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This is the most experienced and Junior-Senior laden team that UK has fielded in well over a decade. We were annually lamenting our seemingly never-ending "we're still young" mantra but that has gone by the boards. I expect big things from this team.

UK's O-line played well last year while breaking in basically four new guys. Coming into the 2007 season, LT Garry Williams had started several games but he was really the only experienced guy we had returning. Jason Leger, Eric Scott (both Seniors) and Zipp Duncan were transitioning from other positions and fellow Soph Justin Jeffries was starting for the first time as well. For 2008 we return Williams, Duncan, Johnson, Beets, Jeffries, Durham and Alexander is back after a redshirt year. Gonzales is finally healthy after a couple of injury-plagued years. These guys total 73 career starts. The O-line will be one of our strengths.

LT
79 Garry Williams 6-3 300 Sr.
71 James Alexander 6-6 290 RSJr.
Trevino Woods 6-5 280 Fr.

LG
72 Zipp Duncan 6-5 290 RSJr.
78 Christian Johnson 6-4 320 Sr.
60 Dustin Luck 6-3 270 Jr.

C
61 Jorge Gonzalez 6-3 300 RSJr.
63 Jake Lanefski 6-4 285 RSFr.
71 Marcus Davis 6-1 285 RSSo.
Osaze Idumwonyi 6-1 275 Fr.

RG
73 Jess Beets 6-2 290 RSSr.
70 Stuart Hines 6-5 285 RSFr.
52 Billy Joe Murphy 6-7 290 RSFr.
Dave Ulinski 6-4 280 Fr.

RT
76 Justin Jeffries 6-5 300 Jr.
75 Brad Durham 6-5 310 So.
68 Michael Williams 6-6 290 RSJr.

Everyone wants to know who will be QB and I'm going to tell you who will win the competition. It's the guy that the staff thinks will give us the best chance to win. Based on the past it won't necessarily be the guy that is asked to win the game but will be the guy that takes care of the ball and doesn't lose the game. That will likely be Hartline but we still have two months to determine that.

QB
5 Michael Hartline 6-6 205 RSSo.
15 Curtis Pulley 6-4 210 RSJr.
1 Will Fidler 6-4 215 RSSo.
17 Tyler Sargent 6-3 202 RSFr.
DeAunte Mason 6-4 215 Fr.
Matt Roark 6-6 190 Fr.

We're as deep as we've been at these positions in quite a few years. All bring something a little different to the game. All the backs run and block hard while the TE's are more physical than the recent past. Combined with our experienced O-line, expect us to just dominate some opponents.

RB
28 Tony Dixon 5-9 205 RSSr.
29 Alfonso Smith 6-1 195 RSJr.
41 Derrick Locke 5-10 180 So.
30 Moncell Allen 5-7 225 So.
37 Trey Bowland 5-10 185 RSSo.

FB
38 John Conner 5-11 230 RSJr.
47 A J Nance 5-11 250 Jr.
43 Stephen Ball 5-10 245 RSSo.
47 Matt Ramsey 6-1 205 RSSo.

TE
80 T C Drake 6-6 240 Jr.
40 Maurice Grinter 6-3 250 Jr.
86 Ross Bogue 6-5 240 RSJr.
87 Andre Henderson 6-6 235 RSSo.
82 Tyler Sexton 6-2 245 RSJr.
Sean Stackhouse 6-4 250 Fr.
Gabe Correll 6-5 230 Fr.

Many are concerned about our WR's. That was one of the main concerns two years ago as well and that turned out OK. We have a lot of talent from which to choose albeit much of it inexperienced. Fortunately WR is a position that young guys can do well as long as they are willing to be physical.

WR
12 Dicky Lyons 5-11 190 RSSr.
8 Demoreo Ford 5-10 190 RSJr.
17 EJ Adams 6-0 190 Jr.
81 Kyrus Lanxter 6-3 185 So.
26 Terrence Jones 6-2 195 RSSo.
14 Anthony Mosley 6-0 180 RSFr.
Aaron Boyd 6-4 210 Fr.
Randall Cobb 5-11 180 Fr.
Eric Adeyemi 6-0 170 Fr.
E J Fields 6-2 190 Fr.
Gene McCaskill 6-0 180 Fr.

Our D is sprinkled with All-SEC and potential All-SEC performers. We should get a good push from the D-line. Our LB's are experienced and talented and the defensive backfield is as deep and talented as I can ever remember. Our D could be the determining factor in many of our wins this season. One big question mark is Ricky Lumpkin but reports are he's progressing nicely and should be back to full speed by the time camp convenes.

DE
99 Jeremy Jarmon 6-3 270 RSJr.
95 Ventrell Jenkins 6-2 280 Sr.
97 Nij Adjei Oninku 6-1 245 RSSr. .
92 Josh Minton 6-3 260 RSSo.
88 Chris Goode 6-4 250 RSSo.
45 Antwane Glenn 6-4 250 RSFr.
62 Greg Meisner 6-2 250 RSFr.
Chandler Burden 6-5 280 Fr.
Collins Ukwu 6-5 240 Fr.
Taylor Wyndham 6-4 215 Fr.

DT
98 Myron Pryor 6-1 300 Sr.
91 Corey Peters 6-3 290 Jr.
53 Ricky Lumpkin 6-4 290 RSSo.
60 Shane McCord 6-3 280 So.
93 Austin Moss 6-0 250 RSJr.
84 Charles Mustafaa 6-3 260 RSFr.
67 Joe Scott 6-2 270 RSFr.
Matt Smith 6-4 275 Fr.

SLB
50 Sam Maxwell 6-3 235 Jr.
51 Johnny Williams 6-3 235 Sr.
57 Jacob Dufrene 6-2 225 So.
William Johnson 6-3 195 Fr.

MLB
4 Micah Johnson 6-2 245 Jr.
46 Ronnie Sneed 6-2 230 RSFr.
43 Mikhail Mabry 6-2 235 RSJr.
42 Chris Cessna 6-4 225 RSFr.
WLB
56 Braxton Kelley 6-0 230 Sr.
49 Antonio Thomas 6-2 220 RSFr.
21 Michael Schwindel 6-2 220 RSJr.
37 Patrick Barnette 6-1 215 RSSo.
Danny Trevathan 6-1 210 Fr.
54 Brandon Thurmond 6-2 225 RSSo. injured

CB
32 Trevard Lindley 6-0 180 RSJr.
34 Paul Warford 5-11 200 Jr.
7 David Jones 5-10 195 Sr.
23 Shomari Moore 5-9 185 RSSr.
25 A J Grigsby 6-0 190 RSSr.
36 Robbie McAtee 5-10 175 RSSr.
24 Randall Burden 6-2 180 RSFr.
40 Daryl Faulkner 5-9 170 So.
Cartier Rice 5-10 180 Fr.

S
2 Marcus McClinton 6-1 210 RSSr.
27 Ashton Cobb 6-0 205 Jr.
33 Calvin Harrison 6-1 200 Jr.
10 Matt Lentz 6-3 210 RSFr.
11 Greg Wilson 6-2 180 RSFr.
6 Taiedo Smith 6-0 180 RSFr.
Winston Guy 6-1 190 Fr.

The kicking game should be very solid in the feet of:
44 Tim Masthay 6-2 200 Sr.
36 Lones Seiber 5-9 190 Jr.
9 Ryan Tydlacka 6-1 195 RSFr.
99 J J Housley 5-10 186 Sr.