# 2009 Kentucky Wildcats football team

The 2009 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky during the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Rich Brooks, in his seventh and ultimately final season at Kentucky, and played its home games at Commonwealth Stadium. The Wildcats competed in the Southeastern Conference in its eastern division. They finished the season with a record of 7–6 and 3–5 in conference play, and were defeated by Clemson 21–13 in the Music City Bowl.
Several days after the Cats' bowl appearance, Brooks retired from coaching. He was immediately replaced by offensive coordinator Joker Phillips, who had agreed in 2008 to be Brooks' designated successor.

## Preseason and postseason awards
### PFW All-American
#### 2009 Pro Football Weekly All-American First Team

| # | Name | Height | Weight (lbs.) | Position | Class | Hometown |
| 38 | John Conner | 5'11" | 240 | Fullback | Sr. | Cincinnati, OH, U.S. |

### AP All-SEC
#### 2009 AP All-SEC First Team

| # | Name | Height | Weight (lbs.) | Position | Class | Hometown |
| 18 | Randall Cobb | 5'11" | 190 | All-purpose | So. | Alcoa, TN, U.S. |

#### 2009 AP All-SEC Second Team

| # | Name | Height | Weight (lbs.) | Position | Class | Hometown |
| 20 | Derrick Locke | 5'9" | 180 | RB | Jr. | Hugo, OK, U.S. |
| 50 | Sam Maxwell | 6'3" | 244 | LB | Sr. | Hartwell, GA, U.S. |
| 91 | Corey Peters | 6'3" | 295 | DT | Sr. | Louisville, KY, U.S. |

### Preseason SEC picks

Coaches: 6th (East) AP: 6th (East)

### Preseason polls

USA Today/Coaches: 42nd

### Preseason All-SEC
#### 2009 All-SEC First Team

* Trevard Lindley, DB

#### 2009 All-SEC Second Team

* Micah Johnson, LB

#### 2009 All-SEC Third Team

* Zipp Duncan, OT
* Jorge Gonzalez, C
* Mike Hartline, QB
* Corey Peters, DT

### Current depth chart

As of November 18, 2009
* WR
* 8 Chris Matthews (Jr.)
* 16 LaRod King (Fr.)
* 81 Kyrus Lanxter (Jr.)
| LT | LG | C | RG | RT |
| 72 Zipp Duncan (Sr.) | 70 Stuart Hines (So.) | 61 Jorge Gonzalez (Sr.) | 78 Christian Johnson (Sr.) | 76 Justin Jeffries (Sr.) |
| 52 Billy Joe Murphy (So.) | 67 Larry Warford (Fr.) | 69 Matt Smith (Fr.) | 63 Jake Lanefski (So.) | 75 Brad Durham (Jr.) |
| 74 Trevino Woods (Fr.) | 64 Osaze Idumwonyi (Fr.) | 56 Sam Simpson (Fr.) | 58 Sean Stackhouse (Fr.) | 59 Dave Ulinski (Fr.) |
* TE
* 86 Ross Bogue (Sr.)
* 80 TC Drake (Sr.)
* 40 Maurice Grinter (Sr.)
* WR
* 18 Randall Cobb (So.)
* 85 Gene McCaskill (So.)
* 13 Eric Adeyemi (So.)
* QB
* 12 Morgan Newton (Fr.)
* 1 Will Fidler (Jr.)
* 7 Ryan Mossakowski (Fr.)
* FB
* 38 John Conner (Sr.)
* 47 AJ Nance (Sr.)
* FB
* 20 Derrick Locke (Jr.)
* 29 Alphonso Smith (Sr.)
* 30 Moncell Allen (Jr.)
* CB
* 34 Paul Warford (Jr.)
* 15 Martavius Neloms (Fr.)
* 35 Cartier Rice (Fr.)
| DE | NT | DT | DE |
| 94 Taylor Wyndham (Fr.) | 91 Corey Peters (Sr.) | 53 Ricky Lumpkin (Jr.) | 55 DeQuin Evans (So.) |
| 66 Chandler Burden (So.) | 60 Shane McCord (Jr.) | 98 Mark Crawford (Jr.) | 96 Collins Ukwu (Fr.) |
| 95 Patrick Ligon (Fr.) | 97 Mister Cobble (Fr.) | 68 Luke McDermott (So.) | 62 Greg Meisner (So.) |
* CB
* 24 Randall Burden (So.)
* 6 Taiedo Smith (So.)
* 14 Anthony Mosley (So.)
* FS
* 33 Calvin Harrison (Sr.)
* 10 Matt Lentz (So.)
* 11 Greg Wilson (So.)
| Sam LB | Middle LB | Will LB |
| 50 Sam Maxwell (Sr.) | 4 Micah Johnson (Sr.) | 22 Danny Trevathan (So.) |
| 57 Jacob Dufrene (So.) | 46 Ronnie Sneed (So.) | 47 William Johnson (Fr.) |
| 48 Ridge Wilson (Fr.) | 43 Mikhail Mabry (Sr.) | 54 Brandon Thurmond (Jr.) |
* SS
* 21 Winston Guy (So.)
* 27 Ashton Cobb (Sr.)
* K
* 88 Joseph Mansour (Fr.)
* P
* 9 Ryan Tydlacka (So.)
* LS
* Brad Hart (Jr.)
* KR
* 29 Alphonso Smith (Sr.)
* 20 Derrick Locke (Jr.)
* PR
* 18 Randall Cobb (So.)

