Spring Spotlight: Kentucky will lean on experienced veterans at safety

Preparations for the 2026 college football season are underway at the Joe Craft Football Training Facility. Cleats have hit the grass practice fields and/or the turf at the Nutter Field House as Kentucky head coach Will Stein begins his first spring practice as the leader of a program. There will be a lot of new for the Wildcats in 2026. Safety isn’t any different.

Houston safeties coach Josh Christian-Young has moved to Lexington where he has reunited with defensive coordinator Jay Bateman after the duo worked together at Army. The long-time Willie Fritz assistant is taking over a room that added some key players in the transfer portal and retained one key starters. Safety needs to be a…