First Down Kentucky: Canceled Visits

Things happen fast in the transfer portal, for better or worse. It’s been more of the latter for the Kentucky football program as the second week of the spring transfer portal window kicks off.

Late Sunday night we learned Greedy Vance would not be making his way to Lexington after committing to USC during a visit to the West Coast over the weekend. The Cats took another swing on the highest-ranked available in the portal. Despite making some early contact, a home run is not on the horizon.

Former Oregon State running back Damien Martinez initially planned to make trips to Kentucky and Tennessee. The Knoxville trip was quickly scratched. This morning we learned Martinez will not be traveling to Lexington this week.

Entertaining the thought of adding a piece like Martinez was exciting, albeit a long shot. Kentucky added Chip Trayanum this offseason, while Miami just lost their top rusher to the portal. The Hurricanes are willing to spend more to make Martinez the man, which is why he’ll likely commit to Miami this weekend.

Kentucky is not completely empty-handed. The Wildcats are hosting Rutgers FL Rene Konga today, however, this Martinez development is what you would call “bad news” and I’m afraid there’s a little bit more of that to share Monday morning.

Kentucky Playing Catch Up with Tavion Wallace

Following last year’s victory over Florida, Trevin Wallace said he wasn’t the best athlete in his family. Tavion Wallace was sitting just off to the side, ranked as one of the top 50 players in America. The younger Wallace always enjoyed his time in Lexington, but it’s becoming clearer that he’s ready to take a different path at the collegiate level.

The No. 41 player in the 2025 recruiting class tells On3’s Chad Simmons he will be taking four official visits this summer and Kentucky is not one of them. That shouldn’t be too alarming. After all, he’s been to Kentucky so many times, does he really need an official visit? The problem is that Florida State is leading the charge, as they seemingly have been for most of his recruitment. He reiterated that the Seminoles are the team to beat and it’s hard to see a path where Kentucky can catch them.

“Florida State makes me feel special…,” he said. “What makes Florida State my top school is the consistency. It feels like family every time I go back for a visit. The coaches are great, their message is always the same and they want to make me a better man and better player. That always stood out to me.”

Not All Bad News

Elsewhere around the world of Kentucky football recruiting, the Wildcats are gaining even more ground for Marquise Davis. Sources tell KSR the Top 200 running back had a great unofficial visit to Kentucky over the weekend, his second straight week in Lexington. He could become a blockbuster addition for the program when Davis is expected to announce his commitment this summer.

Brock Vandagriff Bagged a Bird

I would never consider myself an avid outdoorsman. Kentucky QB Brock Vandagriff is keeping up to date with the latest hunting schedule. Over the weekend Vandagriff enjoyed one of his favorite hobbies by going into the woods and retrieving a turkey. Is this an impressive haul? You tell me.

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A Louisville Product goes Re-Portaling

Terez Traynor has multiple stops throughout his college career. The Louisville Doss product initially attended WKU. He went west and put up numbers at Idaho, then jumped up a level to Tulane this winter. After one spring practice, he’s back on the move. The timing is not coincidental. Shortly after this news surfaced, On3’s Pete Nakos predicted Jon Sumrall would land Khai Prean, a former LSU wide receiver who was a four-star talent coming out of high school.