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How many Kentucky football players were picked in 2024 NFL Draft? See every selection
LEXINGTON — Kentucky has become a consistent presence in the NFL draft during Mark Stoops’ tenure as coach. The Wildcats have had at least one player selected in each of the past five drafts. And in the Stoops era, which wrapped up its 11th season in 2023, there have only been two drafts in which UK was shut out: 2017 and 2018.
Here’s what you need to know about each of Kentucky’s players picked in the 2024 NFL Draft:
LB Trevin Wallace: Carolina Panthers, third round (No. 72 overall)
College: Kentucky
Position: LB
Height and weight: 6-1, 237
High School: Wayne County (Ga.)
Hometown: Jesup, Georgia
What kind of player is he? He explodes off the line of scrimmage and is a tremendous athlete. He needs to work on shedding blocks and pass-rush technique at the next level.
College stats: 166 total tackles and 10 sacks
Highlights: In 2023, Wallace led the Wildcats with nine total tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, and one sack in the win over Mississippi State.
Bio: The Carolina Panthers selected Kentucky LB Trevin Wallace with the No. 72 pick overall in the third round of the 2024 NFL Draft. Wallace had his best season as a junior. He was second on the team in tackles, tackles for loss, and sacks. Here’s everything you need to know about Wallace.
Highlights: https://x.com/UKFootball/status/1703206850420683214
CB Andru Phillips: New York Giants, third round (No. 70 overall)
College: Kentucky
Position: CB
Height and weight: 5-11, 190
High School: Mauldin (S.C.)
Hometown: Mauldin, South Carolina
What kind of player is he? He’s an athletic cornerback who saw limited action until his senior year. Phillips started all 12 games in his last year at Kentucky. He’s a smaller cornerback but is physical, aggressive in the run game and can stay in-phase on the deep passes.
Highlights: Phillips had six total tackles and two pass breakups against in-state rival Louisville in 2023.
College stats: 82 total tackles and 10 passes defended
Bio: The New York Giants selected Kentucky CB Andru Phillips with the No. 70 pick overall in the third round of the 2024 NFL Draft. Phillips finished second on the Wildcats last season for pass breakups (5). Here’s everything you need to know about Phillips.
Highlights: https://x.com/UKFootball/status/1780971288619897058
Reach Kentucky men’s basketball and football reporter Ryan Black at rblack@gannett.com and follow him on X at @RyanABlack.
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Hail hits areas of South Central Kentucky
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – As powerful storms move through South Central Kentucky, many of WBKO’s viewers have sent in photos and videos showing the hail that hit in their area. Stay with WBKO News on-air and on WBKO.com as we continue to track the storms as the potential for severe weather will linger through the evening hours.
If you can safely take photos or videos of how the storms have impacted your area please submit them by emailing news@wbko.com.
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Travis Kelce Reveals He ‘Almost Won $100,000' at the Kentucky Derby: 'A Nose Away from Winning'
Travis Kelce is venting over his losses at this year’s Kentucky Derby.
The Kansas City Chiefs player, 34, revealed he “almost won” $100,000 at the annual Louisville horse racing event over the weekend on the latest episode of his podcast, New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce, released on Wednesday, May 8.
“I was a nose away from winning that f—ing thing, dude,” Travis told his brother and co-host Jason Kelce as he shared that he put money on Number 11 to win and “a little bit” on Number 2 in the race at Churchill Downs.
“I was a beginner. I didn’t get too far into that,” Travis explained. “I just wanted to f—-ing put the money that I brought in there and throw it down on like one horse and just get f—-ing pumped if that thing was even close. And sure enough, coming around that corner, you see that thing … come up.”
“… I almost f—ing won a $100,000 off a Japanese horse in the Kentucky Derby,” Travis revealed. “Do you think America would have shamed me for that?” he added, jokingly.
“I’m shaming you right now, dude,” added Jason, 36. “You bet on a Japanese horse? What the name of the horse?”
“Forever Young,” Travis sang as he showed off his singing skills.
Travis was pictured attending the iconic race on Saturday, May 4, along with a host of other celebrities, including Jimmy Fallon, who shared a video on Instagram of his meetup with Travis at the event.
The NFL star — who went to the race event without his girlfriend Taylor Swift — made a slick appearance in a white pinstripe suit with a navy-blue fedora hat and matching tie with his signature diamond hoop earrings.
Travis’ impressive Derby look, which he revealed was designed by Patrick Christopher, was highlighted in an Instagram post shared by the official Kentucky Derby account as he was filmed clapping and jumping up and down excitedly as he took in the action on the race track.
“When you show up to the Kentucky Derby and your first bet hits,” the caption over the clip read.
“@killatrav off to a hot start at the Kentucky Derby,” a second caption read in the post.
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Ahead of attending the Derby, Kelce also made sure to stop by his friends The Chainsmokers’ gig in Louisville the day before, held as part of the Sports Illustrated Revel at the Races concert.
His attendance at the Derby was then followed by an appearance at the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Miami on Sunday, May 5, where he was spotted accepting a friendship bracelet from a fan — an ode to his girlfriend Swift’s signature Eras Tour accessory.
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Shreveport natives celebrate after their horse, 'Mystik Dan' wins 150th Kentucky Derby
LITTLE ROCK, AR (KSLA) – “We were stopped at this place to get gas. I still had on my Mystik Dan shirt and stuff. These three young girls are in a car sitting next to us, and they asked, ‘Are you the trainer of ‘Mystik Dan’?’
It turns out the young ladies were chatting with one of the part owners of Mystik Dan. Captain Shreve High School and Louisiana Tech graduate, Sharilyn Gasaway had a weekend she’ll never forget, following her thoroughbred’s photo-finish in the 150th Kentucky Derby.
“The Sierra Leone people were standing right next to us, because they were the No. 2 horse and we were the No. 3 horse,” says Gasaway. “They starting yelling. Then you saw them quit yelling. Then, all of a sudden we were yelling. So, I don’t know who told us, ‘yes,’ because after we were jumping up and down, ‘Are we sure, because we’re not up!”
Despite finishing third in the Arkansas Derby a month prior, Gasaway still had faith in her three-year old colt.
“He got hit on the backside,” says Gasaway. “That horse got disqualified, and it took him back five to 10 links, where he was. For him to make up and be third, it’s pretty amazing. So, I really felt like he could do it, if he had a good clean trip.”
Mystik Dan overcame 18-to-1 in the closest three-horse finish since 1947.
“I think everyone thought he won on an off-track, ‘he has to be on an off track to win.’ But, he won convincingly on a fast-track at Churchhill Downs.”
“Even not after getting the result they wanted, hard work and prayer helped Mystik Dan to a supernatural performance in the Kentucky Derby.”
“When he was third in the Arkansas Derby, I remember going, ‘Okay, you know, we need to be first or second so we can go to the [Kentucky] Derby,’” says Gasaway. “It was His way of saying, ‘No, you’re not going to be first or second, you’re going to be third. You’re going to sit there and watch and see how I’m going to do this for you.”
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