2019 PREVIEW 2019 KENTUCKY FOOTBALL PROSPECTUS TABLE OF CONTENTS Athletics Communications & Public Relations Staff Quick Facts 2 Covering Kentucky Football 3-4 Numerical Roster 5-6 Alphabetical Roster 7-8 Tony Neely Susan Lax Matt May Evan Crane Eric Lindsey Assistant AD/Communica- Director/Communications Asst. Director/ Assoc. Director/ Director/Communications tions & Public Relations & Public Relations Communications & PR Communications & PR & Public Relations Offensive Players by Position 9 (Mark Stoops Contact) (Primary Football Contact) (Secondary FB Contact) (Press Box Coord./Credentials) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Defensive Players by Position 10 Positional Breakdown 11 Quick Notes 12-21 Kroger Field 22 Deb Moore Jake Most Chris Shoals Assoc. Director/ Asst. Director/ Asst. Director/ Communications & PR Communications & PR Communications & PR [email protected] When Was the Last Time ... 23 [email protected] [email protected] 2018 Statistics 24-25 Head Coach Mark Stoops 26-29 Assistant Coaches 30-31 Connor Link Camiran Moore Stephanie Guy Media Relations Assistant Media Relations Assistant Office Coordinator Dr. Eli Capilouta, President 32 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Strategic Communications Staff Mitch Barnhart, Director of Athletics 33 Cats on the Map 35 Returning Player Biographies 36-70 2019 Newcomer Bios 71-77 Guy Ramsey Noah Richter Tim Letcher Britney Howard Chet White Director of Strategic Strategic Communication Website Coordinator Staff Photographer Staff Photographer Communications Assistant [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] FOLLOW KENTUCKY FOOTBALL [email protected] [email protected] ON SOCIAL MEDIA FIND THE FOLLOWING 2019 UK FOOTBALL SCHEDULE @UKFootball @CoachSchlarman @UKCoachStoops @CoachJonSumrall INFORMATON ON 8/31 Toledo [SECN] Noon @CoachGran @CoachClink UKATHLETICS.COM: 9/7 E. Michigan [ESPNU or SECN-A] 7:30 p.m. @CoachHinshaw @CoachDeanHood 9/14 Florida* [ESPN] 7 p.m. @CoachMichaelSmi @CoachWhiteFB 9/21 at Mississippi State* TBA @DLTough • 2019 FACT AND RECORD BOOK 9/28 at South Carolina* TBA @vincemarrow • 2018 REVIEW/STATS 10/12 Arkansas* TBA 10/19 at Georgia* TBA • FOOTBALL SUPPORT STAFF & 10/26 Missouri* TBA Kentucky Football Kentucky Wildcats ASSISTANT COACH BIOS 11/9 Tennessee* TBA 11/16 at Vanderbilt* TBA 11/23 Tennessee Martin TBA @UKFootball NOTE: 11/30 Louisville TBA • A DEPTH CHART WILL BE UKStoopsTroops AVAILABLE MONDAY, AUG. 26 All times ET; *SEC game; Home games in bold 2019 FOOTBALL FALL PROSPECTUS 1 2019 PREVIEW QUICK FACTS Quality Control: Coaching Video Assistant: KROGER FIELD Michael Perez Josh Estes-Waugh, quality control Dir. of SEC Network Production Operations: Capacity: approx. 61,000 Louie Matsakis, quality control Clif Matekovich Kroger Field opened: Sept. 15, 1973 Mark Perry, quality control Administrative Staff: Abby Stover (UK 31, Virginia Tech 26) Joe Scola, quality control Melissa Tomlinson Expanded in 1999 and remodeled in 2015 Walt Wells, quality control Misty Conrad (athletic training) Renamed Kroger Field in 2017 Graduate Assistants: Kim Spencer (insurance coord.) Surface: UBU Speed Series synthetic turf Brayden Berezowitz (defense) Record at Kroger Field: 162-133-4 (54.9) Cameron Davis (defense) TEAM INFORMATION (26-17 under Stoops) Evan McKissack (offense) 2018 Record: 10-3 overall, Maxwell Smith (offense) HISTORY 5-3 (tied second) SEC Eastern Division Bryan Berezowitz, student assistant Basic Offense: Spread First year of football: 1881 (Nov. 12) Director of Performance: Corey Edmond Basic Defense: 3-4, 4-3 All-time record: 616-621-44 (.498) Director of Performance/Head Strength Coach: 128 seasons Mark Hill PLAYERS RETURNING All-time SEC record: 175-382-12 (.314) Assistant Strength Coaches: Deonte Mack Lettermen Returning: 41 (17-31 under Stoops) Tyler Malone 19 offense, 19 defense (three specialists) National Championships: 1 (1950) Director of Performance Science: Chris Morris Starters Returning: 10 SEC Championships: 2 (1950, 1976) Tyler Lindon, graduate assistant 4 offense, 4 defense (two specialists) Bowl appearances: 18 (last in 2018) Registered Dietician: Monica Fowler MS, RD Offensive Starters Returning: 4 Bowl record: 9-9 (.500) Jalyn Mason, MS, RD LG Logan Stenberg, C Drake Jackson, Nicole Bianco, RD COACHING STAFF WR Lynn Bowden, QB Terry Wilson Taylor Tuszynski Defensive Starters Returning: 4 Head Coach: Mark Stoops Director of Football Operations: DE Calvin Taylor, NG Quinton Bohanna, SLB (Entering 7th season) Frank Buffano Jamar "Boogie" Watson, MLB Kash Daniel Assistant Coaches: Football Creative Director: Jacob Noger Specialist Starters Returning: 2 Steve Clinkscale, defensive backs Director of On-Campus Recruiting: Chase Heuke SNAP