← 2023 season

No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Class	Hometown	High School	Previous School	GP	GS
0	Demie Sumo-Karngbaye	RB	6-0	210 lbs.	Junior	Willingboro, NJ	Willingboro	N.C. State	13	0
0	Deone Walker	DL	6-6	348 lbs.	Sophomore	Detroit, MI	Cass Tech	—	13	13
1	Ray Davis	RB	5-10	216 lbs.	Senior	San Francisco, CA	Blair	Vanderbilt	13	13
2	Shamar Porter	WR	6-3	205 lbs.	Freshman	Nashville, TN	Ensworth	—	0	0
3	Alex Afari Jr.	DB	6-2	214 lbs.	Sophomore	Cincinnati, OH	Lakota West	—	13	12
3	Dekel Crowdus	WR	5-10	171 lbs.	Sophomore	Lexington, KY	Frederick Douglass	—	10	0
4	Jalen Geiger	DB	6-1	199 lbs.	Senior	Columbia, SC	Spring Valley	—	11	0
4	JuTahn McClain	RB	5-9	198 lbs.	Senior	Fairfield, OH	Fairfield	—	11	0
5	Anthony Brown-Stephens	WR	5-10	168 lbs.	Freshman	Springfield, OH	Springfield	—	13	0
6	Dane Key	WR	6-3	195 lbs.	Sophomore	Lexington, KY	Frederick Douglass	—	13	12
6	JQ Hardaway	DB	6-3	194 lbs.	Sophomore	Columbus, GA	Central Phenix City (Ala.)	Cincinnati	13	1
7	Barion Brown	WR	6-1	166 lbs.	Sophomore	Nashville, TN	Pearl-Cohn	—	13	11
8	Izayah Cummings	TE	6-3	232 lbs.	Senior	Louisville, KY	Male	—	12	1
8	Octavious Oxendine	DL	6-1	276 lbs.	Senior	Radcliff, KY	North Hardin	—	13	8
9	Keeshawn Silver	DL	6-4	322 lbs.	Sophomore	Rocky Mount, NC	Rocky Mount	North Carolina	12	11
9	Tayvion Robinson	WR	5-11	194 lbs.	Redshirt Fifth Year	Virginia Beach, VA	Cox	Virginia Tech	13	11
10	Jamarion Wilcox	RB	5-10	184 lbs.	Freshman	Douglasville, GA	South Paulding	—	0	0
10	Jantzen Dunn	DB	6-0	182 lbs.	Sophomore	Bowling Green, KY	South Warren	Ohio State	13	0
11	Zion Childress	DB	6-0	201 lbs.	Junior	Houston, TX	New Caney	Texas State	13	13
12	Chance Poore	K	6-2	213 lbs.	Redshirt Fifth Year	Anderson, SC	Westside	—	12	0
12	Kaiya Sheron	QB	6-3	210 lbs.	Sophomore	Somerset, KY	Somerset	—	5	0
13	Devin Leary	QB	6-1	217 lbs.	Senior	Sicklerville, NJ	Timber Creek	N.C. State	13	13
13	J.J. Weaver	OLB	6-5	244 lbs.	Senior	Louisville, KY	Moore Traditional	—	13	13
14	Ty Bryant	DB	6-0	187 lbs.	Freshman	Lexington, KY	Frederick Douglass	—	13	3
15	Destin Wade	QB	6-3	223 lbs.	Redshirt Freshman	Spring Hill, TN	Summit	—	0	0
15	Jaremiah Anglin Jr.	DB	6-1	185 lbs.	Freshman	Lake Wales, FL	Lake Wales	—	0	0
16	Alex Raynor	K	5-11	190 lbs.	Senior	Kennesaw, GA	Harrison	Georgia Southern	13	0
16	Deuce Hogan	QB	6-4	217 lbs.	Junior	Southlake, TX	Grapevine Faith Christian	Iowa	0	0
17	Daveren Rayner	ILB	6-2	217 lbs.	Senior	Indianapolis, IN	Lawrence Central	Northern Illinois	13	1
