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3 Wildcats earn Preseason All-American honors; Mark Stoops gets Coach of Year votes

The Kentucky Wildcats are starting to get more love from the national media as they’ve appeared on a handful of top 25 lists since the Big Ten and Pac-12 announced they would not play college football this fall.

That praise continued Thursday as three Wildcats earned preseason All-American honors from CBS Sports while head coach Mark Stoops received national coach of the year votes.

Punter Max Duffy was the lone Wildcat to learn First-Team All-American honors. The former Rugby star was named the Ray Guy Award winner in 2019 after averaging 48.