< PreviousUK Retired Jerseys and UK Hall of Fame 44 John “Shipwreck” Kelly HB 1929-31 66 Raloh Kercheval P 1931-33 13 Bob Davis HB 1935-37 Bernie A. Shively AD 1938-67 Coach 1945 35 Ermal Allen QB/HB 1939-41 Asst. Coach 1948-61 8 Clyde Johnson T 1940-42 45 Jay Rhodemyre C 1942, 1946-47 48 Washington Serini T 1944-47 16 George Blanda QB/P/K 1945-48 27 Wallace “Wah Wah” Jones E 1945-48 Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach 1946-53 Jerry Claiborne DB/E 1946, 1948-49 Coach 1982-89 50 Harry Ulinski C/LB 1946-49 70 Bob Gain T 1947-50 87 Charlie McClendon DE 1949-50 10 Babe Parilli QB 1949-51 51 Doug Moseley C 1949-51 65 Ray Correll G 1951-53 80 Steve Meilinger E/HB/DB/LB 1951-53 84 Howard Schnellenberger E 1952-55 Blanton Collier Coach 1954-61 79 Lou Michaels T/K/P 1955-57 21 Calvin Byrd HB 1958-60 55 Irvin “Irv” Goode C 1959-61 80 Tom Hutchinson E 1960-62 70 Herschel Turner T 1961-63 80 Rick Kestner E 1963-65 11 Rick Norton QB 1963-65 73 Sam Ball OT 1963-65 21 Rodger Byrd HB 1963-65 32 Larry Seiple HB 1964-66 24 Dicky Lyons Sr. RB 1966-68 88 Jeff Van Note DE 1966-68 74 Dave Roller DL 1968-70 59 Joe Federspiel LB 1969-71 40 Sonny Collins HB 1972-75 52 Rick Nuzum OL 1972-74 69 Warren Bryant OT 1974-76 50 Jim Kovach LB 1974-76, 1978 97 Art Still DE 1974-77 12 Derrick Ramsey QB 1975-77 33 George Adams RB 1981-84 57 Dermontti Dawson C/OG 1984-87 22 Mark Higgs TB 1984-87 2 Tim Couch QB 1996-98 Football players who have been named to the UK Athletics Hall of Fame but have not had jerseys retired: 3 André Woodson QB 2004-07 12 Derrick Abney WR 2000-03 79 Oliver Barnett DE 1986-89 85 Al Bruno WR 1948-50 44 Wilbur Hackett LB 1968-70 22 Jared Lorenzen QB 2000-03 45 Marty Moore LB 1990-93 23 Nate Northington DB 1966-67 82 Greg Page DE 1966-67 9 Bill Ransdell QB 1983-86 10 Moe Williams RB 1993-95 3 Craig Yeast WR 1995-98 Paul “Bear” Bryant Tim Couch 58 @UKFootballIt has been an offseason like no other for the Kentucky basketball team, yet some of it seemed exactly the same. At the end of the 2019-20 campaign, the Cats appeared to be rounding into form just in time to make a postseason run. Instead, they saw the SEC and NCAA Tournaments both cancelled due to the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. Kentucky settled for a 25-6 record but also wondered what might have been. As the offseason hit, the Cats saw the core of last season’s team opt to enter the NBA Draft, as usual. That included SEC Player of the Year Immanuel Quickley, point guard Ash- ton Hagans, forward Nick Richards and guard Tyrese Maxey. But as Kentucky head coach John Calipa- ri begins his 12th season in the Bluegrass, he has once again replenished the talent on his squad. The nation’s top-ranked recruiting class is now on campus and in uniform, preparing for the 2020-21 season. That class includes 6-3 guard Devin Askew, 6-7 guard Brandon Boston Jr., 6-7 guard Terrence Clarke, 6-6 forward Cam’Ron Fletcher, 6-10 forward Isaiah Jackson and 6-9 forward Lance Ware. In addition to those players, Kentucky added three transfers in the offseason, all of whom could make a big impact this season. Guard Davion Mintz transferred to UK from Creighton and is expected to see time in the UK backcourt. Up front, the Cats added Wake Forest transfer Olivier Sarr, a 7-0 forward who was named third-team All-ACC last season. Kentucky also added forward Jacob Toppin, a 6-9 forward who played at Rhode Island last season. Kentucky does return Keion Brooks Jr., who played 15 minutes per game last season. He averaged 4.5 points per game last season. He had five double-digit scoring games during his freshman year, including what turned out to be the season finale, at Florida, where Brooks scored 10 points. The Cats also have a pair of in-state players who are returning from knee injuries. Guard Dontaie Allen was Kentucky’s Mr. Basketball in 2019. Allen redshirted last year while re- habbing his injury. Forward Zan Payne is com- ing back from a knee injury of his own and is expected to be ready to go this season. Adding a number of new players is always a challenge, something that one of Calipari’s new staff additions has quickly found out. “It’s hard. Bruiser Flint grabbed me after like four days of practice and he looked at me and said, ‘How in the world do you do this ev- ery year? Because this is hard,” Calipari said. “They are learning about themselves, they’re learning about each other, we are learning about them, we coaches, and they are learn- ing about us – what we accept, what is not acceptable, what will get a response from me, what am I looking for, how I want them to play, and then how do they play together, who is going to step up.” And dealing with COVID-19 and the re- strictions that go with it have made the chal- lenge that much harder. “My thing to my team is, through all this, every team is going through this, how do we become the best as players and staff at han- dling this? So, we’re the best at handling this environment,” Calipari said. “One, we’re