18	Brandon White	WR	5-9	167 lbs.	Redshirt Freshman	Cincinnati, OH	Archbishop Moeller	—	4	0
19	Shane Hamm	QB	5-11	209 lbs.	Sophomore	North Jackson, OH	Hoban	Dayton	0	0
20	Keaten Wade	OLB	6-5	250 lbs.	Sophomore	Spring Hill, TN	Summit	—	12	0
21	Nasir Addison	DB	6-0	197 lbs.	Freshman	Irvington, NJ	Irvington	—	8	0
21	Santos Alvarez	WR	5-11	163 lbs.	Freshman	Cincinnati, OH	Anderson	—	0	0
22	Grant Godfrey	OLB	6-3	227 lbs.	Freshman	Suwanee, GA	North Gwinnett	—	0	0
23	Andru Phillips	DB	6-0	187 lbs.	Junior	Mauldin, SC	Mauldin	—	12	12
24	Elijah Reed	DB	6-3	185 lbs.	Redshirt Freshman	Louisville, KY	Pleasure Ridge Park	—	12	0
25	Jordan Lovett	DB	6-2	195 lbs.	Sophomore	Radcliff, KY	North Hardin	—	11	10
26	Ramon Jefferson	RB	5-10	210 lbs.	Redshirt Fifth Year	Bronx, NY	Truman	Sam Houston	11	0
27	Max DeGraff	WR/K	5-11	154 lbs.	Freshman	Lexington, KY	Lexington Catholic	—	0	0
28	Jordan Robinson	DB	6-4	208 lbs.	Redshirt Sophomore	Columbia, SC	Westwood	Livingstone College	11	1
29	Jackson Schulz	DB	6-2	202 lbs.	Sophomore	Louisville, KY	Trinity	—	0	0
29	La'Vell Wright	RB	6-0	214 lbs.	Redshirt Sophomore	Louisville, KY	North Hardin	—	0	0
30	Avery Stuart	DB	6-2	197 lbs.	Freshman	Montgomery, AL	Alabama Christian	—	1	0
31	Maxwell Hairston	DB	6-1	181 lbs.	Sophomore	West Bloomfield, MI	West Bloomfield	—	13	13
32	Trevin Wallace	ILB	6-2	241 lbs.	Junior	Jesup, GA	Wayne County	—	12	12
33	Carson Wright	LB	5-10	205 lbs.	Freshman	Pikeville, KY	Pikeville	—	0	0
33	Jaquez Keyes	RB	6-0	214 lbs.	Freshman	Ironton, OH	Ironton	Wake Forest	0	0
34	Jayvant Brown	LB	6-0	226 lbs.	Freshman	Deerfield Beach, FL	St. Thomas Aquinas	—	11	0
34	Trey Dennis	WR	5-8	138 lbs.	Junior	Lexington, KY	Sayre	—	0	0
35	Jackson Moore	K	5-10	156 lbs.	Freshman	Waxhaw, NC	Marvin Ridge	—	0	0
36	Chy Rivers	WR	5-8	164 lbs.	Freshman	Baton Rouge, LA	Parkview Baptist	—	0	0
36	Da'min Green	DB	5-10	190 lbs.	Freshman	Lexington, KY	Bryan Station	—	0	0
37	Michael Bernard	K	6-3	205 lbs.	Senior	Clayton, MO	Clayton	Fordham	0	0
37	Spencer Leadbetter	WR	6-3	200 lbs.	Freshman	Glenview, IL	Loyola	—	0	0
38	Cannon Coffee	DB	5-11	167 lbs.	Freshman	Indianapolis, IN	North Central	—	0	0
38	Henry Bennett	RB	5-10	203 lbs.	Freshman	West Palm Beach, FL	Cardinal Newman	—	0	0
39	Jackson Smith	K	5-11	204 lbs.	Redshirt Freshman	Danville, KY	Boyle County	—	0	0
39	Josh Terrell	WR	5-10	189 lbs.	Sophomore	Fort Worth, TX	Grapevine Faith Christian	—	0	0
40	Luke Fulton	LB	6-4	225 lbs.	Senior	Youngstown, OH	Cardinal Mooney	Michigan State	2	0
