Kentucky Team Preview: 2010 Season

Kentucky is quickly becoming a team you dont want to mess with in the SEC. Even though Rich Brooks is gone new head coach Joker Phillips will continue to grow the program. They return thier top two quarterbacks from last years team, not many teams in the SEC nor the country can claim that. But their offense depends on two players runningback Derrick Locke and Mr. Versatile Randall Cobb. The defense lost three All-SEC caliber in Trevard Lindley, Micah Johnson, and Corey Peters. However, for the defense all hope is not lost as ten of the eleven starters are either a junior or senior. Joker has a big job on his hands but its not rebuilding a program instead it is keeping the machine rolling and be able to go to a bowl game for the fifth straight season.

2010 Schedule and Predicted Results
September 4 @ Louisville                 27-21 W
September 11 Western Kentucky      63-0 W
September 18 Akron                         49-7 W
September 25 @ Florida                   27-28 L
October 2 @ Ole Miss                      28-38 L
October 9 Auburn                             14-28 L
October 16 South Carolina                  0-17 L
October 23 Georgia                           35-28 W
October 30 @ Mississippi State         21-7 W
November 6 Charleston Southern      56-14 W
November 13 Vanderbilt                   35-14 W
November 27 @ Tennessee               28-21 W

Predicted Results: 8-4 Overall 4-4 SEC, Third Place in East Division

Projected Depth Chart

Offense
QB- Morgan Newton
RB- Derrick Locke
FB- Moncell Allen
WR- Chris Matthews
WR- Randall Cobb (pictured right)
TE- Nick Melillo
OT- Billy Joe Murphy
OT- Brad Durham
OG- Stuart Hines
OG- Larry Warford
C- Matt Smith
K- Ryan Tydlacka

Defense
DE- Dequin Evans
DE- Collins Ukwe
DT- Ricky Lumpkin
DT- Shane McCord
LB- Danny Trevathan
LB- Jacob DuFrene
LB- Ronnie Sneed
CB- Paul Warford
CB- Randall Burden
FS- Taiedo Smith
SS- Winston Guy (pictured right)
P- Ryan Tydlacka

2009 Stats Leaders
QB- Mike Hartline 79-133 cmp-att, 802-yards, 59.4-cmp%, 6-td, 7-int
RB- Derrick Locke 195-car, 907-yards, 4.7-ypc, 6-td
RB- Alfonso Smith 60-car, 245-yards, 4.1-ypc, 2-td
WR- Randall Cobb 39-rec, 447-yards, 11.5-ypr, 4-td, 573 rushing yards
WR- Chris Matthews 32-rec, 354-yards, 11.1-ypr, 3-td

2010 Recruiting Recap:

Top 3 Recruits
TE- Alex Smith          ****
RB- Brandon Gainer   ***
LB- Tim Patterson      ***