Kentucky wants to be a “recruit and develop” program. However, you have to have players stay on your roster for multiple years to be developed. Last offseason, this program added 50 new players to the roster. Only 23 of them were high school signees. In the 2026 cycle, UK only has 13 high school commits. That means another big transfer portal class is on the way.
But UK is looking at other ways to supplement the roster and add players to the programs with multiple seasons of eligibility. How are they doing that? By going shopping in the junior college market.