42	Tyreese Fearbry	OLB	6-5	233 lbs.	Redshirt Freshman	Pittsburgh, PA	Perry Traditional	—	13	0
43	Landon Marcum	OLB	6-2	195 lbs.	Freshman	Winchester, KY	George Rogers Clark	—	0	0
44	Martez Thrower	ILB	6-2	224 lbs.	Junior	Rochelle, GA	Wilcox County	—	10	0
45	Darius Cannon	WR	5-9	175 lbs.	Freshman	Gainesville, GA	Gainesville	—	0	0
45	Jase Bruner	ILB	6-2	227 lbs.	Senior	Science Hill, KY	Somerset	—	6	0
46	Ronald Gaines	LS	6-5	250 lbs.	Senior	Chicago, IL	Simeon	Temple	3	0
47	Jarard Mosely	DB	6-2	183 lbs.	Sophomore	West Palm Beach, FL	Cardinal Newman	—	0	0
47	Justice Dingle II	FB	6-3	261 lbs.	Redshirt Fifth Year	Bowling Green, KY	Bowling Green	Georgia Tech	13	0
48	Jack Varga	FB	5-11	222 lbs.	Senior	Louisville, KY	St. Xavier	—	0	0
48	Mason Dailey	ILB	5-11	220 lbs.	Freshman	Milton, GA	Saint Francis	—	0	0
49	Jai Williams	OLB	6-5	214 lbs.	Junior	Lake Forest, IL	Lake Forest	—	3	0
50	Darrion Henry-Young	DL	6-4	264 lbs.	Junior	Cincinnati, OH	Princeton	Ohio State	8	0
50	Koby Keenum	OL	6-4	295 lbs.	Freshman	Florence, AL	Mars Hill Bible School	—	0	0
51	Tanner Bowles	OL	6-5	306 lbs.	Senior	Glasgow, KY	Glasgow	Alabama	13	0
52	Ben Christman	OL	6-6	321 lbs.	Sophomore	Akron, OH	Revere	Ohio State	0	0
53	Hayden Dawahare	LB	6-2	228 lbs.	Freshman	Lexington, KY	Lexington Catholic	—	0	0
54	D’Eryk Jackson	ILB	6-1	245 lbs.	Senior	Dublin, GA	West Laurens	—	13	13
55	Clay Perry	LS	6-0	199 lbs.	Senior	Upton, KY	Central Hardin	—	0	0
55	Noah Matthews	OLB	6-5	237 lbs.	Redshirt Freshman	Bridgeville, DE	Woodbridge	—	10	0
56	Walker Himebauch	LS	6-1	232 lbs.	Freshman	Monument, CO	Palmer Ridge	—	13	0
57	Max Ishmael	OL	6-3	316 lbs.	Freshman	Mt. Sterling, KY	Lexington Christian	—	0	0
58	Lucas Padgett	OL	6-4	315 lbs.	Junior	Birmingham, AL	La Cueva	—	0	0
59	Lincoln Billiter	DL	6-3	272 lbs.	Freshman	Virgie, KY	Shelby Valley	—	0	0
60	Braiden Myers	OL	6-3	274 lbs.	Freshman	Somerset, KY	Southwestern	—	0	0
61	Nick Pearson	OL	6-3	291 lbs.	Freshman	Milton, GA	Blessed Trinity	—	0	0
62	Jager Burton	OL	6-4	307 lbs.	Sophomore	Lexington, KY	Frederick Douglass	—	12	12
63	Edric Simmons	DL	6-2	276 lbs.	Freshman	Nashville, TN	Brentwood	—	0	0
64	Jackson Bunn	OL	6-2	285 lbs.	Freshman	Oxford, AL	Oxford	—	0	0
65	Grant Bingham	OL	6-5	321 lbs.	Redshirt Freshman	Johnson County, KY	Johnson Central	—	2	0
66	Tino Merlo	OL	6-2	279 lbs.	Freshman	Youngstown, OH	Cardinal Mooney	—	0	0
67	Paul Rodriguez	OL	6-5	324 lbs.	Sophomore	Mason, OH	William Mason	—	13	0
68	Kenneth Horsey	OL	6-3	311 lbs.	Redshirt Fifth Year	Sanford, FL	Sanford Seminole	—	6	4
