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Mark Stoops: Kentucky could have as many as 12 NFL draft picks in 2019

UK athletics director Mitch Barnhart was thrilled the Citrus Bowl picked Kentucky for its New Year's Day bowl game. Jon Hale, Louisville Courier Journal

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky football’s two-year NFL draft drought is about to meet a waterfall.

The Wildcats could have as many as a dozen players selected in the 2019 NFL draft, UK coach Mark Stoops said Friday.

“In the neighborhood of 11-12 guys that could potentially get drafted,” Stoops said after a practice in advance of UK's Jan. 1 Citrus Bowl against Penn State.