The NFL Draft is right around corner. The UK football program is unlikely to have any of their players hear their name called by Commissioner Roger Goodell. While Kentucky has never been an elite college football program, the school has had some former players excel at the next level. Let’s look back over the past 20 years and see which former Wildcats made the Top 5.
The UK football program has had very few players selected in the first-round of the NFL Draft, much less be taken No. 1 overall. In 1999, that all changed when the expansion Cleveland Browns took quarterback Tim Couch with the first overall pick.