2021 SLC Commissioner’s Fall Academic Honor Roll
Moved from quarterback to wide receiver for the 2021 season. Moved back to the quarterback spot during spring 2022.
2021(Redshirt Junior):
• Ranked fourth on the team in receiving with 16 catches for 224 yards and a touchdown… Averaged 14.0 yards per reception… Career-high 6 catches for 98 yards in season opener vs. West Florida… Scored his lone touchdown against Houston Baptist the second to last game of the season… 4 catches for 48 yards at UIW.
2021 Spring (Redshirt Junior):
• Backup quarterback who played in four games… Attempted just one pass on the year but rushed the ball 15 times for 43 yards, scoring 2 TDs… Ran the ball five times for 24 yards and a TD in a 43-31 win over 11th-ranked Nicholls… Rushed for a TD in a 21-7 win at Northwestern State.
At Kentucky
2019 (Redshirt Sophomore):
• Saw action in two games (Vanderbilt and UT Martin)… Completed 2 of 3 passes for 15 yards and has 22 yards on three rushing attempts… Saw his first collegiate action in the win over Vanderbilt, connecting on one pass for seven yards ... Also had two rushes for 12 yards… Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2018 (Redshirt Freshman):
• Practiced with the team.
2017 (Freshman):
• Redshirt season… Graduated a semester early and enrolled at Kentucky in January of 2017
High School:
• Three-star recruit by every major recruiting service… Rated as the No. 24 dual-threat quarterback in the 2017 class by Rivals… Completed 203 of 321 passes (63.2 percent) for 3,047 yards and 30 touchdowns in leading the Lafayette Generals to a 13-2. overall record and an appearance in the Class 6-A championship game for the second straight year… Also rushed for 1,321 yards and 31 touchdowns and averaged 6.6 yards per carry… Received the Paul Hornung Award, given by the Louisville Quarterback Club to the state’s top player and was a first-team All-State selection by the Courier-Journal… Lexington’s Player of the Year by the Herald-Leader… Earned All-USA Kentucky Football Offensive Player of the Year and First Team honors by USA Today… Candidate for Kentucky’s Mr. Football award… Named third-team All-State by The Courier-Journal as a junior after totaling 43 touchdowns (22 rushing, 21 passing) and leading Lafayette to the Class 6-A state final… Saw varsity action as a freshman and finished his career with 8,230 passing yards and 74 touchdowns, along with 4,199 rushing yards and 73 touchdowns… Elected team captain as a junior and senior… Four-year starter for coach Eric Shaw… High school teammate of current UK offensive lineman Landon Young… Chose UK over Louisville, Ohio and Wake Forest.
Personal:
• Born June 26, 1998 in Lexington, Ky… Son of Tom and Wesley Wood.
