Kentucky tackle Anfernee Crease will enter transfer portal

The spring transfer portal window does not open until Wednesday, but the expectation was that news would start to slowly leak out before college football free agency officially begun in April. We knew that Kentucky would need some more roster attrition to get down to 85 scholarship players after losing 21 scholarship players to the portal in December.

Offensive tackle Anfernee Crease will join offensive lineman Daniel Mincey and defensive lineman Kendrick Gilbert in the the portal on Wednesday. The former junior college transfer is the sixth scholarship offensive line player to leave the program for college football free agency this offseason.

I will officially be in the portal Tomorrow.

— ANFERNEE CREASE (@supremeeaj) April 15, 2025

The Tomball (Texas) Memorial product started his career at Division II Texas-Permian Basin in 2022 and took a redshirt. Anfernee Crease then moved to Navarro College where he played one season of junior college football. That led to the transfer committing to SMU but ultimately flipping to Kentucky. Crease played in just two games for the Wildcats. After running with the second unit at right tackle in Kentucky’s spring showcase, Crease will be looking for his fourth college football home in four years.

Kentucky is now down to 15 scholarship players in the offensive line room.

Kentucky Football Transfer Portal Tracker

The transfer portal is open for business and so far we know of three players in the spring portal after 21 players entered the portal in the winter.

• DL Keeshawn Silver (Committed to USC on Dec. 19)
• DB Avery Stuart (Committed to Ball State on Jan. 5)
• LB Jayvant Brown (Committed to Temple on Jan. 9)
• 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 (Committed to Tulane on Jan. 7)
• WR Brandon White (Committed to Hawaii on Dec. 28)
• EDGE Tyreese Fearbry (Committed to Wisconsin on Dec. 22)
• EDGE Noah Matthews (Committed to Delaware on Jan. 7)
• EDGE Caleb Redd (Committed to Kansas on Dec. 20)
• RB Chip Trayanum (Committed to Toledo on Dec. 24)
• QB Gavin Wimsatt (Committed to Jacksonville State on Jan. 5)
• DL Kendrick Gilbert
• OL Daniel Mincey
• OL Anfernee Crease

To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire. Keep closer tabs on the Cats with at KSBoard. Not a KSR+ member? Try it out today.