KSR Predicts and Previews Cutter Boley Decision Day

Cutter Boley will soon announce his next destination. The quarterback and Top 100 prospect in the 2025 recruiting class is sharing the news at Lexington Christian Academy Thursday morning at 11 am EST. KSR will have all hands on deck for the high-profile decision.

A Hodgenville native, Boley spent the 2022 season close to the University of Kentucky. As a sophomore at LCA he led that state in passing yards with 3,901, right at 300 yards per game. Boley completed 254 of 400 pass attempts (63.5%) and threw 36 touchdowns and 15 interceptions in 13 contests.

Cutter Boley is the third-ranked quarterback and No. 39 player in the 2025 recruiting class, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a proprietary algorithm that compiles ratings and rankings from all four primary recruiting media services.

Ahead of the decision he trimmed his list of finalists to five: Kentucky, Tennessee, Florida State, Penn State and Michigan. The Wildcats are the overwhelming favorite in the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine (RPM). The KSR crew shares why we believe he’ll stick around his old Kentucky home.

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Nick Roush

Tennessee was once the RPM favorite for Boley. That changed after I submitted this prediction back in early March. “With Coen back in town Kentucky is back up near the top of his list. This feels like it will be between the Cats and the Vols.”

Obviously, Liam Coen is playing a significant role in Kentucky’s recruitment of Cutter Boley. Most importantly, of all the paths for Boley to succeed as quickly as possible, UK makes the most sense. He can reclassify and join the program in January where he will likely compete with a transfer portal player and Destin Wade for the starting QB position in 2024. The opportunity to play in this offense this early is too irresistible for one of the Commonwealth’s finest.

Zack Geoghegan

If Kentucky ends up landing Boley as we all expect, we can thank Rich Scangarello’s poor offensive execution down the stretch of the 2022 season, which ultimately led to his firing. If not for the reintroduction of Coen as the offensive coordinator, Boley almost assuredly heads elsewhere, like to Volunteer land. The four-star signal-caller has been adamant in interviews that Coen is a much better personality and strategic fit for what he’s looking for in a program.

A reclassification to 2024 feels inevitable, too. Other schools he’s considering — namely Tennessee and Michigan — have already locked in QB commitments from that class. With so many young and talented wide receivers in the fold for Kentucky and Coen hitting the recruiting trail in search of more, Boley will be set for success from day one in Lexington.

Drew Franklin

Kentucky was in a bad spot in Boley’s recruitment while Rich Scangarello still had the keys to the building, but the re-arrival of Liam Coen changed everything about the perception around Kentucky’s offense, and in turn, Boley’s mind.

Now, Kentucky is in the driver’s seat on the eve of Boley’s announcement ceremony at LCA. We’ll be there for a live Kentucky Sports Radio broadcast of the decision, and I can’t imagine we’d get an invite to do the show if he were picking Tennessee orange over Kentucky blue. Boley will pick the Cats and, eventually, join Abraham Lincoln on the list of Kentucky greats to come out of LaRue County.