Saturday night time could possibly be the chance of a lifetime for redshirt freshman quarterback Kaiya Sheron.
Late Wednesday night time, Kentucky Sports activities Radio’s Matt Jones reported the information that Kentucky’s star quarterback Will Levis is questionable to play this weekend towards South Carolina:
KSR went on to report that the QB is “coping with a decrease leg harm” that was suffered final Saturday within the loss to Ole Miss.
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Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops stated on Monday at his game-week press convention that the Wildcats are “banged up,” however Levis’ title was by no means talked about as one coping with harm. He in fact handled an injured finger towards the Rebels, however completed the rest of the sport and stated that his play wasn’t impacted.
Jones’ tweet goes on to say that Sheron will get the nod at QB if Levis is unable to go towards the Gamecocks.
The Wildcats’ depth chart has each Sheron OR Iowa switch Deuce Hogan listed because the backup, although Sheron’s title is listed first, and he did take the ultimate snap in Kentucky’s 31-0 win over Youngstown State.
If the worst case state of affairs strikes and Levis cannot play, the No. 13 staff within the nation will probably be within the palms of the Somerset, Ky native.
So who’s Kaiya Sheron?
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Popping out of Somerset Excessive Faculty, the 6-foot-3, 208-pounder was listed as a 3-star recruit and the No. 62 QB within the nation, per 247Sports.
In three years as a starter for Somerset, Sheron threw for over 3,000 yards and 28 touchdowns. He led the Briar Jumpers to a Class-AA State Championship throughout his junior yr in 2019, additionally being named the Commonwealth Journal Soccer Participant of the Yr that season. He was then tabbed the Commonwealth Journal Offensive Participant of the Yr in his senior marketing campaign.
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Following the switch of former backup QB Beau Allen, the place battle between Sheron and Hogan started.
Again in August, offensive coordinator Wealthy Scangarello stated this in regards to the QB’s:
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“They’ve accomplished a pleasant job. They’ve gotten alternatives and numerous reps. Now we have supplied an opportunity for them to indicate they’ll play they usually have accomplished that,” he stated. “Till you are taking that pink jersey off and play for actual, you by no means know. But when they must play, I really feel comfy with both one.”
All through fall camp, each head coach Mark Stoops and Scangarello did not give any hints as to who was performing the most effective out of the younger pair. Upon the primary official depth chart releasing forward of the season-opener towards Miami (OH), it was Hogan’s named positioned under Levis’.
Then the second version was launched forward of Florida, and Sheron’s title had made it to the chart, although it was nonetheless listed behind Hogan. One week later, the names have been flipped, placing the RS freshman as the primary man behind Levis, incomes him that lone snap to shut out the win over the Penguins in week three.
Changing Levis is one thing that Stoops, Scangarello or anybody has hoped would not must occur all season. Levis places Kentucky’s offense on that higher echelon, permitting extensive receivers like Tayvion Robinson, Dane Key and Barion Brown to standout. Filling in for him is a near-impossible job.
Whereas Sheron is a pro-style QB, has first rate arm expertise and is cell, the Cats clearly will not ask him to do close to as a lot as Levis does with the ball in his palms. All eyes will doubtless flip to the backfield, calling for a heavy, heavy dose of Chris Rodriguez Jr towards the Gamecocks.
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South Carolina blitzes greater than another staff within the Energy 5. Although it hasn’t had a lot success truly attending to the quarterback, combine that in with a shoddy offensive line, and Sheron is likely to be on the run greater than he’d wish to be in his beginning debut.
Nothing is confirmed, nonetheless…Levis very nicely might play on Saturday, placing all of Huge Blue Nation relaxed. Stoops will communicate to the media following Thursday’s apply and can doubtless present some readability to the QB scenario.
If Levis would not see the sector, it will be a sold-out Kroger Subject rooting for the Bluegrass child to guide his staff to a win towards an SEC rival.
Wildcats In the present day may have updates on Levis’ standing within the lead-up to Saturday’s contest towards South Carolina
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Rivalry week has finally arrived. The Louisville and Kentucky football program are set to do battle once again, facing off in Lexington for the annual Battle for the Governor’s Cup.
Here are the depth charts for both the Cardinals and Wildcats:
Changes from Louisville’s Depth Chart vs. Pitt:
Quarterback
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9 Tyler Shough (6-5, 230, Gr.) 10 Pierce Clarkson (6-1, 190, R-Fr.) OR 15 Harrison Bailey (6-5, 230, R-Sr.) OR 12 Brady Allen (6-6, 220, R-So)
Running Back
25 Isaac Brown (5-9, 190, Fr.) 21 Donald Chaney Jr. (5-10, 210, R-Jr.) 26 Duke Watson (6-0, 180, Fr.) 22 Keyjuan Brown (5-10, 210, R-Fr.)
Wide Receiver
0 Chris Bell (6-2, 220, Jr.) 81 Cataurus Hicks (5-10, 180, R-Fr.)
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (3-2) at Kentucky Wildcats (5-0)
Lexington, Kentucky; Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. EST
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BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Wildcats -22.5; over/under is 164
BOTTOM LINE: No. 8 Kentucky takes on Western Kentucky after Koby Brea scored 22 points in Kentucky’s 108-59 win over the Jackson State Tigers.
The Wildcats have gone 4-0 at home. Kentucky is 10th in college basketball averaging 12.6 made 3-pointers per game while shooting 42.3% from downtown. Brea leads the team averaging 4.0 makes while shooting 74.1% from 3-point range.
The Hilltoppers are 0-1 in road games. Western Kentucky ranks third in the CUSA shooting 37.4% from 3-point range.
Kentucky scores 97.0 points, 24.2 more per game than the 72.8 Western Kentucky allows. Western Kentucky averages 9.8 made 3-pointers per game this season, 3.8 more made shots on average than the 6.0 per game Kentucky gives up.
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TOP PERFORMERS: Brea is shooting 74.1% from beyond the arc with 4.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Wildcats, while averaging 16 points.
Julius Thedford averages 2.4 made 3-pointers per game for the Hilltoppers, scoring 11.4 points while shooting 54.5% from beyond the arc.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
Mark Stoops owns a five-game winning streak in the Governor’s Cup series. The Wildcats have won three games in a row at L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium and have not lost to Louisville at Kroger Field since 2017 when Bobby Petrino was holding the call sheet and and Lamar Jackson was playing quarterback. The Wildcats have also covered a lot of spreads in this series.
Stoops is 7-2-1 against-the-spread (ATS) in this series with with covers as a double-digit dog in 2014 and 2016. Kentucky has beaten Louisville outright as a dog three times since 2016 and has covered five straight in this series. Those are not the only trends going in Kentucky’s direction heading into this Week 14 contest.
Louisville is 0-4-1 ATS as a road favorite under Jeff Brohm with outright losses to Pittsburgh and Stanford. Kentucky is 5-0-1 ATS as a dog in its last six outing including four games this season. Kentucky covered numbers as a double-digit dog against Georgia, Ole Miss, Tennessee, and Texas this season.
The visitor is 11-3-1 ATS (5-10 outright) in the last 14 meetings of this series with 10 outright wins but Kentucky has won the last two meetings at Kroger Field covering each times as a three-point favorite. In 2019, Kentucky ran away for a 45-13 victory and cruised to a 26-13 victory in 2022.
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Kentucky has consistently overachieved pregame expectations in this series. The Wildcats are currently a 3.5-point dog with a total of 48.5. That’s a projected final score of 26-22.5. Will UK exceed expectations again against Louisville? A win would equal four outright upsets for the Big Blue in the last eight meetings of the series.
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