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 5 | 12:00 pm | vs. Miami (OH)* | Paul Brown StadiumCincinnati, OH | ESPNU | W 42–0 | 41,037 |
| September 19 | 12:00 pm | Louisville* | Commonwealth StadiumLexington, KY (Battle for the Governor's Cup) | ESPNU | W 31–27 | 66,988 |
| September 26 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 Florida | Commonwealth StadiumLexington, KY (rivalry) | ESPN2 | L 7–41 | 64,011 |
| October 3 | 12:21 pm | No. 3 Alabama | Commonwealth StadiumLexington, KY | SECN | L 20–38 | 70,967 |
| October 10 | 12:30 pm | at No. 25 South Carolina | Williams-Brice StadiumColumbia, SC | SECRN | L 26–28 | 65,278 |
| October 17 | 7:30 pm | at Auburn | Jordan–Hare StadiumAuburn, AL | ESPNU | W 21–14 | 86,217 |
| October 24 | 7:00 pm | Louisiana–Monroe* | Commonwealth StadiumLexington, KY (Military Appreciation Day) | SECRN | W 36–13 | 61,203 |
| October 31 | 7:00 pm | Mississippi State | Commonwealth StadiumLexington, KY | SECRN | L 24–31 | 64,953 |
| November 7 | 1:00 pm | Eastern Kentucky* | Commonwealth StadiumLexington, KY | BBSN | W 37–12 | 60,053 |
| November 14 | 12:21 pm | at Vanderbilt | Vanderbilt StadiumNashville, TN (rivalry) | SECN | W 24–13 | 33,675 |
| November 21 | 7:45 pm | at Georgia | Sanford StadiumAthens, GA | ESPN2 | W 34–27 | 92,746 |
| November 28 | 7:00 pm | Tennessee | Commonwealth StadiumLexington, KY (Battle for the Barrel/Senior Day) | ESPNU | L 24–30 $^{OT}$ | 70,981 |
| December 27 | 8:15 pm | vs. Clemson* | LP FieldNashville, TN (Music City Bowl) | ESPN | L 13–21 | 57,280 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Miami (Ohio)

Pregame Line: -16.5
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 0 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 42 |
| RedHawks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Randall Cobb scored a touchdown early in the second quarter
Mike Hartline threw two touchdowns to receiver Randall Cobb and led Kentucky to a 42–0 victory. Hartline had a great first game of the season, throwing 18 of 27 for 222 yards. Cobb caught a 27-yard pass for Kentucky's first touchdown. He also took a direct snap from center and ran 11 yards for a third-quarter touchdown. The versatile sophomore had seven catches for 96 yards. Kentucky's defense also performed very well, picking off Miami twice and holding the Redhawks to under 200 yards of total offense. All-American cornerback Trevard Lindley intercepted a pass in the 3rd quarter and returned it for a 25-yard touchdown. That was Lindley's tenth career interception and his second returned for a touchdown. The pass intercepted was in the second quarter by senior safety Calvin Harrison. Another star of the game was the debut of junior receiver Chris Matthews. Matthews caught a touchdown pass from Hartline late in the 2nd quarter. This was Kentucky's first shut out since 1996 when they shut out Vanderbilt.
Week 1 SEC Defensive Player of the Week: Trevard Lindley was named SEC defensive player of the week after intercepting a pass, scoring a touchdown, and breaking up three passes.

