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With less than 100 days remaining until the start of the 2026 college football season, rosters across the country are beginning to take shape.

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ESPN ranks college football's top 100 newcomers for 2026 season

The college football countdown officially got started on Tuesday when reached the 100 days mark. How is On3 celebrating? By releasing the top players

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Kentucky's Lance Heard, Tavion Gadson both make On3's top 100 list for 2026 season

Spring practice is done. So are winter workouts and the transfer portal. There seems to be a possibility that there could be some players available

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Luckett's Mailbag: Commit watch, swing games, offensive line breakdown

Spring practice has come to a close at the Joe Craft Football Training Facility. That means the Kentucky football program has shifted into season

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Kentucky Roster Reset: Where every offensive player sits leaving spring practice

This weekend, the epicenter of the football world is at the confluence of three rivers in Pittsburgh, where the nation's top college football players

Coleton Price and the Kentucky offensive line at spring practice, via Jacob Noger, UK Athletics

Will Stein has an Offensive Line filled with Future NFL Draft Picks

The first spring season of the Will Stein era has concluded. The 2026 edition of Kentucky spring football was defined by change. A new coaching staff

Jamarrion Harkless lines up across from Tegra Tshabola, Coleton Price, and Kenny Minchey at the Kentucky Spring Game, via Crawford Ifland, KSR

10 Kentucky Football Spring Practice Standouts

Another phase of the offseason officially ended on Saturday afternoon at Kroger Field when a thunderstorm rolling through Central Kentucky ended the

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What we learned about Kentucky's offense during spring practice

The Will Stein era got its unofficial start on Saturday at Kroger Field. Kentucky played some breakfast ball in front of an excited crowd in

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Offense beats Defense 23-18 in Kentucky's weather-shortened spring game

Lance Heard was arguably Kentucky's biggest addition in the transfer portal. The multi-time SEC transfer enters the 2026 season as one of the best

Tennessee offensive lineman Lance Heard (53) and Tennessee defensive lineman Mariyon Dye (9) smile after winning a NCAA football game between Tennessee Volunteers and New Mexico State Aggies at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn., on Nov. 15, 2025.

Kentucky rules out 15 players for spring game including starting left tackle Lance Heard

Mark Stoops made it clear that he didn't want to make headlines, but that's not unusual for college football coaches, particularly during spring

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Offensive Line, DJ Miller Emerge During Kentucky Spring Practice

Pads were popping at the sixth Kentucky football spring practice. Players have noted an increase in intensity and physicality in practice compared to

Cutter Leftwich coaches the Kentucky offensive line during spring practice, via Elliott Hess, UK Athletics

Kentucky OL at Spring Practice: No Tennessee Talk, A Cattle Wrangler, and Brawls

When a new coach is hired there's a long learning process ahead. Since Mark Stoops was Kentucky's coach for more than a dozen years we got to know

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What we've learned about Will Stein's offensive recruiting approach

Things can change quickly in college football. Kentucky was living proof of that over the last six months. The longest regime in the SEC has turned

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Luckett's Play Sheet: 8 thoughts on Kentucky ahead of Will Stein's first spring practice

Preparations for the 2026 college football season are underway at the Joe Craft Football Training Facility. In a few short weeks, cleats will be

Tennessee offensive lineman Lance Heard (53) during a college football game between Tennessee and Mississippi State at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Miss., on Sept. 27, 2025. (© Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

Spring Spotlight: Kentucky's rebuilt offensive line comes into focus

Spring practice is just weeks away. Will Stein's new coaching staff will soon be getting on the grass to work with the first team to kickoff this new

Luckett's Scouting Notebook: What Kentucky added to roster in transfer portal

The month of February is a time when the college football world slows down. Coaches can decompress after a month on the road, while those who make a

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Will Stein Signed a Top 10 Transfer Portal Class at Kentucky

KSR+ kicked off depth chart week on Monday by taking a look at Will Stein's first offense at Kentucky. We then shifted to the defense where defensive

Sep 20, 2025; South Bend, Indiana, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish quarterback Kenny Minchey (8) scrambles against the Purdue Boilermakers in the second half at Notre Dame Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Michael Caterina-Imagn Images

Luckett's Play Sheet: What was learned about Kentucky during first depth chart exercise

New Kentucky head coach Will Stein will not be calling the plays in Lexington but the 36-year-old is expected to be heavily involved with the

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Pre-Spring Depth Chart: Kentucky Offense

Our time in the transfer portal is never a lengthy in the big picture, but when you are in it, you feel like the sprint will never end. New names

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Luckett's Portal Notebook: Closing the book on free agency

The transfer portal closed on Friday, ending the most hectic six weeks of Will Stein's professional career. After juggling two jobs and adding 30+

Will Stein is introduced as the new head football coach of the University of Kentucky on December 3, 2025 at Nutter Field House in Lexington, Ky. Photo by Crawford Ifland, Kentucky Sports Radio/On3

Will Stein: 11 Things You Need to Know From a Long Conversation with the UK Head Coach

The transfer portal officially closed to new entrants on Friday night at midnight. Some players are still searching for college football homes, but

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Kentucky Signs Four Top 100 Transfer Portal Players

The transfer portal has been open for more than 10 days. In that time Kentucky has been one of the most active programs recruiting the portal.

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Insider Notes: How UK got to this point

Mark Stoops took Kentucky football to unprecedented heights by doing the unexpected. Rather than trying to gimmick the Cats to success in the SEC, he

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Transfer Portal Diary: Brick by Brick

A colossal amount of college football players have entered the NCAA Transfer Portal since it opened shortly after we turned the calendar to 2026.

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Zalance Heard transferred to Monroe (La.) Neville after playing his sophomore season at Bastrop (La.) High. He was a first-team all-district selection in 2020 at Bastrop. Heard could be an impact defensive lineman in college, but he moved to offensive line exclusively as a junior to get ready for the next level. Heard plans on majoring in either history or kinesiology. He said his hobby is playing video games. His parents are Rodney Williams and Veronica Heard. He has a sibling, Rodney.

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We see several similarities between Zalance Heard and D.J. Fluker as high school prospects. Both have supreme length with arms that measure in the 36-inch range. They also both began their careers as defensive linemen before taking up offense tackle as upperclassmen. There are similarities on the field, as well. Like Fluker, Heard is a strong run blocker who plays with a physical edge. Heard is about an inch taller than Fluker and weighs less at the same stage, though we wouldn't be surprised to see their ultimate playing weight be the same - in the 330 pound range. 

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