Monday afternoon, UK head coach Mark Stoops broke the news that redshirt sophomore running back Kavosiey Smoke would miss the next several weeks with a rib injury, leaving the Wildcats with just AJ Rose and Chris Rodriguez in their stable of rotation backs.
With UK missing one piece of its three-headed monster in the backfield, will the coaching staff rely on one of the team’s young up-and-coming playmakers in the running back room to take some pressure off of Rose and Rodriguez?
While the goal is for UK’s top running back options to split the reps in half, offensive coordinator Eddie Gran is “excited” about freshman back JuTahn McClain and redshirt freshman Travis Tisdale, adding that he’s “not afraid” to play them on Saturday.