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List of Kentucky Wildcats starting quarterbacks

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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

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1933 to present

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Babe Parilli
Tim Couch

The following players were the predominant quarterbacks for the Wildcats each season after the establishment of the Southeastern Conference.

Key

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* 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
20212022 Will Levis
2019 Lynn Bowden
2019 Sawyer Smith
20182020 Terry Wilson
20162017 Stephen Johnson
2016 Luke Wright
20152016 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
20042007 Andre' Woodson* Sr. 13 3,709 40 11 Won 2007 Music City Bowl
2007 Second Team All-SEC
20012004 Shane Boyd 2,484
20002003 Jared Lorenzen 10,354 78 41
1999 Dusty Bonner
19961998 Tim Couch Jr. 16 6,772 76 37 1999 NFL draft
1st Round, #1 Pick
19951996 Billy Jack Haskins
19941995 Jeff Speedy
19931994 Antonio O'Ferral
19911993 Pookie Jones
19901991 Brad Smith
19891990 Freddie Maggard
19881989 Glenn Fohr
19851987 Kevin Dooley
19841986 Bill Ransdell
1982 Doug Martin
19801983 Randy Jenkins
1979 Terry Henry
1978, 1980 Larry McCrimmon Played in USFL
19761977 Derrick Ramsey
19741975 Cliff Hite
19731974 Mike Fanuzzi
19691971 Bernie Scruggs
19671968 Dave Bair
1966 Terry Beadles
19631965 Rick Norton Played for NFL's Miami Dolphins.
19601962 Jerry Woolum
1960 Jerry Eisaman
19571959 Lowell Hughes
1956 Delmar Hughes
19531955 Bob Hardy
1952 Steve Meilinger
19491951 Babe Parilli
19461948 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.
19411942; 1946 Phil Cutchin
1940 Charles Jones Jr.
19381939 Joe Shepherd
19361937 Vincent Robinson
19341935 Norris McMillin
1933 Jack Jean

1922 to 1932

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Carey Spicer on the basketball team.

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 19291931 Spicer and Gilb were brothers-in-law. Spicer was a two-time All-American basketball player. [2]
Elmer Gilb 1928
Gayle Mohney 19251927 Mohney also played basketball. [3]
Turner Gregg 19221924 Upset the Alabama team which had just beaten Penn in 1922. Beat Tennessee in 1924. [4]

1896 to 1921 (incomplete)

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Doc Rodes

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 19191921 Also a guard on the 1921 SIAA champion basketball team, playing with Basil Hayden.
Craig Riddle 1917
Doc Rodes 19151916 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 19111914
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 19061907
Presley Atkins 19041905
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)

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Name Years Started Notability References
Smith Alford 1895 Captain of the 1895 team.

References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "UK Career Statistics and Bio for Carey Spicer". www.bigbluehistory.net.
  3. ^ "UK Career Statistics and Bio for Gayle Mohney". www.bigbluehistory.net.
  4. ^ "Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of "Couch to Yeast"". www.on3.com.
  5. ^ "UK Career Statistics and Bio for Doc Rodes". www.bigbluehistory.net.
  6. ^ "UK Career Statistics and Bio for Shelby Post". www.bigbluehistory.net.