Bowl record with 11 receptions for 104 receiving yards and two touchdowns in a loss to the San Francisco 49ers in 1983. 1900's - (Won 25; Lost 43) | 1902-03 | 1903-04 | 1904-05 | 1905-06 | 1906-07 | 1907-08 | 1908-09 | 1909-10 | Return to statistics, team schedules, opponents, players, games, coaches, opposing coaches or Kentucky Wildcat Homepage Note: Above, I use the convention that the decade ends with the tenth year and begins with the first. In the last 30 years, the tight end position has changed the game of football. [1] The Hilltoppers finished the season ranked 13th in the final national poll.[2]. The No. RELATED: Ranking All 25 BCS/CFP National Champions, High School: John Milledge Academy (Milledgeville, Georgia), Career highlights: John Mackey Award (2019), AP All-American (2019), three-time All-Conference USA (2017-19), NFL All-Rookie Team (2020). The two teams met for the first time on Dec. 17, 1988. View history The 1988 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky University in the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season and were led by head coach Dave Roberts. High School: Napa High School (Napa, California), Career highlights: Two-time CFP National Champion (2021, 2022), John Mackey Award (2022), two-time AP All-American (2021, 2022), two-time All-SEC (2021, 2022), SEC Freshman of the Year (2021). Standings . Some school's results have been altered by retroactive NCAA penalties. January 12, 2023 Liam Coen Happy to Be Returning to 'Kentucky . Jones became a household name during his NFL career while catching passes from Joe Montana and Steve Young for the San Francisco 49ers in the late 1980s and 1990s, winning three Super Bowls and earning three NFL All-Pro selections. The Wildcats scored 217 points while allowing 208 points. Bottom line: Even with one year of college football remaining in the almost certain case he leaves school early for the NFL Draft, it's a no-brainer to put current Georgia tight end Brock Bowers on this list among the greatest college football tight ends of all time. 1997 Kentucky Wildcats Football Media Guide, p.209, 1997 Kentucky Wildcats Football Media Guide, p.168, 209, 1997 Kentucky Wildcats Football Media Guide, p.168, 1997 Kentucky Wildcats Football Media Guide, p.166, 1988 Southeastern Conference football standings, Story, Mark, UK football's greatest wins at Commonwealth, Lexington Herald-Leader, September 4, 2011, "UK finally awakens to knock off SIU 24-10", "1989 NFL Draft Listing | Pro-Football-Reference.com", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1988_Kentucky_Wildcats_football_team&oldid=1094986638, 1988 Southeastern Conference football season, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using CFB schedule with named parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 25 June 2022, at 19:12. The Philadelphia Eagles drafted Jackson in 1988, and in his nine seasons play professional football, he went to the Pro Bowl five times and won Super Bowl XXXI with the Green Bay Packers. Scoreboard; Box Scores; Previews; Injury Report; Miller was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first round of the 2005 NFL Draft and helped lead the team to two Super Bowl wins in 11 seasons. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. . 14 Kentucky (12-18, 2-14 SEC). Born: July 6, 2001 (Independence, Kentucky), High School: Covington Catholic High School (Park Hills, Kentucky), Career highlights: Two-time AP All-American (2021, 2022), All-ACC (2020). Lost Southeast Regional Semifinal (80-74) versus #6 Villanova, Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Saturday, March 4, 6:03AM. The KHSAA uses a Google ad sequence to help fund and pay for its web site. Bottom line: Oklahoma's Keith Jackson is the shortest tight end to make the list at 6-foot-2 that's probably spotting him an inch but it would have been almost unfair if he'd been any taller. Bottom line: Brent Jones came to Santa Clara as a lightly recruited wide receiver who also played on the baseball team. Ivy Joe Hunter Position: RB 6-0 , 237lb (183cm, 107kg) Born: November 16 in Gainesville, FL (Age: 56-082d) More bio, uniform, draft, salary info 45 45 SUMMARY Career G 45 AV 1 Rush 31 Yds 100 Y/A 3.2 TD 0 FantPt 19.7 Ivy Joe Hunter Overview Game Logs Career 1989 1990 1991 Player Game Finder Splits Career 1989 1990 1991 Player Split Finder More Born: Oct. 6, 2000 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), High School: Archbishop Wood High School (Warminster, Pennsylvania), Career highlights: John Mackey Award (2020), AP All-American (2020), two-time All-SEC (2019, 2020), NFL All-Rookie Team (2021), Pro Bowl (2021). Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. Next were wins against #11 Georgia, Southern Illinois and Vanderbilt, then losses to Florida and at Tennessee. Players who have already entered. 500) Player (School) Years . Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. 1540 University Drive Lexington, KY 40506 Football Gameday Site Ticket Information Clear Bag Policy Parking (PDF) Constructed in 1973 and originally called Commonwealth Stadium The facility had a capacity of 57,800. The Wildcats scored 217 points while allowing 208 points. Wednesday marked the close of college football's first transfer portal window. Born: June 22, 1962 (Everett, Washington), Died: Sept. 27, 2021, 59 years old (San Jose, California), High School: Brighton High School (Salt Lake City, Utah), Career highlights: Two-time AP All-American (1982, 1983), College Football Hall of Fame, All-USFL (1985). He had over 800 receiving yards in each of his last two seasons and decided to forgo his final year of college eligibility to enter the 2023 NFL Draft. Teams. See our list of forfeits and vacated games for more details. Regular Season; Preseason; Postseason; Strength of Schedule; 2023 Opponents; Games . Born: June 12, 1979 (Sioux Falls, South Dakota), High School: Twin River Valley High School (Bode, Iowa), Career highlights: John Mackey Award (2002), AP All-American (2002), All-Big Ten (2002), NFL All-Pro (2009), Pro Bowl (2009), Super Bowl champion (2010), NFL All-Rookie Team (2003). Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Bottom line: Pulaski Academy in Little Rock, Arkansas, didn't even feature a tight end in its offense, so Hunter Henry actually played the position for the first time at the University of Arkansas where the 6-foot-5, 250-pounder proved to be pretty darn good. Do you have a blog? He was one of the team's best players as a freshman in 2004 before he left school to go on a two-year mission in the Dominican Republic. Kentucky football roster: Who UK is losing and adding through the transfer portal during offseason The 6-foot-2, 206-pound receiver opened the season with three catches for 21 yards against. Schedule Roster . Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Kentucky High School Athletic Association KHSAA Student-athletes of Today, Leaders of Tomorrow, August 9, 1988 Will Says Besides playing football, he also is a great singer, maybe the Big Blue Nation will hear him . In the college game, that means players who may have been taller wide receivers in high school but also show the ability to pack on muscle become tight ends. He also helped lead the Golden Bears' basketball team to the Sweet Sixteen as a junior in 1996 the same year he wowed NFL scouts on the football field by catching 44 passes for 699 yards and five touchdowns. Born: Oct. 24, 1962 (Martin, South Dakota), High School: Gothenburg High School (Gothenburg, Nebraska), Career highlights: All-WAC (1984), two-time NFL All-Pro (1991, 1992), three-time Super Bowl champion (1993, 1995, 1996), five-time Pro Bowl (1991-95), College Football Hall of Fame. Bottom line: Colorado State's Trey McBride won the John Mackey Award as the nation's best tight end in 2021, but his most impressive college season may have been in 2020. Silver Level Corporate Partner of the KHSAA for more than 25 years! Bottom line: Dennis Pitta was a BYU walk-on wide receiver who converted to tight end during a grayshirt year in 2003. You have to admire a player who seems to play with absolutely no fear of anything. Teams. Bottom line: Jay Novacek started his career at Wyoming as a wide receiver before moving to tight end as a sophomore neither were particularly appealing options on a team that ran the wishbone offense at the time. This article about a sports team in Kentucky is a stub. 16 overall pick in the 1970 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers, where he played all nine of his NFL seasons. The Virginia native won the John Mackey Award as a junior in 2004 and set ACC career records for a tight end for receptions (144), receiving yards (1,703) and touchdowns (20), despite leaving school with one year of eligibility remaining. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. These are the greatest tight ends to ever play college football. Baseball Baseball: Facebook Baseball: Twitter Baseball: Instagram Baseball: Schedule Baseball: Roster Baseball: News Basketball Basketball: Facebook Basketball: Twitter Basketball: Instagram Basketball: Schedule Basketball: Roster Basketball: News Cross Country Cross Country: Facebook Cross Country: Twitter Cross Country: Instagram . The team earned their second consecutive NCAA Division I-AA playoff berth, making it to the quarterfinals. [1] [2] This was Jerry Claiborne 's seventh season as Kentucky's head coach. Born: Nov. 10, 1986 (Lee's Summit, Missouri), High School: Raymore-Peculiar High School (Peculiar, Missouri), Career highlights: John Mackey Award (2008), AP All-American (2008), three-time All-Big 12 (2006-08). It was completed at a cost of $12 million by the firm of Huber, Hunt, and Nichols. 3 seed Lady Vols, who enter in that position for the fourth straight season, will face No. Born: Oct. 22, 1982 (Richlands, Virginia), High School: Honaker High School (Honaker, VIrginia), Career highlights: John Mackey Award (2004), AP All-American (2004), two-time All-ACC (2003, 2004), Freshman All-American (2002), NFL All-Rookie Team (2005), two-time Pro Bowl (2009, 2012), two-time Super Bowl champion (2006, 2009). But he left as a revolutionary player for the tight end position, earning Western Football Conference Offensive Player of the Year and AP All-American honors in 1985. Visit ESPN to view the Kentucky Wildcats team roster for the current season Mackey followed that up with 90 receptions for 1,121 yards in 2021 on the way to becoming Colorado State's first unanimous All-American all despite scoring just one touchdown. He was selected as the No. vs Kentucky State University (Wilberforce, OH - Senior Day) Recap Boxscore Oct 29th L 31 - 42 Football at Lane College (Jackson, TN) Recap Boxscore Oct 22nd L 13 - 45 Football vs Edward Waters (Fla.) (Wilberforce, OH) Recap Boxscore Oct 15th L 34 - 49 Football at Tuskegee University (Crampton Bowl - Montgomery, AL) Recap Boxscore Oct 8th L 17 - 32 RELATED: Craziest National Signing Day Moments of All Time, Born: Dec. 7, 1994 (Little Rock, Arkansas), High School: Pulaski Academy (Little Rock, Arkansas), Career highlights: John Mackey Award (2015), AP All-American (2015), three-time All-SEC (2013-15), Freshman All-American (2013), NFL All-Rookie Team (2016). Mother, Beth Kelley Levis, was two-time All-America soccer player at Yale and has been inducted into the Connecticut Girls' Soccer Association Hall of Fame Uncle, David Kelley, also was an Academic All-America football player at Yale.