All signs pointed to the Kentucky football program going in a different direction at quarterback after the 2024 season. That was confirmed when Cutter Boley started the season finale, Gavin Wimsatt entered the transfer portal, and UK added Incarnate Word transfer Zach Calzada to the roster. Now what had been assumed about Brock Vandagriff was confirmed on Sunday afternoon.
The Lexington Herald-Leader’s Jon Hale confirmed that Kentucky quarterback is stepping away from college football with one year of eligibility remaining.
Brock Vandagriff was a five-star high school recruiting in the 2021 cycle who was committed to play for Lincoln Riley at Oklahoma before flipping his commitment to Georgia. The Peach State native spent three seasons in the UGA program and was Carson Beck‘s backup in 2023. Vandagriff entered the transfer portal after that season and started 11 games for Kentucky. Vandagriff finished the season with a 57.3 percent completion rate for 1,593 passing yards, 10 touchdowns, and eight interceptions.
Kentucky will have a new starting quarterback for the fourth time in four seasons in 2025. Calzada is the favorite to win that QB1 job after Will Levis (2022), Devin Leary (2023), and Brock Vandagriff (2024) filled the position over the last three seasons. The Wildcats now have four scholarship quarterbacks on the 2025 roster with Calzada being joined by Boley, Stone Saunders, and Brennen Ward.
Kentucky Football 2025 Transfer Portal Class
| Player | Position | Former School | Year |
| Sam Greene | EDGE (6-1, 255) | USC | Redshirt Sophomore |
| Landyn Watson | LB (6-1, 239) | TCU/Marshall | Redshirt Senior |
| Joshua Braun | iOL (6-6, 338) | Florida/Arkansas | Super Senior |
| Alex Wollschlaeger | T (6-7, 305) | Bowling Green | Super Senior |
| Wallace Unamba | G/T (6-4, 330) | Florida Atlantic/New Mexico | Redshirt Senior |
| J.J. Hester | WR (6-4, 203) | Missouri/Oklahoma | Super Senior |
| Zach Calzada | QB (6-4, 200) | Texas A&M/Auburn/Incarnate Word | Super Senior |
| Henry Boyer | TE (6-6, 270) | Illinois | Redshirt Junior |
| Kendrick Law | WR (5-11, 201) | Alabama | Senior |
| Dante Dowdell | RB (6-2, 225) | Oregon/Nebraska | Junior |
| Jaden Williams | iDL (6-4, 290) | Wyoming | Redshirt Junior |
| Kevis Thomas | CB (5-11, 179) | Maryland | Junior |
| Evan Wibberley | iOL (6-5, 296) | WKU | Redshirt Junior |
| Kameron Olds | EDGE (6-4, 240) | Buffalo/Kent State | Senior |
Kentucky Football Transfer Portal Tracker
The transfer portal is open for business and so far we know of 20 players who will be seeking out greener pastures this offseason.
- DL Keeshawn Silver (Committed to USC on Dec. 19)
- DB Avery Stuart
- LB Jayvant Brown
- TE Tanner Lemaster (Committed to Eastern Michigan on Dec. 22)
- TE Khamari Anderson (Committed to Arizona State on Dec. 22)
- TE Jordan Dingle (Committed to South Carolina on Dec. 18)
- OL Courtland Ford (Committed to UCLA on Dec. 17)
- OL Ben Christman (Committed to UNLV on Dec. 27)
- OL Dylan Ray (Committed to Minnesota on Dec. 21)
- OL Koby Keenum (Committed to Mississippi State on Dec. 22)
- DL Tommy Ziesmer (Committed to EKU on Dec. 15)
- WR Dane Key (Committed to Nebraska on Dec. 24)
- WR Barion Brown (Committed to LSU on Dec. 14)
- WR Anthony Brown-Stephens
- WR Brandon White (Committed to Hawaii on Dec. 28)
- EDGE Tyreese Fearbry (Committed to Wisconsin on Dec. 22)
- EDGE Noah Matthews
- EDGE Caleb Redd (Committed to Kansas on Dec. 20)
- RB Chip Trayanum (Committed to Toledo on Dec. 24)
- QB Gavin Wimsatt