Darian Kinnard is one of the best blockers in America. Now the pride and joy of Kentucky’s Big Blue Wall is up for one of college football’s oldest and most prestigious honors.
Kinnard is one of six semifinalists for the Outland Trophy, given each since 1946 to the nation’s top interior lineman. Only the Maxwell Award and Heisman Trophy are older than the Outland Trophy. The All-America Committee of the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) selected the semifinalists from nominations by the entire membership. If Kinnard brings home the hardware, he’ll be only the second Wildcat to take home the honor.