List of Kentucky Wildcats starting quarterbacks
This is a year-by-year list of every Kentucky Wildcats football team quarterback and the years they participated on the Kentucky Wildcats football team.
Starting Quarterbacks
[edit]1933 to present
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The following players were the predominant quarterbacks for the Wildcats each season after the establishment of the Southeastern Conference.
Key
[edit]| * | Selected to the All-SEC team (First, Second, or Third team) | ||||
| † | Selected to an All-America team (First, Second, or Third team) | ||||
| ‡ | Won a postseason game (Bowl game) | ||||
| Year | Player | Class | Games | Yards | TDs | INTs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Brock Vandagriff | ||||||
| 2023 | Devin Leary | ||||||
| 2022 | Destin Wade | ||||||
| 2022 | Kaiya Sherron | ||||||
| 2021–2022 | Will Levis | ||||||
| 2019 | Lynn Bowden | ||||||
| 2019 | Sawyer Smith | ||||||
| 2018–2020 | Terry Wilson | ||||||
| 2016–2017 | Stephen Johnson | ||||||
| 2016 | Luke Wright | ||||||
| 2015–2016 | Drew Barker | ||||||
| 2014 | Patrick Towles | r-So. | 12 | 2,718 | 14 | 9 | – |
| 2013 | Jalen Whitlow | So. | 8 | 1,033 | 5 | 5 | – |
| Max Smith | r-So. | 4 | 1,276 | 9 | 1 | – | |
| 2012 | Jalen Whitlow | So. | 7 | 801 | 3 | 2 | – |
| Max Smith | So. | 4 | 975 | 8 | 4 | – | |
| Morgan Newton | Sr. | 1 | 73 | 1 | 3 | – | |
| 2011 | Morgan Newton | Jr. | 8 | 793 | 8 | 7 | – |
| Max Smith | Fr. | 4 | 819 | 4 | 4 | – | |
| Matt Roark | Sr. | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | Normally a wide receiver, Roark started the season's final game at quarterback against Tennessee after both of the Wildcats' quarterbacks were out injured.[1] | |
| 2010 | Mike Hartline | Sr. | 12 | 3,178 | 23 | 9 | – |
| Morgan Newton | So. | 1 | 265 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2009 | Morgan Newton | Fr. | 8 | 706 | 6 | 3 | – |
| Mike Hartline | Jr. | 5 | 806 | 6 | 7 | – | |
| 2008 | Mike Hartline‡ | So. | 9 | 1,666 | 9 | 8 | Won 2009 Liberty Bowl |
| Randall Cobb | Fr. | 4 | 542 | 2 | 5 | – | |
| 2004–2007 | Andre' Woodson*‡ | Sr. | 13 | 3,709 | 40 | 11 | Won 2007 Music City Bowl 2007 Second Team All-SEC |
| 2001–2004 | Shane Boyd | 2,484 | |||||
| 2000–2003 | Jared Lorenzen | 10,354 | 78 | 41 | |||
| 1999 | Dusty Bonner | ||||||
| 1996–1998 | Tim Couch | Jr. | 16 | 6,772 | 76 | 37 | 1999 NFL draft 1st Round, #1 Pick |
| 1995–1996 | Billy Jack Haskins | ||||||
| 1994–1995 | Jeff Speedy | ||||||
| 1993–1994 | Antonio O'Ferral | ||||||
| 1991–1993 | Pookie Jones | ||||||
| 1990–1991 | Brad Smith | ||||||
| 1989–1990 | Freddie Maggard | ||||||
| 1988–1989 | Glenn Fohr | ||||||
| 1985–1987 | Kevin Dooley | ||||||
| 1984–1986 | Bill Ransdell | ||||||
| 1982 | Doug Martin | ||||||
| 1980–1983 | Randy Jenkins | ||||||
| 1979 | Terry Henry | ||||||
| 1978, 1980 | Larry McCrimmon | Played in USFL | |||||
| 1976–1977 | Derrick Ramsey | ||||||
| 1974–1975 | Cliff Hite | ||||||
| 1973–1974 | Mike Fanuzzi | ||||||
| 1969–1971 | Bernie Scruggs | ||||||
| 1967–1968 | Dave Bair | ||||||
| 1966 | Terry Beadles | ||||||
| 1963–1965 | Rick Norton | Played for NFL's Miami Dolphins. | |||||
| 1960–1962 | Jerry Woolum | ||||||
| 1960 | Jerry Eisaman | ||||||
| 1957–1959 | Lowell Hughes | ||||||
| 1956 | Delmar Hughes | ||||||
| 1953–1955 | Bob Hardy | ||||||
| 1952 | Steve Meilinger | ||||||
| 1949–1951 | Babe Parilli | ||||||
