One of the best weekends of the year has arrived. Adam Luckett's sixth annual NFL Draft guide has everything the BBN needs to know.

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Luckett's NFL Draft Guide: First-round mock, where Kentucky prospects could land, and more

Kentucky's coaches and players see behind the curtain in a way fans and media do not, so on a topic like the best hands on the roster they may have

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Who has the best hands on the roster?

Spring practice is done. So are winter workouts and the transfer portal. The next big football item on the calendar is talking season. That arrived

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Luckett's Mailbag: Sleepers, Hardley Gilmore expectations, what success looks like in year one for Will Stein

Plenty of football prospects have made announcements in favor of Kentucky over the last few weeks and on Thursday the UK football program made a big

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UK football adds four new staff members

With fall camp and kickoff to the 2026 college football season just around the corner, the KSR staff takes a stab at predicting some of the major

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KSR+ Roundtable: UK Football Over/Unders - Defense/ST

One of the biggest changes from the John Calipari era to the Mark Pope era has been the way substitutions work.   It's easy to get caught up in the

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'Developmental minutes' are likely to continue

Anybody who has been the head coach of Kentucky's men's basketball program could probably tell you at times it felt like a pretty lonely job.  Even

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Mark Pope doesn't regret how he built last year's team

Aledo, Tex., cornerback Jordan Hall is starting to think about the next phase in his recruitment and it's one that should involve Kentucky.  With the

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Coveted Texas corner Jordan Hall will visit UK this fall

It's inevitable that fans are going to talk about Milan Momcilovic's widely reported massive payday that got him into a Kentucky uniform, but Mark

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Pope: Roster construction helped land Milan Momcilovic

Mark Pope knows the Big Blue Nation was beside itself watching portal events before the addition of Milan Momcilovic. He knows the passion of the fan

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Mark Pope had two huge priorities for the offseason

A new eligibility rule passed by the NCAA in June will change how rosters are built across athletics. College football is no different. This is a

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Inside Kentucky Football: Where Will Stein's first roster stands with new eligibility rules

Kentucky's 2026 football roster is posted on the official UK Athletics website and it includes a roster with updated information on players.  Each

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Weight changes for Kentucky football

With most of the 2027 class full and the 2028 class still a long way off it's relatively quiet on the recruiting front for Kentucky right now.  But

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Wednesday football and recruiting notes

Growing up around one of college football's premier programs gave Graham Simpson a front-row seat to the recruiting process. Now, the younger brother

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2028 4-star QB Graham Simpson details commitment timeline, top schools

Running back CJ Baxter at Kentucky Spring Practice, via Crawford Ifland, KSR

KSR+ Roundtable: UK Football Over/Unders - Offense

Mark Pope's newest offer is out to Benjamin Berrouet, a 6'8, 230-pound forward from the Class of 2028.  While Class of 2027 offers are still going

McKinley (Texas) Boyd sophomore power forward Benjamin Berrouet was offered by NC State on May 18, 2025.

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UK is already pushing hard for forward Benjamin Berrouet

The calendar has turned to July. That means that football season is right around the corner. Now it’s time to dive into some preseason content as we

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Early Scouting Report: Alabama Crimson Tide

On Monday, KSR+ identified Kentucky players from the past who carried Rivals rankings into college that were similar to those of the Cats' current

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Past ranking comparisons for UK's defensive commitments

J Batt has already been announced as Kentucky's successor for Mitch Barnhart as athletics director but he's not in Lexington yet.  On Monday,

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Capilouto provides an update on J Batt's arrival

Will Stein's staff has made its presence felt in its first year on the recruiting trail. Kentucky seems set to sign one of its best classes in recent

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Kentucky is still trying to flip Ja'Hyde Brown from Louisville

With Kentucky's 2027 football recruiting class just about wrapped up KSR+ continues to take a look at it from a bird's eye view and a variety of

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Past ranking comparisons for UK's offensive commitments

Douglasville (Ga.) Douglas County cornerback Caleb Ivey landed an offer from Kentucky before Will Stein was even hired. Chris Collins was the

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Cornerback Caleb Ivey has a few fall visits in mind

In the first part of this year Class of 2028 offensive lineman Carson Adkins spent a lot of time fielding calls, meeting with coaches, and learning

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2028 OL Carson Adkins knows of several fall visits already

Class of 2027 prospects are still announcing offers from Mark Pope and the Kentucky basketball program but recently 2028 point guard prospect Liam

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Liam Mitakaro is a 2028 point guard target for Kentucky

Not one, not two, but three weeks of summer workouts are officially in the books for the Kentucky Wildcats. They broke for the long holiday break on

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KSR's week three Kentucky summer practice takeaways

Former Kentucky guard Kerr Kriisa, who was recently announced as a new addition for La Familia in The Basketball Tournament, has been arrested by the

Kentucky guard Kerr Kriisa reacts to a play - Dr. Michael Huang, Kentucky Sports Radio

Former Kentucky guard Kerr Kriisa arrested by FBI

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