So when are walker horn and grant darbyshire going to say they're coming back to uk as walk-ons for the 24-25 season as juniors? They sure were cozy with the current uk players at the baseball game. I think it's great after we get our 13th scholly player and add those 2 it will give us a nice number of 15 players or 3 teams for practice purposes.
Walk-ons coming back?
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Darbyshire’s dad’s company ran the collective under Cal. Now that he’s not involved in the collective, I’m not sure what happens there. He was a below average high school player so even if he stays, he adds nothing in terms of a practice player beyond a body.
Oh man are we going to get transfer walk-ons and destroy the concept of the walk-on too?
You mean the concept of kids of the coach’s buddies being walk-ons?
Jarrod Polson set some KY high school records and was probably an end-of-roster scholarship player, rather than a walk-on, under anyone but Cal. Even under Cal he was converted to scholarship before his first season ever started. Cal never actually had a meaningful walk-on here, someone like Junior Braddy or Cameron Mills or Ravi Moss. With Cal gone we actually get back the possibility of someone like that.
All of Cal's walk-ons were kids of pals. Horn might be the only exception because of family proximity and his dad's tie in.
Imagine how many good Kentucky high school players would love to be a walk-on here. Using that UK could have several Kentucky kids on the roster every year. Wish we still had a JV team.
We have had a few good walk on stories over the years (Mills being the most famous and successful by far) but in 2024 with Pope using all 13 scholarships most seasons we shouldn't have walk ons playing ever.
Walk ons are usually only needed for one thing, make sure the team GPA looks good.
