Kentucky OL Koby Keenum enters transfer portal

Kentucky lineman Koby Keenum (50) taunted the home crowd after Kentucky defeated Louisville 38-31 on Saturday afternoon at L&N Stadium in Louisville, Ky. Nov. 25, 2023. (© Jeff Faughender/Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK)

Kentucky will see a major overhaul on the offensive line in 2025 with yet another departure added to the list for the Wildcats. This time, it’s backup center Koby Keenum entering the transfer portal following two seasons in Lexington.

Aaron Gershon of The Cats’ Pause was the first to break the news.

Keenum, the nation’s No. 686 prospect and No. 65 IOL in the 2023 Industry Ranking, committed to Kentucky out of Mars Hill Bible School in Florence, AL over Louisville, North Carolina, Penn State, Ole Miss, LSU, Notre Dame, Florida State, Mississippi State, Arkansas, UCF, South Carolina, Michigan, Nebraska, Colorado, Wisconsin, Maryland, West Virginia and Vanderbilt, among other offers.

The former three-star prospect redshirted in 2023 before seeing action in 11 of 12 games for the Cats in 2024. He closed out the year with a grade of 70 percent on the season to go with an assignment grade of 97 percent.

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Only eight players remain for Kentucky in its 2023 recruiting class in Nasir Addison, Ty Bryant, Tavion Gadson, Kendrick Gilbert, Grant Godfrey, Austin Ramsey, Jamarion Wilcox and Malachi Wood.

Kentucky Football Transfer Portal Tracker

The transfer portal is open for business and so far we know of 21 players who will be seeking out greener pastures this offseason.

DL Keeshawn Silver
DB Avery Stuart
LB Jayvant Brown
LS Walker Himebauch
TE Tanner Lemaster
TE Khamari Anderson
TE Jordan Dingle
OL Koby Keenum
OL Courtland Ford
OL Ben Christman
OL Dylan Ray
DL Tommy Ziesmer
WR Dane Key
WR Barion Brown
WR Anthony Brown-Stephens
WR Brandon White
EDGE Tyreese Fearbry
EDGE Noah Matthews
EDGE Caleb Redd
RB Chip Trayanum
QB Gavin Wimsatt

Incoming Transfers

OG Josh Braun
OT Alex Wollschlaeger
OL Wallace Unamba
LB Landyn Watson
EDGE Sam Greene
WR J.J. Hester
TE Henry Boyer
QB Zach Calzada

To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire. Keep closer tabs on the Cats with our staff-only sticky thread on KSBoard, which will have updates on departures and targets throughout the offseason. Not a KSR+ member? Try it out today.