Why not bring Beau Allen home?

Kentucky found its QB1 in Brock Vandagriff. It lost QB2 and QB3 in Kaiya Sheron and Destin Wade, both players hitting the portal this week. Blue-chip recruit Cutter Boley will fill one of those spots in ’24, enrolling in January to begin his career as a Wildcat. But that quarterback room remains pretty darn thin as things stand currently. Gotta add depth in some form for a real three-deep.

Insert Lexington Catholic’s own Beau Allen for round two?

The former top-500 recruit is back in the transfer portal after a one-year run at Georgia Southern, playing behind starter Davis Brin. Before that, he won WAC Newcomer of the Year honors at Tarleton State in a one-year stint in 2022, passing for 2,836 yards, 23 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.

But he started his career as a two-year backup for his hometown Kentucky Wildcats. Looking for a final landing spot to close out his college football journey, why not back in Lexington?

Larry Vaught tossed around the idea on Tuesday, and whispers continue to grow louder that Allen could make his way back to Kentucky to give the quarterback room the experience and depth it’s currently lacking.

Well being told @kaiyasheron2 is now in transfer portal which leaves only @DevinLeary1 to play QB in bowl game. And some Lexington high school friends telling me not to be surprised if @BeauAllen11 is back on the UK roster next year. Guessing we will know very soon.

— Vaughts' Views (@vaughtsviews) December 5, 2023

Allen threw for 132 yards on 11-19 passing during his first stint in Lexington. That came after a wildly successful high school career at LexCath, racking up 11,439 passing yards and 127 touchdowns as a four-year starter — good for top-five all-time. The three-time first-team All-State honoree was named the Paul Hornung Award winner and was a candidate for Kentucky Mr. Football as a senior after throwing for 3,682 yards and 38 touchdowns with 478 rushing yards and 12 scores on the ground.

Now, he’ll be playing for his fourth (third?) school in five years, meaning he’ll have to be classified as a grad transfer to be eligible in 2024. But if that’s the case, the pairing makes sense for both sides. For Allen, he gets to return home and finish school around his closest friends and family in Lexington. And he returns to a familiar system under Liam Coen, one he got to know as Will Levis’ backup in 2021. For Kentucky, it fills a clear need under Vandagriff while also showing Boley — another Lexington kid — the ropes before he gets the keys to the offense down the road.

It’s a chance for former Kentucky quarterback Bill Allen, a four-year player in Lexington, to see his son rep the Allen name in blue and white one last time. The two sides left on good terms the first time around. Why not run it back?

Something to monitor, BBN.