3 Kentucky Football Players No Longer with the Team
Roster construction has become a 365-day-a-year job for college football coaches around the country. Ahead of spring practice, we learned about a few missing pieces on the Kentucky football team.
Two former four-star offensive linemen, Tanner Bowles and Nik Hall, are not on the most recently updated roster available at UKAthletics.com. The third roster absence is Jaquez Keyes.
A UK spokesperson confirmed the departures. Keyes initially signed to play linebacker with Wake Forest, but transferred to Kentucky as a gray shirt running back just ahead of the 2023 season. Bowles has decided to exhaust his eligibility, rather than use a Covid waiver for one more season. Nik Hall has medically retired from football.
Bowles is a Glasgow, KY native who was a four-star prospect in the class of 2019. He initially signed to play for Nick Saban at Alabama. He spent four years at Alabama before deciding to return home to complete his collegiate career.
Bowles actually spent his final season in Tuscaloosa working with offensive line coach Eric Wolford. He did not go through Senior Day activities with the Wildcats last season against the Crimson Tide and could have been a Super Senior in 2024.
Nik Hall was a revelation late in the recruiting process. A late riser who earned a spot in the All-American Game, Hall was just beginning to unlock his potential. The son of former Wildcat Antonio Hall, one of the most prolific recruits in Kentucky football history, the younger was in line to compete for playing time as a redshirt freshman.
Unfortunately, fate had other plans. The 6-foot-6, 320-pound tackle who was ranked as the No. 92 overall player in the country by On3, never saw the field at Kentucky thanks to a career-ending injury.
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