Louisville transfer Peny Boone visits Kentucky

Free agency recruitments in the transfer portal era move quickly. Players and schools must speed date to ultimately get to their final destination. That means getting visits scheduled quickly with final decisions arising soon after. In the spring window, Kentucky has surprisingly emerged as a shopper in the tailback market.

Kentucky worked swiftly to get a visit scheduled with Oregon State transfer Damien Martinez. However, Miami has quickly emerged as the favorite for the two-time All-Pac-12 performer. Now we’re seeing Kentucky pivot to a second option.

Louisville transfer Peny Boone entered the transfer portal on April 15 and quickly scheduled visits to Washington and Ole Miss. However, the trip to Seattle never happened, and it is not a certainty that Boone makes it to Oxford. A return to Louisville is on the table, but Kentucky officially entered the chat on Monday when the MAC transfer took a quick trip to Lexington.

Rivals’ Marshall Levenson reports that Peny Boone is meeting with the Kentucky coaching staff.

Peny Boone is currently the No. 33 overall ranked player in On3’s Transfer Portal Rankings and the No. 4 overall tailback. After spending his first two seasons at Maryland, Boone moved to Toledo and became a star in the MAC. The 230-pound tailback rushed for 1,400 yards and 15 touchdowns in 2023 on 7.0 yards per rush. Boone earned MAC Offensive Player of the Year honors before entering the transfer portal in December.

The high-profile transfer enrolled in Louisville for the spring semester but decided to leave the ACC school once the spring transfer portal window opened. Could Kentucky steal a player from Jeff Brohm? We will likely find out soon.

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): Committed to Hawaii on Jan. 18
• Martez Thrower (Entered on Dec. 4): Committed to Georgia State on Jan. 6
• Kaiya Sheron (Entered on Dec. 5): Enrolled at UT Martin
• 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
• La’Vell Wright (Entered on April 10)
• Raymond Cottrell (Entered on April 16)
• Ardell Banks (Entered on April 22)
• Jackson Smith (Entered on April 22)
• Shamar Porter (Re-entered on April 22)