The 2021 season's largest margin: Kentucky 56, New Mexico State 16. A 40-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2021 — The Winning Chapter
Kentucky's 2021 season (9-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Will LevisQB2,826 passing yards
- Chris Rodriguez Jr.RB1,379 rushing yards
- Kavosiey SmokeRB416 rushing yards
- Wan'Dale RobinsonWR1,334 receiving yards
- Josh AliWR601 receiving yards
- Yusuf CorkerDB82 tackles
- DeAndre SquareLB81 tackles
- Carrington ValentineDB61 tackles
- JJ WeaverLB6.5 sacks
- Joshua PaschalDE5 sacks
- Abule Abadi-FitzgeraldDT2.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2021.
The season's deepest loss: Kentucky 13, Georgia 30. A 17-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Kentucky beat Iowa 20-17 in the postseason.
"Go Cats"
2021 is a middle chapter for Kentucky — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.