### Louisville

Pregame Line: -14
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 7 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 27 |
| Wildcats | 10 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
Kentucky wins the 2009 Governor's Cup trophy for the third straight year
For the third straight season the Kentucky Wildcats defeated the Louisville Cardinals and won the Governor's Cup. This is Kentucky's longest streak since the rivalry was renewed in 1994. Derrick Locke returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown and ran for another. A fumbled kickoff return set up Kentucky's final score late in the 4th quarter, a 12-yard pass from Mike Hartline to a leaping Randall Cobb—his former rival for the starting quarterback job. Prior to that, Louisville (1–1) had taken the lead by forcing three consecutive Wildcats turnovers.
This back-and-forth battle for the Governor's Cup wasn't won until the final 2 minutes when Louisville quarterback Justin Burke was driving for a potential game-winning score, only to have a pass tipped by Corey Peters and picked off by Sam Maxwell. Kentucky had to punt the ball back to Louisville, but Burke's last-second Hail Mary was incomplete.
For the 9th straight season, the team that rushes for the most yards went on to win the game. Kentucky out gained Louisville running for 168 yards to 133 yards.
Week 3 SEC Special Teams Player of the Week: Derrick Locke was named SEC special teams player of the week after returning a kickoff in the first quarter 100 yards for a touchdown.

### Florida

Pregame Line: +21.5
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Gators | 31 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 41 |
| Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### Alabama

Pregame Line:
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Crimson Tide | 7 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 38 |
| Wildcats | 6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 20 |

### South Carolina

Pregame Line:
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 3 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 26 |
| Gamecocks | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |

### Auburn

Pregame Line:
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| Tigers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |

### Louisiana-Monroe

Pregame Line:
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| War Hawks | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| Wildcats | 14 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 36 |

### Mississippi State

Pregame Line:
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 3 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 31 |
| Wildcats | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 |

### Eastern Kentucky

Pregame Line:
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Colonels | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| Wildcats | 7 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 37 |

### Vanderbilt

Pregame Line:
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Commodores | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 |

### Georgia

Pregame Line: Georgia by 7.5
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats (7–4, 3–4) | 6 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 34 |
| Bulldogs (6–5, 4–4) | 3 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 27 |
Kentucky entered the game not having won at Georgia since 1977. Kentucky jumped out to a 6–0 lead on a 20-yard touchdown pass from Morgan Newton to Derrick Locke (the conversion failed) but Georgia held a 20–6 lead at halftime.
In the third quarter, Randall Cobb scored on a 12-yard touchdown run and LaRod King caught a 21-yard touchdown pass from Newton to draw Kentucky to within 27–20. Kentucky shut out Georgia in the fourth quarter and scored two touchdowns on Derrick Locke's 60-yard pass reception from Newton and Cobb's 1-yard run to give Kentucky the 34–27 win. Newton finished with 137 yards and 3 touchdowns passing, completing 9 of 17 attempts. Locke had 80 yards rushing and 2 receptions for 80 yards and two touchdowns. Cobb had 40 yards and 2 touchdowns rushing and one reception for 19 yards.
The Kentucky defense played a huge role in securing the victory late in the game. Kentucky defensive lineman Shane McCord intercepted a Georgia pass with just under ten minutes remaining in the game. With five and a half minutes left in the game a Georgia quarterback and running back fumbled an exchange at the Kentucky 2-yard line and Kentucky linebacker Danny Trevathan recovered. Kentucky had to punt but linebacker Sam Maxwell intercepted a Georgia pass with 1:45 remaining to seal the win.

### Tennessee

Pregame Line:
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Volunteers | 7 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 30 |
| Wildcats | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 |

## Statistics
### Team

| | UK | Opp |
| Scoring | 183 | 161 |
| Points per Game | 26.1 | 23.0 |
| First Downs | 134 | 130 |
| Rushing | 75 | 64 |
| Passing | 52 | 58 |
| Penalty | 7 | 8 |
| Total Offense | 2361 | 2466 |
| Avg per Play | 5.0 | 5.2 |
| Avg per Game | 337.3 | 352.3 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 9-4 | 6-3 |
| Penalties-Yards | 37-333 | 44-349 |
| Avg per Game | 47.6 | 49.9 |
| | UK | Opp |
| Punts-Yards | 35-1343 | 37-1390 |
| Avg Net Punt | 38.4 | 37.6 |
| Time of Possession/Game | 29:34 | 30:26 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 39/102 | 47/109 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 10/13 | 6/12 |
| Touchdowns Scored | 24 | 21 |
| Field Goals-Attempts | 5-8 | 5-8 |
| PAT-Attempts | 22-23 | 20-21 |
| Attendance | 281,169 | 154,495 |
| Games/Avg per Game | 4/70,292 | 2/77,248 |
| Neutral Site Games | 0 | 1/41037 |

