Kentucky defensive linemen Tavion Gadson and Josaih Hayes have been named to the 2025 Comeback Player of the Year Award Watch List.
The award recognizes college football players for overcoming injury, illness or other circumstances.
Gadson is returning from a knee injury while Hayes is coming back from a torn Achilles tendon.
Here is a press release from UK Athletics:
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky defensive linemen Tavion Gadson and Josaih Hayes have been named to the 2025 Comeback Player of the Year Award Watch List, announced today by the College Sports Communicators (CSC) in association with The Associated Press (AP) and the Fiesta Bowl Organization.