For only the second time in the last few years, the Kentucky Wildcats held a version of a spring game on Saturday. A couple of years the game didn’t happen due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Last season’s renovations at Kroger Field were the reason. Due to a huge number of players being out, it became more of an open practice. However, the fans still got a chance to watch Mark Stoops’<\/strong> squad. Let’s break it all down with the 2024 Kentucky Spring Game Recap<\/p>\n Arguably the biggest draw to Saturday’s game was a chance to finally see Brock Vandagriff<\/a> in action. He certainly didn’t disappoint by looking strong.\u00a0 The Georgia transfer led the first-team offense to a couple of scores against the first-team defense and another score against the second team. Vandagriff hit Khamari Anderson<\/strong> and Dane Key<\/a> for touchdowns. He concentrated more on the short and medium pass game rather than the long ball. However, he did hit Key on a 40-yarder.<\/p>\n Furthermore, he showed off some running skills. Several times he took off on quarterback draws. Much like Will Levis<\/a> he can pick up yards running the ball and that’s something defenses are going to have to watch out for.<\/p>\n Continuing on with our 2024 Kentucky Spring Game Recap let’s look at another big positive from today.<\/p>\n Not only were Kentucky fans excited to see Vandagriff they wanted to see what new offensive coordinator Bush Hamdan’s<\/strong> attack would look like. Much has been made by us here at Last Word and others about how last year’s squad under Liam Coen<\/strong> was more tortoise than hare. In 2023 Kentucky was at the bottom in the average number of plays per game.<\/p>\n During Saturday’s scrimmage, the offense alternated between Vandagriff, Beau Allen,<\/strong> and Cutter Boley<\/strong>. When all was said and done UK averaged a play about every 2o seconds. While that’s not Jacksonville State numbers it’s certainly a step in the right direction.<\/p>\n As we finish up our 2024 Kentucky Spring Game Recap let’s flip to the other side of the ball and look at the defense.<\/p>\n Heading into Saturday the main reason for the spring game being the format it was is due to a number of players being out. Potential All-American Deone Walker<\/a> did not play along with Keeshawn Silver, <\/a>Josaih Hayes<\/a>, and Octavious Oxendine<\/a>. As we told you in our position preview, <\/a>that’s most of your starters up front. In addition, starting safeties Zion Childress<\/a> and Jordan Love<\/a>tt were unavailable.<\/p>\n However, Brad White’<\/strong>s group still made some great plays during the scrimmage. All-SEC cornerback\u00a0Maxwell Hairston<\/a> played great defense on Barion Brown<\/a> pass in the end zone preventing a score. Another cornerback Jaremiah Anglin<\/strong>, who’s only been cleared to play for a short time, got a pick-six.<\/p>\n .@jaremiahhjr<\/a> went up and stole it \ud83d\ude24 pic.twitter.com\/6ZFtmR6LkE<\/a><\/p>\n — Kentucky Football (@UKFootball) April 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nMeet The New Quarterback<\/h3>\n
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Players Stepping Up<\/h3>\n
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