#### Scores by quarter

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Kentucky | 33 | 70 | 24 | 56 | 183 |
| Opponents | 59 | 35 | 39 | 28 | 161 |

### Offense
#### Rushing

| Name | GP-GS | Att | Gain | Loss | Net | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G |
| Derrick Locke | 7-5 | 109 | 523 | 28 | 495 | 4.5 | 3 | 31 | 70.7 |
| Randall Cobb | 7-0 | 35 | 283 | 3 | 280 | 8.0 | 4 | 61 | 40.0 |
| Alfonso Smith | 7-2 | 35 | 165 | 10 | 155 | 4.4 | 1 | 16 | 22.1 |
| Moncell Allen | 7-0 | 19 | 104 | 1 | 103 | 5.4 | 1 | 20 | 14.6 |
| John Conner | 6-0 | 18 | 100 | 0 | 100 | 5.6 | 2 | 39 | 16.7 |
| CoShik Williams | 3-0 | 12 | 52 | 0 | 46 | 4.3 | 0 | 8 | 17.3 |
| Donald Russell | 4-0 | 10 | 46 | 1 | 45 | 4.5 | 0 | 12 | 11.2 |
| Mike Hartline | 5-0 | 15 | 47 | 20 | 27 | 1.8 | 0 | 9 | 5.4 |
| Will Fidler | 5-0 | 9 | 36 | 12 | 24 | 2.7 | 1 | 11 | 4.8 |
| Morgan Newton | 2-0 | 11 | 37 | 13 | 24 | 2.2 | 1 | 10 | 12.0 |
| AJ Nance | 7-0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 0.6 |
| Maurice Grinter | 7-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.3 |
| TEAM | 7-0 | 4 | 0 | -7 | -1.8 | -1.8 | 0 | 0 | -1.0 |
| Total | 7 | 280 | 1399 | 95 | 1304 | 4.7 | 13 | 61 | 186.3 |
| Opponents | 7 | 274 | 1338 | 119 | 1219 | 4.4 | 8 | 35 | 174.1 |

#### Passing

| Name | GP-GS | Effic | Att-Cmp | Pct | Yds | TD-INT | Lng | Avg/G |
| Mike Hartline | 5-5 | 119.2 | 77-127 | 60.6 | 792 | 6-6 | 55 | 158.4 |
| Will Fidler | 5-0 | 91.4 | 17-35 | 48.6 | 163 | 1-1 | 25 | 32.6 |
| Morgan Newton | 2-1 | 56.3 | 8-19 | 42.1 | 56 | 0-1 | 23 | 28.0 |
| Randall Cobb | 7-1 | 97.7 | 2-6 | 33.3 | 46 | 0 | 37 | 6.6 |
| Tyler Sargeant | 1-0 | 0.0 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 105.8 | 104-189 | 55.0 | 1057 | 7-8 | 55 | 151.0 |
| Opponents | 7 | 111.4 | 100-199 | 50.3 | 1247 | 10-8 | 66 | 178.1 |

#### Receiving

| Name | GP-GS | Receptions | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G |
| Randall Cobb | 7-6 | 28 | 349 | 12.5 | 4 | 55 | 49.9 |
| Chris Matthews | 7-6 | 19 | 212 | 11.2 | 1 | 37 | 30.3 |
| Derrick Locke | 7-0 | 16 | 128 | 8.0 | 0 | 21 | 18.3 |
| Gene McCaskill | 7-1 | 8 | 96 | 12.0 | 0 | 31 | 13.7 |
| Kyrus Lanxter | 5-0 | 7 | 58 | 8.3 | 0 | 16 | 11.6 |
| John Conner | 6-0 | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 1 | 25 | 7.7 |
| TC Drake | 7-0 | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 0 | 20 | 7.1 |
| Moncell Allen | 7-0 | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | 7 | 2.7 |
| Matt Roark | 7-0 | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 15 | 4.3 |
| Nick Melilo | 7-0 | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | 8 | 3.1 |
| Ross Bogue | 7-0 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 1 | 12 | 2.0 |
| Eric Adeyemi | 6-0 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 6 | 1.7 |
| Gabe Correll | 2-0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | 7.5 |
| Alfonso Smith | 7-0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total | 7 | 104 | 1057 | 10.2 | 7 | 55 | 151.0 |
| Opponents | 7 | 100 | 1247 | 12.5 | 10 | 66 | 178.1 |