in a bubble. Most teams are not. We’re hoping we can mitigate that by how we are, and now all I’m talking about is it can’t be small groups. We’ve all gotta be in this together. We’re all affecting each other’s lives. Let’s do this. A little bit harder, but we are working to be the abso- lute best with dealing with this environment.” In addition to navigating the COVID pro- tocols, the Cats will face another challenging schedule this season. In addition to the 18- game SEC slate, Kentucky will have non-con- ference games against Georgia Tech, Kansas, Louisville, Notre Dame, Texas and UCLA. Calipari hopes the rugged schedule makes his team better. “I’m worried about it. I think this is a year, you’re not worried about your record as much as playing, playing well and then counting on the committee to pick the best teams,” Cali- pari said. “And it’s not going to be by record because you’ve got some teams that are going to play six ‘buy’ games. They’re playing the lightest schedule they can get. There’s nothing wrong with that. Then you’re having us, I think it’s safer to play other Power 5s who are testing and protocols like we are, but the problem with that is you’re not going to win as many games.” The schedule will have no exhibition games and just 27 regular season con- tests. It has also been con- densed into about 30 days less than the time in which it’s normally played. For Calipari and the Cats, the 2020-21 season will be a season unlike any other, due to navigating COVID-19 and the con- densed season. Yet it will be another season when Kentucky has an extremely talented roster and will be expected to make a post- season run. Calipari, Cats Ready for Challenging 2020-21 Season By Eric Lindsey UK Athletics Communications and Public Relations @UKSportsNetwork 59PLAYER DEVELOPMENT Kentucky football introduced #4for40 in 2018, an initiative which guides players during their four years on campus, and their 40 years after. UK also instilled programs to help prepare players for changes in life and to better connect with every player while at the same time bringing former players back who can offer career advice.COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Many Kentucky players choose to take part in serving the community in a variety of projects, including mentoring, hospital visits, speaking engagements and food drives. In 2019, along with other UK engineering students and a team of Toyota Manufacturing engineers, senior offensive guard Luke Fortner worked for months to help design, test and manufacture a specially-built push cart vehicle through a project called “Lift Them Up.” The push cart vehicle provides a Kentucky Children’s Hospital patient the chance to both accompany the Wildcats on the Cat Walk and attend a game at Kroger Field. PERFORMANCE Every college football program puts a premium on developing student-athletes, but the Performance program is unique to Kentucky. From strength and conditioning, led by director of performance Corey Edmond and director of performance/head strength coach Mark Hill, to nutrition led by registered dietitian Monica Fowler, to the latest in athlete-tracking technology spearheaded by director of applied science Chris Morris, the Performance program brings all aspects of performance under one umbrella.KENTUCKY • A record 31,057 students enrolled in Fall 2020 • Record retention and graduation rates and bold goals for continued growth in our strategic plan • More than 7,000 degrees awarded in the last academic year • Diverse, inclusive campus community with students from all 120 Kentucky counties, all 50 states, and more than 100 countries • Top public institution for students who are National Merit, National Achievement, and National Hispanic Finalists • More than $2.7 billion in campus transformation, much of it financed in collaboration with private and public partners, focused on student living and learning communities, modern research laboratories, innovative teaching and learning space, and one of the fastest growing academic medical centers in the country • More than $6.2 billion spent with Kentucky companies since 2011 • $65 million provided by UK Athletics toward the construction of the Jacobs Science Building • One of eight institutions in the country with the full range of undergraduate, professional, health care, and medical colleges and programs on a contiguous campus • One of 20 institutions in the country with the trifecta of research designations for excellence in cancer, aging, and translational science • $429.2 million in external grants and contracts supporting UK research • Nearly 100 national rankings for excellence in teaching, Research, and service • UK HealthCare and UK Chandler Medical Center is one of the nation’s finest academic medical centers with its state-of-the-art patient care facility and emergency rooms, advanced research space, and network of affiliate health care agencies to serve the Commonwealth and region THE UNIVERSITY OFNext >