Darian Kinnard named consensus All-American

Kentucky Wildcats tackle Darian Kinnard has become a 2021 Consensus All-American. He becomes the first offensive lineman to receive the honor since All-American Sam Ball in 1965.

The Wildcats now have 12 consensus All-Americans in school history a total of 14 times.

It also marks the third time in the last four years a Wildcat has been named a consensus All-American. Kinnard joins Bob Gain (1950), Babe Parilli (1950 and 1951), Lou Michaels (1956 and 1957), Sam Ball (1965), Art Still (1977), Tim Couch (1998), James Whalen (1999), Derek Abney (2002), Josh Allen (2018), Lynn Bowden (2019) and Max Duffy (2019) on the prestigious list.

To be named to the Consensus team, players have to be listed on…