### Defense

| Name | GP-GS | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Sacks | Pass Defense | Pass Defense | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Fumbles | Fumbles | Blkd Kick |
| Name | GP-GS | Solo | Ast | Total | TFL-Yds | No-Yds | BrUp | QBH | No.-Yds | Avg | TD | Long | No.-Yds | FF | Blkd Kick |
| Micah Johnson | 7-7 | 24 | 31 | 55 | 4.5-6 | 1.0-1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Trevathan | 7-7 | 27 | 20 | 47 | 2.0-5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Calvin Harrison | 7-7 | 24 | 18 | 42 | 2.0-5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-42 | 42 | 0 | 21 | 1-13 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Maxwell | 7-7 | 27 | 15 | 42 | 3.5-8 | 0.5-3 | 5 | 0 | 2-26 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Winston Guy | 7-7 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 1.5-9 | 1.0-7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Peters | 7-7 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 7.5-38 | 4.0-32 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randall Burden | 7-3 | 17 | 5 | 22 | 0.5-2 | 0 | 5 | 1-50 | 50.0 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeQuin Evans | 7-7 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 6.0-25 | 3.0-21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Lentz | 7-0 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-23 | 23.0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevard Lindley | 4-4 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 1.0-4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1-25 | 25 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricky Lumpkin | 7-7 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Warford | 4-4 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0-0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Wyndham | 7-2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2.5-11 | 2.0-9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Taiedo Smith | 7-0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martavius Neloms | 6-1 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Collins Ukwu | 7-4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1.5-6 | 0.5-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronnie Sneed | 7-0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chandler Burden | 7-2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.5-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Crawford | 7-0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane McCord | 7-0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AJ Nance | 7-0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashton Cobb | 5-0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Roark | 7-0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moncell Allen | 7-0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alfonso Smith | 7-0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cartier Rice | 4-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Dufrene | 7-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randall Cobb | 7-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Wilson | 7-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antwane Glenn | 2-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Meisner | 3-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Matthews | 6-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ridge Wilson | 6-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mikhail Mabry | 7-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio Thomas | 2-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Mosley | 4-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ross Bogue | 7-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hartline | 6-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 282 | 196 | 478 | 35-123 | 12-75 | 43 | 9 | 8-169 | 21.1 | 2 | 50 | 3-13 | 1 | 0 |
| Opponents | 7 | 281 | 224 | 505 | 28-92 | 7-40 | 24 | 17 | 8-64 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 3-45 | 4 | 0 |

### Special teams

| Name | Punting | Punting | Punting | Punting | Punting | Punting | Punting | Punting | Field Goals | Field Goals | Field Goals | Field Goals | Kickoffs | Kickoffs | Kickoffs | Kickoffs | Kickoffs |
| Name | No. | Yds | Avg | Long | TB | FC | I20 | Blkd | Att. | Made | Pct. | Long | No. | Yds | Avg | TB | OB |
| Lones Seiber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 62.5 | 49 | 16 | 1046 | 65.4 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Tydlacka | 34 | 1343 | 39.5 | 59 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig McIntosh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1214 | 60.7 | 2 | 1 |
| Total | 35 | 1343 | 38.4 | 59 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 62.5 | 49 | 36 | 2260 | 62.8 | 3 | 1 |
| Opponents | 37 | 1390 | 37.6 | 56 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 37.5 | 34 | 34 | 2055 | 60.4 | 4 | 1 |
| Name | Punt Returns | Punt Returns | Punt Returns | Punt Returns | Punt Returns | Kick Returns | Kick Returns | Kick Returns | Kick Returns | Kick Returns |
| Name | No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
| Derrick Locke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 191 | 47.75 | 1 | 100 |
| Alfonso Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 19 |
| Winston Guy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 28 |
| Randall Cobb | 14 | 191 | 13.6 | 1 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene McCaskill | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 15 | 201 | 13.4 | 1 | 73 | 29 | 667 | 23.0 | 1 | 100 |
| Opponents | 7 | 49 | 7.0 | 1 | 23 | 32 | 731 | 22.8 | 0 | 65 |

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: — = Not ranked :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
| AP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | | | | | |
| Coaches | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | | | | | |
| Harris | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | | | | | | | Not released |
| BCS | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | — | — | | | | | | | Not released |

