LEXINGTON — The way Mark Stoops sees it, as many as a dozen freshmen could play this season for his Kentucky football team.
Seven different true freshmen are on the Wildcats’ two-deep chart for Saturday’s season opener against Miami (Ohio). Two are penciled in as starters.
First games are “always unique,” Stoops said. But the fresh faces add to the mystery. The young talent — particularly at wide receiver, where true freshmen Dane Key and Barion Brown are scheduled to start — is exciting for the present and the future, offensive coordinator Rich Scanagarello said.