Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 5 | W 41-34@ Mississippi State | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Lance Heard
Senior offensive lineman for Kentucky. 2025: 1 game with a box-score line.
6′6″ · 325 lb · Bonita, LA
All-ConferenceTransferred Tennessee → Kentucky for 2026
Recruiting
5★
OT recruit
No. 15 nationally · Signed with LSU
Last played in 2025.
His full recruiting profileThe story
Senior offensive lineman for Kentucky. 2025: 1 game with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 5-star recruit to LSU in 2023.
- Transferred from Tennessee to Kentucky in 2026.
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Lance Heard
He got to Kentucky by way of Tennessee. 2025 brought the first one: All-SEC. The receipt on tape: 1 tackles against Mississippi State, Week 5, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- portal record
- recognition record
- game log
His career
He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.
2023
- Signed with LSU5-star out of Neville
2024
- Entered the portal
2025
- All-SECthird
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
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ALL-SEC
All-SEC mention (2025)
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Kentucky
2025Tennessee
2026Kentucky
Game log
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Tennessee8-5HC: Josh Heupel · Balanced
Awards
A five-star recruit at offensive line for Kentucky -- now an All-Conference mainstay.
Offensive line play doesn't show up in a box score. Here's what actually tells you whether he's good.
All-Conference caliberFive-star HS recruitAll-SEC (2025)SEC Offensive Line Player of the Week (2025)
The unit he anchors ranks 37th nationally in passing-downs success rate this season. See the full unit breakdown →
Kentucky has produced 4 All-Conference offensive linemen and 1 All-American. 7 have gone on to the NFL Draft since 2019. Darian Kinnard was one of them, an All-American.
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology