C.J. Conrad was as much a fixture for University of Kentucky football the past few seasons as anyone.
The tight end graduated, taking with him 42 career starts, 49 games worth of experience and more than 1,000 career receiving yards — the 28th player in Wildcats history with that distinction. There’s a hole, and a trio of tree trunks are making their case to help fill it this spring.
Keaton Upshaw, a 6-foot-5 redshirt freshman out of Lima, Ohio, impressed during UK’s first spring scrimmage on Saturday. Upshaw, formerly a three-star prospect, is coming off a season-ending knee injury suffered during a September practice.