Former Kentucky high school players or Kentucky natives on Football Bowl Subdivision schools' rosters outside of Kentucky:
| Graduate student | ||||||
| Player | School | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | Hometown | High school |
| Brandon Newman | Ball State | NG | 6-0 | 315 | Louisville | Pleasure Ridge Park |
| Seniors | ||||||
| Eric Adeyemi | Kent State | WR | 6-0 | 182 | (Transfer from Kentucky) | |
| John Cole | Vanderbilt | WR | 5-10 | 180 | Somerset | Somerset |
| Jared Carpenter | Northwestern | S | 6-0 | 205 | Bowling Green | Bowling Green |
| Adam Dempsey | Cincinnati | DL | 6-2 | 271 | Fort Thomas | Highlands |
| Justin Green | Illinois | DB | 5-11 | 195 | Louisville | Male |
| Taylor Klein | UAB | LS | 5-11 | 220 | Lexington | Paul Dunbar |
| D.L. Moore | South Carolina | WR | 6-5 | 198 | Bowling Green | Bowling Green |
| Grant Patton | Notre Dame | DE | 6-6 | 256 | Louisville | St. Xavier |
| Sam Robey | Florida | C | 6-3 | 305 | Louisville | Trinity |
| Trent Steelman | Army | QB | 6-0 | 207 | Bowling Green | Bowling Green |
| D.L. Wilhite | Minnesota | DE | 6-3 | 244 | Lexington | Bryan Station |
| Juniors | ||||||
| Austin Collinsworth | Notre Dame | S | 6-1 | 202 | Fort Thomas | Highlands |
| Rolandan Finch | Boston College | RB | 5-10 | 211 | New Albany, Ind. | St. Xavier |
| Trevor Foy | Purdue | OT | 6-7 | 300 | Louisville | St. Xavier |
| Channing Fugate | Tennessee | LB | 6-1 | 239 | Jackson | Breathitt County |
| Jordan Hansel | Ball State | OG | 6-4 | 326 | Covington | Simon Kenton |
| Tate Nichols | Notre Dame | OT | 6-8 | 320 | Walton | Ryle |
| Tim Phillips | Central Michigan | RB | 5-5 | 166 | Louisville | Trinity |
| Corey Robinson | Troy | QB | 6-2 | 209 | Paducah | Lone Oak |
| Sophomores | ||||||
| Nick Bennett | Army | OL | 6-1 | 238 | Louisville | Eastern |
| Brian Buehner | Arkansas | QB | 5-11 | 195 | Louisville | St. Xavier |
| Jon Davis | Illinois | TE | 6-3 | 240 | Louisville | Eastern |
| Lamar Dawson | Southern Cal | LB | 6-2 | 235 | Junction City | Boyle County |
| Drew Hardin | Indiana | S | 6-0 | 208 | Louisville | Ballard |
| Forisse Hardin | Indiana | S | 6-1 | 208 | Louisville | Ballard |
| Dominic Mainello | Cincinnati | OL | 6-3 | 272 | Fort Mitchell | Beechwood |
| Jesse Schmitt | Purdue | LS | 6-2 | 250 | Louisville | Trinity |
| Nieco Teipel | Ohio | LB/P | 6-1 | 225 | Fort Mitchell | Beechwood |
| Troy Timmerman | Air Force | DL | 6-2 | 250 | Florence | Covington Catholic |
| Daniel Vogelsang | Wake Forest | DE | 6-3 | 255 | Lexington | Lexington Catholic |
| J.C. Wade | Ball State | S | 5-10 | 195 | Madisonville | North Hopkins |
| Redshirt Freshmen | ||||||
| Austin Abner | Illinois | DB | 6-0 | 195 | Fort Thomas | Highlands |
| Trevan Brown | Miami (Ohio) | OL | 6-4 | 289 | Florence | Boone County |
| Dylan Curry | Ball State | TE | 6-5 | 260 | Frankfort | Western Hills |
| James Elliott | South Alabama | OL | 6-2 | 290 | (Transfer from Kentucky) | |
| Matt Green | Oklahoma State | PK | 6-1 | 233 | Lexington | Lafayette |
| Freshmen | ||||||
| Lorentez Barbour | Navy | S | 6-1 | 180 | Louisville | Male |
| Devin Bruns | Cincinnati | LB | 6-1 | 222 | Fort Thomas | Highlands |
| Drake Bruns | Cincinnati | DB | 6-0 | 198 | Fort Thomas | Highlands |
| Jeremy Clark | Michigan | DB | 6-4 | 200 | Madisonville | Madisonville |
| Chris Fitzpatrick | Northwestern | LS | 6-2 | 230 | Lawrenceburg | Anderson County |
| Zach Hester | Navy | LB | 6-2 | 217 | Lancaster | Boyle County |
| Mekale McKay | Arkansas | WR | 6-6 | 190 | Louisville | Moore |
| Joey Warburg | Purdue | OL | 6-5 | 260 | Louisville | Trinity |
| Thomas Wilson | Navy | QB | 6-0 | 180 | Brandenburg | Meade County |