69	Marques Cox	OL	6-5	311 lbs.	Senior	Peoria, IL	Peoria	Northern Illinois	13	13
70	Nikolas Hall	OL	6-6	314 lbs.	Redshirt Freshman	Austin, TX	Akins	—	0	0
71	Malachi Wood	OL	6-8	283 lbs.	Freshman	Richmond, KY	Madison Central	—	1	0
73	Dylan Ray	OL	6-6	305 lbs.	Sophomore	Noblesville, IN	Noblesville	West Virginia	13	10
74	Courtland Ford	OL	6-6	315 lbs.	Junior	Peoria, IL	Cedar Hill (Texas)	Southern California	13	3
75	Eli Cox	OL	6-4	311 lbs.	Senior	Nicholasville, KY	West Jessamine	—	13	13
76	Austin Ramsey	OL	6-4	335 lbs.	Freshman	Philadelphia, PA	Roman Catholic	—	0	0
77	Jeremy Flax	OL	6-6	325 lbs.	Senior	Detroit, MI	Robichaud	Independence CC	11	10
80	Brenden Bates	TE	6-5	251 lbs.	Redshirt Fifth Year	Cincinnati, OH	Archbishop Moeller	—	12	11
81	Cole Lanter	WR	5-11	182 lbs.	Sophomore	Danville, KY	Boyle County	—	5	0
82	Khamari Anderson	TE	6-5	238 lbs.	Freshman	Detroit, MI	Cass Tech	—	11	0
83	Jack Monday	TE	6-1	224 lbs.	Sophomore	Lexington, KY	Lexington Catholic	—	0	0
84	Josh Kattus	TE	6-4	231 lbs.	Sophomore	Cincinnati, OH	Archbishop Moeller	—	11	4
85	Jordan Dingle	TE	6-4	238 lbs.	Sophomore	Bowling Green, KY	Bowling Green	—	11	2
86	Dylan Gary	WR	6-4	198 lbs.	Sophomore	Sugar Hill, GA	North Gwinnett	—	0	0
87	Ardell Banks	WR	6-3	187 lbs.	Freshman	Massillon, OH	Massillon	—	0	0
88	Tanner Lemaster	TE	6-5	253 lbs.	Freshman	Washington Court House, OH	Washington	—	0	0
90	Tre’vonn Rybka	DL	6-4	276 lbs.	Junior	Dickson, TN	Dickson County	—	11	4
91	Heath Jehu	P	6-0	163 lbs.	Freshman	Birmingham, AL	John Carroll Catholic	—	0	0
92	Kahlil Saunders	DL	6-5	285 lbs.	Sophomore	Huntsville, AL	Grissom	—	13	1
93	Wilson Berry	P	6-4	213 lbs.	Sophomore	Maribyrnong, Australia	Maribyrnong College	—	13	0
94	Tavion Gadson	DL	6-5	275 lbs.	Freshman	Savannah, GA	Jenkins	—	4	0
95	Jamarius Dinkins	DL	6-5	280 lbs.	Sophomore	Columbus, OH	Walnut Ridge	—	11	0
96	Tommy Ziesmer	DL	6-2	257 lbs.	Freshman	Danville, KY	Boyle County	—	2	0
97	Josaih Hayes	DL	6-3	317 lbs.	Senior	Horn Lake, MS	Horn Lake	—	13	2
98	Isaiah Beasley	DL	5-11	292 lbs.	Senior	Radcliff, KY	North Hardin	—	2	0
99	Kendrick Gilbert	DL	6-5	292 lbs.	Freshman	Indianapolis, IN	Cathedral	—	1	0

Source: UK Athletics’ official 2023 roster.

Participation: GP = games played; GS = games started. Figures from Kentucky’s official 2023 games-played report, including the bowl game. A 0 indicates the report explicitly records no appearances. A dash indicates that the report entry could not be matched with confidence, not a confirmed absence.