Kentucky EDGE Caleb Redd enters transfer portal

Caleb Redd 5 copy 1 — Photo by Chad Simmons/On3

EDGE is a position of need for Kentucky this offseason. The Wildcats must go find at least one transfer to come play snaps for defensive coordinator Brad White in the 2025 season. Depth in the outside linebacker room is quickly getting decimated.

J.J. Weaver is out of eligibility and Kentucky lost a third scholarship player at that position to the transfer portal on Monday. Class of 2024 signee Caleb Redd joined Tyreese Fearbry and Noah Matthews as college football free agents on Monday. The Wildcats have lost the young player to the portal, KSR has learned.

Kentucky is now down to three scholarship linebacker at EDGE with Steven Soles Jr., Jacob Smith, and Cedric Works Jr. all in the room. No one among that group has been in college for more than a year. The Wildcats will likely be shopping for experience in the free agent market.

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Caleb Redd played 12 defensive snaps for Kentucky this season and appeared in only two games. The former three-star recruit out of St. Louis (Mo.) DeSmet has four years of eligibility remaining. Redd picked Kentucky over Kansas State and USC during the recruiting process. The EDGE prospect recorded 27 sacks over his last two seasons of high school football.

Kentucky Football Transfer Portal Tracker

The transfer portal does not officially open until Monday, Dec. 9, but so far we know of 15 players who will be seeking out greener pastures this offseason.

DL Keeshawn Silver
DB Avery Stuart
LB Jayvant Brown
LS Walker Himebauch
TE Tanner Lemaster
TE Khamari Anderson
TE Jordan Dingle
OL Courtland Ford
OL Ben Christman
DL Tommy Ziesmer
WR Dane Key
WR Barion Brown
WR Anthony Brown-Stephens
EDGE Tyreese Fearbry
EDGE Noah Matthews
EDGE Caleb Redd

To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire. Keep closer tabs on the Cats with our staff-only sticky thread on KSBoard, which will have updates on departures and targets throughout the offseason. Not a KSR+ member? Try it out today.