FOOTBALL 2022 Louisville Game November 26 n 3 p.m. Lexington, Ky. n Kroger Field T Y R E L L A J I A N , G R A D U A T E S E N I O R , D B Tyrell Ajian Presented By 2022 SeniorsThank You to Today’s Game Sponsor,2022 Kentucky Football Yearbook is published by the University of Kentucky Athletics Department. University of Kentucky Athletics Director: Mitch Barnhart Communications and Public Relations: Susan Lax, Matt May, Tony Neely 546 East Main Street First Floor Lexington, KY 40508 859-226-4540 UK Sports Marketing Powered by JMI Sports Brandon Baker, Seth Boyle, Curtis Burch, Randy Carter, Annie Gillenwater, Devin Jones, Adair Mattingly, Seth Poteat, Kim Ramsay, Lance Reed, Chad Ruhl, Kim Shelton, Brad Tucker Design & Publishing Managing Editor Jai Giffin Creative Director Jamie Barker Production Assistance Laura Doolittle, Lisa Roberts@UKSportsNetwork 3 7 2022 Rule Changes 18 Today’s Two Deep 14 Louisville Roster 24 Assistant Coaches 12 Kentucky Roster 20 Head Coach Mark Stoops 16 Stats Comparison 30 University of Kentucky 36 History & Tradition 34 Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart 32 President Eli Capilouto 54 Pioneers of Integration 49 First Team All-Americas 46 Wildcat Spirit 50 First Team All-SEC 42 Kroger Field 62 Cats in the Pros 67 Schedule/ Results 57 Longest Plays 64 Compliance Corner 56 Single Game Records 58 This is Kentucky Contents Louisville Game November 26, 2022 Lexington, Ky. n 3 p.m. n Kroger Field 68 Retired Jerseys 70 UK Sports Network @UKSportsNetwork 3 Features Cat Byte Senior Jordan Wright shares his thoughts about walking onto Kroger Field for the final time. “presented by Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance.” 4 BBN Gameday/ BBN Tonight TV With WLEX Mark Stoops talks about his team’s play against Georgia on BBN Gameday. 8 Catching up with Coach Stoops Coach Stoops talks about how he and the players will celebrate Thanksgiving. 10 Hall of Fame UK Athletics inducts Hall of Fame Class of 2022. 66 /UKAthletics Kentucky Football @UKAthletics @UKFootballSponsored By Senior Jordan Wright shares his thoughts about walking onto Kroger Field for the final time. 4 @UKFootballSometimes in life the ball just doesn’t bounce your way. 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Since 2011, the NFF has partnered with the College Football Officiating (CFO), led by Steve Shaw and chaired by Mid-Amer- ican Conference Commissioner Jon Stein- brecher, to help generate awareness for the rule changes in college football. The CFO functions as the national professional orga- nization for all football officials who work games at the collegiate level, and the orga- nization has held its annual winter meeting of conference coordinators for football offi- cials at the NFF headquarters in Irving, Tex- as for ninth time this past January. Shaw, who became the CFO National Coordinator of Football Officials in March 2020, previously served the Southeastern Conference and Sun Belt Conference as co- ordinator of officials. He also serves as the Secretary-Rules Editor of the NCAA Football Rules Committee, a position critical to the development of competition rules and pol- icies. Shaw excelled as a head referee for 15 years in the SEC, earning 14 postseason assignments, including two national cham- pionship games. He has been a leader in revamping the sport’s officiating mechanics and advancing the use of technology to as- sist officials. “The mission of the Rules Committee is to develop and evaluate rules changes that will enhance the sport, protect the image of the game, and enhance the student athlete’s health and safety,” said Shaw. “Player safety has been the highest priority of the commit- tee for many years now resulting in signifi- cant changes that have improved the game in terms of mitigating injuries. Specifically, the new Blocking Below the Waist rule, and the other modifications to the rules for 2022 will be a benefit for the student-athletes, the fans, and the game.” The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved the following football measures during their April meeting, and all these rule changes will take effect in the 2022 season. Targeting Carryover Appeal Process In games that have instant replay, when a targeting foul occurs in the second half, the carryover penalty (of sitting out the first half of that player’s next game) will be eligible for further appeal. The process will begin with a conference submitting a request to the NCAA national coordinator of officials, who would review video of the play. If it is obvious that a player was incorrectly penal- ized for targeting, the call would be over- turned, and the player would be cleared to play in the first half of the next game. Deceptive Injury Timeout Investigation Process To address teams that are awarded an injury timeout through deceptive actions, panel members approved a reporting and investigation process. Schools and confer- ences will be able to report questionable scenarios to the national coordinator of offi- cials, who will review and provide feedback to the conference for further action. Any penalties levied would be up to the confer- ence office or school involved. The NCAA Football Rules Committee considered several in-game options to ad- dress this, including altering the injury tim- eout rule to remove the injured student-ath- lete for more than one play. Currently, an injured player is required to sit out one play. This concept was debated at length, but the committee was concerned with the addi- tional issues that could be created and did not want to encourage players to continue to participate when injured. Committee members discussed how the pace of play appears to be contributing to this concern. “We considered all options to address this issue, including allowing both teams an opportunity to substitute after a first down,” said David Shaw, chair of the Football Rules Committee and coach at Stanford. “This is another step to consider in the future.” Blocking Below the Waist The panel approved a proposal to im- prove safety and simplify the rules govern- ing blocking below the waist. The proposal will allow blocking below the waist only by linemen and stationary backs inside the tackle box. Outside the tackle box on scrim- mage plays, blocking below the waist will be prohibited. Analysis of available NCAA injury surveillance data indicates a decreas- ing knee injury trend that coincides with re- cent rules changes in this area. Other Rule Changes n If a ball carrier simulates a feet-first slide, officials will declare the runner down at that spot. n Defensive holding will remain a 10- yard penalty but will always carry an auto- matic first down. n The replay official will address any clock adjustment and status only when a ruling is overturned with less than two min- utes in the 2nd or 4th quarter. n Illegal Touching by an originally in- eligible player is penalized five yards from the previous spot and now includes loss of down. n Addition of Signal 28 for Illegal Blind- side Block: Rule Changes For The 2022 College Football SeasonNext >