## Class of 2010 commitments/signees

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Mychal Bailey DB | LaGrange, Georgia | Southwest Mississippi C.C. | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 206 lb (93 kg) | Sep 11, 2009 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ||||||
| Tyler Brause QB | Bucyrus, Ohio | Wynford | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | Aug 20, 2009 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 73 ||||||
| Alvin Davis DE | Jesup, Georgia | Wayne County | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 225 lb (102 kg) | Oct 21, 2009 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 40 ||||||
| Nermin Delic TE/DE | Tunnel Hill, Georgia | Northwest Whitfield | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 228 lb (103 kg) | Nov 25, 2009 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 77 ||||||
| Mike Douglas DE | Largo, Florida | Largo | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 225 lb (102 kg) | Dec 14, 2009 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 75 ||||||
| Teven Eatmon TE/OL | Bucyrus, Ohio | Wynford | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 280 lb (130 kg) | Aug 20, 2009 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 77 ||||||
| Brandon Gainer RB | Miami, Florida | Miami | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Feb 3, 2010 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 80 ||||||
| Kenarious Gates OT | Greenville, Georgia | Greenville | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 285 lb (129 kg) | Dec 20, 2009 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 72 ||||||
| Josh Gibbs SS | Santa Clarita, California | College of the Canyons | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Sep 15, 2009 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ||||||
| Justin Henderson DE | Bamberg, South Carolina | Bamberg-Ehrhardt | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 230 lb (100 kg) | Apr 18, 2009 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 74 ||||||
| Farrington Huguenin DE | Columbia, South Carolina | Dreher | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 240 lb (110 kg) | Jan 29, 2010 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 40 ||||||
| Jabari Johnson LB | Stone Mountain, Georgia | Stephenson | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | Oct 30, 2009 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 77 ||||||
| Brice Laughlin DT | Summerville, South Carolina | Summerville | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 260 lb (120 kg) | Dec 7, 2009 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 78 ||||||
| Joseph Mansour K | LaGrange, Georgia | LaGrange | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 174 lb (79 kg) | Jul 1, 2009 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 71 ||||||
| Tim McAdoo DT | Murfreesboro, Tennessee | Oakland | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 310 lb (140 kg) | Aug 17, 2009 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 76 ||||||
| Malcolm McDuffen LB | Hopkinsville, Kentucky | Christian County | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 205 lb (93 kg) | Sep 19, 2009 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 77 ||||||
| Elliot Porter DT | Marrero, Louisiana | Archbishop Shaw | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 275 lb (125 kg) | Aug 13, 2009 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 79 ||||||
| Tyler Robinson TE | Alcoa, Tennessee | Alcoa | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 250 lb (110 kg) | Sep 26, 2009 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 77 ||||||
| Raymond Sanders RB | Stone Mountain, Georgia | Stephenson | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | Aug 2, 2009 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 76 ||||||
| Ronnie Shields TE | Stone Mountain, Georgia | Stephenson | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | Oct 30, 2009 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 73 ||||||
| Eric Simmons DB | Atlanta, Georgia | Westlake | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | Oct 14, 2009 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 78 ||||||
| Alex Smith TE | Cincinnati, Ohio | Lakota West | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 225 lb (102 kg) | Feb 3, 2010 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 78 ||||||
| Ryan Smith DB | Cordova, Alabama | Cordova | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 208 lb (94 kg) | Oct 15, 2009 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 74 ||||||
| Dale Trimble DB | Gadsden, Alabama | Gadsden | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | 165 lb (75 kg) | Dec 6, 2009 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 79 ||||||
| Avery Williamson LB | Milan, Tennessee | Milan | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | Nov 19, 2009 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 74 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Kentucky 2010 Football Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved May 27, 2009. "2010 Kentucky Football Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved May 27, 2009. "ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 27, 2009. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved May 27, 2009. "2010 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved May 27, 2009. ||||||

### Class of 2011 commitments

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | 40$^‡$ | Commit date |
| Jon Davis TE | Louisville, Kentucky | Eastern | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 235 lb (107 kg) | 4.6 | Dec 11, 2009 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A |||||||
| Darrian Miller OT | Lexington, Kentucky | Bryan Station | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 265 lb (120 kg) | 4.87 | Dec 20, 2009 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A |||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: |||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Kentucky 2011 Football Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved December 11, 2009. "2011 Kentucky Football Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved December 11, 2009. "ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 11, 2009. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved December 11, 2009. "2011 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved December 11, 2009. |||||||