Blake Best; P Max Duffy Eddie Gran, assistant head coach offense/ Director of Player Development: Courtney Love running backs Director of Player Personnel: Josh Pruitt PLAYERS LOST Dean Hood, special teams coordinator, Head Football Athletic Trainer: Lettermen Lost: 26 defensive backs Gabe Amponsah 13 offense, 11 defense (two special teams) Darin Hinshaw, co-offensive coordinator, QBs Senior Athletic Trainer: Alex Green Starters Lost: 16 Derrick LeBlanc, defensive line Asst. Athletic Trainer: Thomas Kidd 7 offense, 7 defense (two special teams) Vince Marrow, associate head coach, tight Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainers: Offensive Starters Lost: 7 ends, recruiting coord. Ryan McNamara and Olivia Szallai RT George Asafo-Adjei, WR Dorian Baker, TE C.J. John Schlarman, offensive line Equipment Manager: Tom Kalinowski Conrad, LT E.J. Price, RG Bunchy Stallings, RB Michael Smith, wide receivers Assistant Equipment Manager: Allen Belcher Benny Snell Jr., WR Tavin Richardson Jon Sumrall, inside linebackers Director of Equipment Operations: Jon Denio Defensive Starters Lost: 7 Brad White, defensive coordinator, Video Productions Coordinator: Greg Gorham LB Josh Allen, DT Adrian Middleton, WLB Jordan outside linebackers Creative Content Producer/Editor: Jones, CB Derrick Baity, S Mike Edwards, Kirk Hanselmann FOOTBALL SUPPORT STAFF FS Darius West, CB Lonnie Johnson Creative Content Producer/Editor: Specialist Starters Lost 2 Chief of Staff: Serena Archer K Miles Bulter, SNAP Tristan Yeomans Dan Berezowitz Impact Editor/Cinematographer: Tim Layten Coaching Video Coordinator: Christian Fiero 2 2019 FOOTBALL FALL PROSPECTUS 2019 PREVIEW COVERING KENTUCKY FOOTBALL is updated continuously with information on all 14 Credential Policies DAILY/WEEKLY SERVICES conference schools and their sports. Media Credentials Monday News Conference The official media-only site for SEC football is Credentials for working media, videographers Coach Mark Stoops will conduct a weekly press Collegepressbox.com (see below). and photographers for UK’s home football conference on most Mondays during the season. games should be requested at this website: Collegepressbox.com www.sportssystems.com/Kentucky. The news conferences will be conducted in the Press Collegepressbox.com is the official media website for Room at Kroger Field. To enter, go through Gate 1 and Division I football. Requests for season passes should be submitted go left. Use the 37/38 ramp and the press room door no later than Aug. 1. Requests for single games will be on your left. Access and download weekly game notes, quotes, should be made as far in advance as possible. statistics, media guides, headshots, logos and more There is limited parking available on the apron for each conference and its member schools. Login Season-credential privileges may be granted to outside of Gate 1. Media with a University issued information will be distributed to accredited media or daily newspapers, magazines, radio stations and parking pass may park in any lot surrounding Kroger you can apply for a password by sending an e-mail to television stations that cover the UK football Field. [email protected]. program on a regular basis – i.e., weekly news The weekly news conferences will begin on Monday, conferences and all home games. Credentials SEC Affiliate Network/XOS Digital Aug. 26 and continue on Mondays thereafter. No are granted at the discretion of UK Athletics The SEC offers access to free licensed game highlights news conference is scheduled for Sept. 30 or Oct. 28, and additional requests and affiliations are and other newsworthy event video, including select the Mondays prior to UK’s open date. live streams, through the SEC Affiliate Network. This considered on an individual basis. annual program is exclusively available to the accredited The news conference schedule is generally as follows: media. It covers all teams and all sports for both men’s Credentials will not be mailed. On game day, and women’s teams. Video is delivered through a credentials may be picked up at media will call • Lunch is from 11:00 a.m. to 11:50 in the customizable digital video player immediately after at Kroger Field, beginning two and one-half Recruiting Room at Kroger Field televised games/events conclude. Participating news hours prior to kickoff. • Coach Mark Stoops from Noon to 12:20 affiliates can also select individual clips to insert directly into online stories. Television stations also have access Approved parking passes will be mailed in News conferences are live streamed on to an FTP account to run content on-air. The SEC Affiliate advance. UKAthletics.com. Network is managed through XOS Digital. 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