Kentucky transfer Luke Fulton commits to Kent State

Kentucky football is familiar with the Mid-American Conference. The Wildcats very much play a round robin with the Group of Five conference in non-conference scheduling. Another former player will be taking a part in MACtion in 2024.

Kentucky off-ball linebacker transfer Luke Fulton committed to Kent State on Friday.

The Youngstown (Ohio) Cardinal Mooney product spent three years at Kentucky after transferring from Michigan State. Fulton spent two seasons in East Lansing before moving to the SEC. The former top-500 recruit in the class of 2019 saw most of his action in Lexington on special teams. Fulton recorded two tackles in 2023 and only played 31 defensive snaps over three years at Kentucky, according to PFF data. The transfer will be a super senior using his COVID-19 year under second-year head coach Kenni Burns at Kent State. The Golden Flashes finished 1-11 in 2023.

Kentucky currently seven scholarship off-ball linebackers on the roster with the addition of Georgia transfer Jamon-Dumas Johnson in the winter transfer portal window.

Kentucky Transfer Tracker

Let’s take a quick look at the movement with seen from the Kentucky roster in the transfer portal.

• Jalen Geiger (Entered on Nov. 27): Committed to Tulane on Jan. 6
• Izayah Cummings (Entered on Nov. 29): Committed to Louisville on Dec. 18
• Luke Fulton (Entered on Dec. 1): Committed to Kent State on Jan. 12
• Shamar Porter (Entered on Dec. 4): Withdrew from the transfer portal on Dec. 8
• Jamarius Dinkins (Entered on Dec. 4): Committed to Purdue on Dec. 10
• Destin Wade (Entered on Dec. 4): Committed to Colorado on Dec. 15
• Keaten Wade (Entered on Dec. 4): Committed to Colorado on Dec. 15
• JuTahn McClain (Entered on Dec. 4)
• Grant Bingham (Entered on Dec. 4)
• Dekel Crowdus (Entered on Dec. 4)
• Martez Thrower (Entered on Dec. 4)
• Kaiya Sheron (Entered on Dec. 5)
• Jordan Dingle (Entered on Dec. 7): Withdrew from transfer portal on Dec. 16
• Elijah Reed (Entered on Dec. 11)
• Deuce Hogan (Entered on Dec. 30): Committed to New Mexico State on Jan. 6

Stay locked in with every transfer portal movement involving Kentucky by following KSR’s Transfer Portal Tracker.