Kentucky
Colin Goodfellow is ‘hurt bad’ and Will Levis is barely practicing
It’s been a season of accidents for the Kentucky Wildcats, who had been a strolling MASH unit coming into Saturday’s conflict with the Missouri Tigers.
By sport’s finish, UK would lose one other key participant to damage, this one being to punter Colin Goodfellow.
Within the ultimate minutes, Goodfellow was capable of get well a excessive snap on a punt, collect the ball and simply barely punt it away whereas getting drilled by a Missouri defender. That drew a 15-yard private foul that gave UK a contemporary set of downs to run extra clock out.
After the play, Goodfellow was down on the sector in apparent ache and needed to be carted off the sector. UK would then be compelled to punt with a couple of minute left, and it was backup Wilson Berry who got here in to make the kick and pin the Tigers deep in their very own territory.
Following the sport, head coach Mark Stoops revealed that Goodfellow was harm fairly badly, although he wouldn’t say what the precise damage was.
Stoops says Colin Goodfellow is “harm dangerous.” It appears like that game-saving vs. Missouri play is likely to be the final we see of him in 2022.
— Nick Roush (@RoushKSR) November 5, 2022
Whereas Goodfellow’s damage could value him the remainder of the season, quarterback Will Levis continues to intestine via a number of accidents, together with a sprained left shoulder and turf toe. Whereas he continues to play, it’s been fairly clear lately that he’s not near 100%.
After the sport, Levis mentioned he’s about “75% healthy” proper now.
In accordance with offensive coordinator Wealthy Scangarello, Levis isn’t even working towards at full velocity whereas he continues to put on a strolling boot when off the sector. That’s additionally limiting how a lot operating UK permits Levis to do.
Actually underrated situation in Levis/the offense struggling: the employees deliberately limiting his operating early to attempt to maintain him wholesome and now by necessity as a result of he’s not wholesome.
Had nearly 1,000 profession speeding yards coming in. Minus-100 this yr. Robust eradicating that menace. https://t.co/glJsryANV5
— Kyle Tucker (@KyleTucker_ATH) November 5, 2022
Up subsequent, UK will play host to Vanderbilt subsequent Saturday at midday on the SEC Community. We must always anticipate to see Levis give it a go, however don’t rely on Goodfellow being on the market, because the sixth-year senior and former walk-on could have very properly performed his final down as a Wildcat.