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Sunday Headlines: Keion Brooks Breakout Edition

A lot of focus has been on incoming transfers and freshmen in Lexington, but a returning player might be Kentucky’s x-factor this season.

Jon Rothstein has a knack for picking Kentucky breakout players over the last few years (i.e. Immanuel Quickley, Isaiah Jackson) and this year, Rothstein is throwing out Keion Brooks as a breakout player for the Wildcats this upcoming season.

“Last year, some of the best games Kentucky played was with him in the lineup,” Rothstein told Kentucky Sports Radio. “He had 15 points and nine rebounds when Kentucky beat LSU, he had 12 and 6 when Kentucky beat Florida.