| 1946–1948 | George Blanda | Blanda played 26 seasons of professional football, the most in the sport's history, and had scored more points than anyone in history at the time of his retirement. | |||||
| 1941–1942; 1946 | Phil Cutchin | ||||||
| 1940 | Charles Jones Jr. | ||||||
| 1938–1939 | Joe Shepherd | ||||||
| 1936–1937 | Vincent Robinson | ||||||
| 1934–1935 | Norris McMillin | ||||||
| 1933 | Jack Jean |
1922 to 1932
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The following players were the predominant quarterbacks for the Wildcats each season after the establishment of the Southern Conference until the establishment of the Southeastern Conference.
| Name | Years Started | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Kercheval | 1932 | All-Southern. He was chosen as the placekicker for an Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1920–1969 era. | |
| Carey Spicer | 1929–1931 | Spicer and Gilb were brothers-in-law. Spicer was a two-time All-American basketball player. | [2] |
| Elmer Gilb | 1928 | ||
| Gayle Mohney | 1925–1927 | Mohney also played basketball. | [3] |
| Turner Gregg | 1922–1924 | Upset the Alabama team which had just beaten Penn in 1922. Beat Tennessee in 1924. | [4] |
1896 to 1921 (incomplete)
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The following players were the predominant quarterbacks for the Wildcats each season after the establishment of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association until the establishment of the Southern Conference.
| Name | Years Started | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Lavin | 1919–1921 | Also a guard on the 1921 SIAA champion basketball team, playing with Basil Hayden. | |
| Craig Riddle | 1917 | ||
| Doc Rodes | 1915–1916 | All-Southern. Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin stated "If you would give me Doc Rodes, I would say he was a greater player than Curry." Rodes was a cousin of earlier Kentucky football player William "Red Doc" Rodes, often called William while Black Doc is called Doc. "Doc" also had two brothers play football at Kentucky: J. W. "Boots" Rodes and Pete Rodes. | [5] |
| Paul Hite | 1914 | ||
| Parks | 1911–1914 | ||
| Abe Roth | 1912 | ||
| Les Guyn | 1911 | ||
| Jake Gaiser | 1910 | ||
| Shelby Post | 1908 | He also played basketball. He was a great-great-grandson of Isaac Shelby. | [6] |
| Neville Stone | 1906–1907 | ||
| Presley Atkins | 1904–1905 | ||
| W. H. Grady | 1903 | ||
| Herman Scholtz | 1901 | Also a member of the "immortals". He once cross-dressed to attend a women's basketball game (women only in those days). | |
| Roscoe Severs | 1897 | Captain of the 1898 "Immortals" |
1891 to 1895 (incomplete)
[edit]| Name | Years Started | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Alford | 1895 | Captain of the 1895 team. |
References
[edit]- ^ "Kentucky ends 26-game skid vs. Tennessee, which will miss bowl". ESPN.com. Associated Press. November 26, 2011. Archived from the original on November 29, 2011. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
- ^ "UK Career Statistics and Bio for Carey Spicer". www.bigbluehistory.net.
- ^ "UK Career Statistics and Bio for Gayle Mohney". www.bigbluehistory.net.
- ^ "Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of "Couch to Yeast"". www.on3.com.
- ^ "UK Career Statistics and Bio for Doc Rodes". www.bigbluehistory.net.
- ^ "UK Career Statistics and Bio for Shelby Post". www.bigbluehistory.net.