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With Benny Snell thriving in NFL, A.J. Rose ready to follow his lead for Kentucky football

LEXINGTON – Pittsburgh Steelers fans are learning something Kentucky football fans have long known: It’s dangerous to ever underestimate Benny Snell.

After a middling rookie season, Snell opened 2020 with 113 yards in the Steelers’ season-opening Monday night win over the New York Giants. Now, Steelers fans wonder if Snell could take over the starting job full time.

Meanwhile, the running back some recruiting pundits projected to be better than Snell in Kentucky’s 2016 recruiting class might be poised for a breakout season of his own.

“I feel like A.J. (Rose) is pushing himself to another level, which is really good,” UK coach Mark Stoops said on his radio show Monday.