Transfer Portal Diaries: Playing the waiting game

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The transfer window is a chaotic time for college football fans. Allow KSR to deliver your daily morning dose of Kentucky football transfer portal news in the most ridiculous way possible.

Zach Calzada Time?

Kentucky needs a transfer quarterback. Looks like they found one Zach Calzadawhose visit to Kentucky began Tuesday night. Insiders have logged predictions that Calzada will commit to the Cats. Right now we are playing the waiting game. What should we do in the meantime? Perhaps check out some of his best games from his 2023 season.

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Reassessing transfer portal goals at left tackle

It looked like Kentucky was ready to roll a left tackle from the SEC. Unfortunately, what we thought could happen happened. Former Vanderbilt OT Gunnar Hansen was expected to visit Kentucky today. He didn’t leave Tallahassee without committing to Florida State.

You can’t win them all on the transfer portal. After also missing the Nevadas Isaiah’s Worldnow is the time to stop and reassess. Western Carolina’s Derek Simmons and New Mexico Wallace Unamba already visited. Are any of these viable options? Can Kentucky get Rice OT Ethan Onianwa on campus and potentially secure a commitment? These are the questions Kentucky needs to answer before scouring rosters to see if there is another potential left tackle to fill the void on the Big Blue Wall who is not currently on the transfer portal.

The latest on Running Backs

Nebraska running back Dante Dowdle‘s name was floating around BBN on Tuesday as another potential option for the Cats. The powerful 225-pound running back had 614 yards and 12 touchdowns last season for the Huskers. We’ll be keeping an eye on Dowdle to see if the talks move forward.

Meanwhile, Jacob Polacheck caught up Ahmad Hardy before taking a visit to Missouri. Eli Drinkwitz has already swiped Marquise Davis from Kentucky. The Cats can’t let the Mizzou head coach steal their top running back target on the transfer portal as well.

New visitors

Polacheck reports that Kentucky hosts a pair of cornerbacks, Myles Norwood from Ball State and Kevin Thomas from Maryland in the coming days. JJ Hestera long wide receiver who started his career with Bush Hamdan and Ja’Mori Maclin at Missouri, visited Kentucky on Tuesday. Check out who else is taking official visits to Kentucky today on KSR+.