During every Kentucky home football game this season, the jersey numbers of two important Wildcats, John Schlarman and Chris Oats, will be honored by a current member of the team. Opening up this new tradition will be Luke Fortner and DeAndre Square, who will wear no. 65 and no. 22 on their jerseys, respectively, this Saturday in the season-opener against Lousiana-Monroe.
Kentucky will face ULM at noon EST on the SEC Network.
During his play days at Kentucky in the mid-90s, Schlarman was a four-year starter at offensive tackle, wearing the no.