UK BIG 7 set to make Waves This Year in SEC Football

Here are 7 players that methinks might be difference makers for this year’s UK squad, in no particular order, except for the #1 slot. I’m sure you have your own 7, more or less, so feel free to add or subtract….:)

7. Danny Trevathan: From his coach Chuck Smith, “Trevathan is athletic, fast, and physical. He looks to be a future star. He’s not started a game yet, but once he gets a taste of SEC play and progresses like I think he will, he has a chance to be one of the great linebackers at Kentucky.” Danny runs very fast and hits very hard, two attributes that a LB must have. Danny returned a kick 31 yards in Spring Game…A linebacker!

6. Winston Guy: A physical specimen who said that he really did not understand what it took to be an SEC type player when he arrived on campus last fall. Rich Brooks has called Guy the most talented defensive back he’s signed at Kentucky. Guy looked the part this spring at free safety. He is doing the work now and the possibilities are there for him to be one of the “Greats” at UK before he is done. Has that rare combination of size, 200+ lbs, and speed 4.4 forty… Back at his natural position at Safety he should make big waves this year.

5. Micah Johnson: Micah was Coach Brooks first high-profile recruit at UK. A bigger hitter at the middle spot you will not find. Just a man-child waiting for his draft numbers to go up. Had 11 tackles in the spring game.

4. Chris Matthews: Some of us like the outrageous numbers he has put up, not only catching a football, but his raw athletic ability. Has great hands, and just outruns people catching the football. He is going to make the UK QB job much easier. Caught 80 balls last year and is the second rated Juco WR by Rivals, behind Halo Carpenter…., AND, from a raw athletic standpoint…, How many 6’5 210lb receivers will UK have this year who run 4.4 forties? Nuff Said.

3. Dequin Evans: I had Jeremy Jarmon here, before it has been ruled that he is ineligible to play this year. This makes it even more important that someone from our stable of players at the Defensive End postion step up and make a big splash at that spot. Dequin has all the tools. Evans (6-2, 275) is rated the No. 15 junior college prospect in the nation by Rivals.com as well as one of our 4 Star athletes. He was a teammate of Chris Matthews. Did I mention he ran a 4.6 forty according to Scout…That is truly smoking for a man his size!

2. Randall Cobb: Talk about Mr. Everything, what can you say about him that has not been said? Joker says “If he is on the bus, you got a chance”. Look for him to excite the fans once again this year, as we break out the “Wildcat Package” and snap a few balls toward Randall. Remember he has a gun for a left arm, and out there in the flats he can see exactly where he is throwing.

1. Trevard Lindley: The quiet man. He lets his game speak for itself. Probably would have been selected before Jeremy and Micah in the NFL draft, he choose to come back for his senior season. Coach Rich Brooks says he is one that you can just “leave on an island” out in coverage and not worry about him.

Jody Meeks

Jody, I had you leading the SEC in scoring this year, but who could know… YOU would be this good….II mean…, we knew you had great touch on…,- ThE ShOt – , from YoUr freshman campaign, and…. the free throw streak you had then, 32 was it?…But kid, you are special…Stuck with a “Kyle Macy/Kevin Grevey- type shooting touch”, – AND…. you have the body frame to “GeT YoUrS”, AND will be a a great PRO player, because of that shooting touch, speed, work ethic, athleticism…A “D Wade” type player I think. Notice I said “type”…D Wade is D Wade, and Jodie will be Jodie…

AND

JODIE HAS BROKEN DAN ISSEL’S ALL TIME HIGH WATER MARK FOR SINGLE GAME SCORING…!

OH, I was there when you put your numbers up Dan, you know that. I was there in my mind, as a kid, when you averaged the 32ppg. I listened to ever game on the radio with Cawood bringing it to LiFe for me….Thanks for the Memories Dan Issel….

Thanks for the New Memories, Jodie Meeks … You have just stepped up, grabbed one of the two most coveted awards in College Basketball namely the leading Single Game Scorer in UK Basketball History…!

It’s been great holding you here in my memory for all these years, as the greatest single game scorer in Kentucky history, but there is a new kid on the block, and he’s really good….Great guy too, really a worker.

Dan, now you can gracefully move to the second spot, and retain your 32ppg scoring average, which I do not think will be broken in this era…

Jodie got 54…..

Jodie will probably back up to the bank this year, if he hits the NCAA Tourney on a roll like DeWayne Wade did. Meeks reminds me more of an old schooler by the name of, Oscar, “THE BIG O” Robertson. That’s a tall comparison, since “Big O” is in the Hall of Fame, and led college basketball in scoring one year, but he really has a similar type game with his beautiful shooting touch…

Anyway, Dan, now you can gracefully move to the second spot, and retain your 32ppg scoring average, which I do not think will be broken in this era…