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Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops is waiting for tests to confirm the extent of Terry Wilson's knee injury. Jon Hale, Louisville Courier Journal

LEXINGTON — Sometimes the first option does not work in college football recruiting. It's not often a team is forced to look for option No. 8, though.

When Kentucky tries to upset Florida on Saturday for the second consecutive year, it will turn to a quarterback few would have imagined would be wearing a UK uniform, let alone starting an important game in one.