Kentucky will again have multiple super seniors on roster in 2025

The 2025 college football season will be the fifth since the COVID-19 pandemic. That officially means that the players on rosters in 2020 have just about all cycled out of college football. The COVID seniors that received an extra year of eligibility are almost out of college football.

This will become a thing of the past in the very near future but Kentucky is using that extra year of eligibility to its advantage in 2025. The Wildcats will have seven players on the roster from the 2020 high school class. Plus another from the 2019 high school cycle.

• Joshua Braun (OL | 6-6, 342)
• Zach Calzada (QB | 6-4, 230)
• Josaih Hayes (DL | 6-3, 328)
• J.J. Hester (WR | 6-5, 201)
• Ja’Mori Maclin (WR | 5-11, 190)
• Daveren Rayner (LB | 6-2, 217)
• Alex Wollschlaeger (OL | 6-7, 310)

Expected starting quarterback Zach Calzada was a class of 2019 signee out Sugar Hill (Ga.) Lanier who received an additional seventh-year of eligibility due to a medical redshirt. Calzada will turn 25 years old during the 2025 college football season. Josaih Hayes was the only class of 2020 high school signee in this group for Kentucky. Ja’Mori Maclin and Daveren Rayner were former transfer additions who have now spent multiple years with the UK program. Joshua Braun, J.J. Hester, and Alex Wollschlaeger were added to the roster during the winter transfer portal window. Seth McGowan was added to the roster in the spring and may have an additional year of eligibility remaining after sitting out the 2021 season as he dealt with a legal issue stemming from an off-field arrest.

Many programs in college football look to get old and stay old with the massive roster turnover we are seeing each offseason due to the transfer portal. Kentucky did just that by taking advantage of the COVID-19 blanket eligibility rule one more time. That should gives the Cats an old starting lineup when the season rolls around on Labor Day weekend.

Kentucky Transfer Portal Class

Player	Position	Former School	Year
Sam Greene	EDGE (6-2, 248)	USC	Redshirt Sophomore
Landyn Watson	LB (6-1, 245)	TCU/Marshall	Redshirt Senior
Joshua Braun	iOL (6-6, 342)	Florida/Arkansas	Super Senior
Alex Wollschlaeger	T (6-7, 310)	Bowling Green	Super Senior
J.J. Hester	WR (6-5, 201)	Missouri/Oklahoma	Super Senior
Zach Calzada	QB (6-4, 230)	Texas A&M/Auburn/Incarnate Word	Super Senior
Henry Boyer	TE (6-6, 265)	Illinois	Redshirt Junior
Kendrick Law	WR (6-0, 203)	Alabama	Senior
Dante Dowdell	RB (6-2, 227)	Oregon/Nebraska	Junior
Jaden Williams	iDL (6-4, 291)	Wyoming	Redshirt Junior
Kevis Thomas	CB (6-0, 181)	Maryland	Junior
Evan Wibberley	iOL (6-5, 301)	WKU	Redshirt Junior
Kam Olds	EDGE (6-4, 252)	Buffalo/Kent State	Senior
David Gusta	iDL (6-3, 316)	Washington State	Redshirt Senior
Troy Stellato	WR (6-1, 178)	Clemson	Redshirt Senior
Mi’Quise Humphrey-Grace	DL (6-4, 265)	South Dakota	Redshirt Junior
Shiyazh Pete	T (6-8, 321)	New Mexico State	Redshirt Senior
Hardley Gilmore IV	WR (6-1, 165)	Nebraska	Sophomore
Lorenzo Cowan	EDGE (6-3, 247)	USC	Redshirt Freshman
Seth McGowan	RB (6-1, 220)	Oklahoma/JUCO/New Mexico State	Redshirt Senior
Elijah Brown	TE (6-6, 250)	Alabama/Florida Atlantic/UCF	Redshirt Junior
Rob Fogler	T (6-7, 304)	Ball State	Redshirt Sophomore
Ashton Cozart	WR (6-3, 195)	Oregon/SMU	Redshirt Sophomore
Cameron Jones	T (6-6, 330)	James Madison	Redshirt Sophomore