This is a year-by-year list of every Kentucky Wildcats football team quarterback and the years they participated on the Kentucky Wildcats football team.
Starting quarterbacks
1933 to present
The following players were the predominant quarterbacks for the Wildcats each season after the establishment of the Southeastern Conference. Key
Selected to the All-SEC team (First, Second, or Third team) Selected to an All-America team (First, Second, or Third team) Won a postseason game (Bowl game)
Year Player Class Games Yards TDs INTs Notes2025 r-Fr. 10 2,160 15 12 – Gr. 2 238 0 2 –2024 Sr. 11 1,593 10 8 – Fr. 1 338 2 4 –2023Devin Leary2022Destin Wade2022Kaiya Sherron 2021–2022Will Levis2019Lynn Bowden2019Sawyer Smith2018–2020Terry Wilson2016–2017Stephen Johnson2016Luke Wright2015–2016Drew Barker2014 r-So. 12 2,718 14 9 –2013 So. 8 1,033 5 5 – r-So. 4 1,276 9 1 –2012 So. 7 801 3 2 – So. 4 975 8 4 – Sr. 1 73 1 3 –2011 Jr. 8 793 8 7 – Fr. 4 819 4 4 – Sr. 1 15 0 0 Normally a wide receiver, Roark started the season's final game at quarterback against Tennessee after both of the Wildcats' quarterbacks were out injured.2010 Sr. 12 3,178 23 9 – So. 1 265 0 0 –2009 Fr. 8 706 6 3 – Jr. 5 806 6 7 –2008 So. 9 1,666 9 8 Won 2009 Liberty Bowl Fr. 4 542 2 5 –2004–2007 * Sr. 13 3,709 40 11 Won 2007 Music City Bowl 2007 Second Team All-SEC2001–2004Shane Boyd2,4842000–2003Jared Lorenzen10,35478411999Dusty Bonner1996–1998 Jr. 16 6,772 76 37 1999 NFL draft 1st Round, #1 Pick1995–1996Billy Jack Haskins 1994–1995Jeff Speedy1993–1994Antonio O'Ferral1991–1993Pookie Jones 1990–1991Brad Smith1989–1990Freddie Maggard1988–1989Glenn Fohr 1985–1987Kevin Dooley1984–1986Bill Ransdell1982Doug Martin1980–1983Randy Jenkins1979Terry Henry1978, 1980Larry McCrimmonPlayed in USFL1976–1977Derrick Ramsey1974–1975Cliff Hite1973–1974Mike Fanuzzi1969–1971Bernie Scruggs1967–1968Dave Bair1966Terry Beadles1963–1965Rick NortonPlayed for NFL's Miami Dolphins.1960–1962Jerry Woolum1960Jerry Eisaman1957–1959Lowell Hughes1956Delmar Hughes1953–1955Bob Hardy1952Steve Meilinger1949–1951Babe Parilli1946–1948George BlandaBlanda played 26 seasons of professional football, the most in the sport's history, and had scored more points than anyone in history at the time of his retirement.1941–1942; 1946Phil Cutchin1940Charles Jones Jr.1938–1939Joe Shepherd1936–1937Vincent Robinson1934–1935Norris McMillin1933Jack Jean
1922 to 1932
The following players were the predominant quarterbacks for the Wildcats each season after the establishment of the Southern Conference until the establishment of the Southeastern Conference. Name Years Started Notability References1932All-Southern. He was chosen as the placekicker for an Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1920–1969 era.1929–1931Spicer and Gilb were brothers-in-law. Spicer was a two-time All-American basketball player.19281925–1927Mohney also played basketball.Turner Gregg1922–1924Upset the Alabama team which had just beaten Penn in 1922. Beat Tennessee in 1924.
1896 to 1921 (incomplete)
The following players were the predominant quarterbacks for the Wildcats each season after the establishment of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association until the establishment of the Southern Conference. Name Years Started Notability References1919–1921 Also a guard on the 1921 SIAA champion basketball team, playing with Basil Hayden.19171915–1916All-Southern. Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin stated "If you would give me Doc Rodes, I would say he was a greater player than Curry." Rodes was a cousin of earlier Kentucky football player William "Red Doc" Rodes, often called William while Black Doc is called Doc. "Doc" also had two brothers play football at Kentucky: J. W. "Boots" Rodes and Pete Rodes.1914Parks1911–191419121911191019091908–1909He also played basketball. He was a great-great-grandson of Isaac Shelby.1906–19071904–1905W. H. Grady1903N. T. Hughes1902Herman Scholtz1901Also a member of the "immortals". He once cross-dressed to attend a women's basketball game (women only in those days).Cronley Elliott1900He was a dentist and basketball official.Reese1899Roscoe Severs1897–1898Captain of the 1898 "Immortals". He weighed 128 pounds.Walter Duncan1896Captain.
1891 to 1895 (incomplete) The following players were the predominant quarters for the Wildcats each season the team was a non-conference independent team, following the birth of University of Kentucky football. Name Years Started Notability ReferencesSmith Alford1893, 1895Captain of the 1895 team.George B. Carey1893–1894Father of Burgess Carey, the second UK basketball player named All-America.Dick Johnson1892?1891
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