Two Kentucky starters ejected against Florida. One will miss time in Wildcats’ next game.

Kentucky defenders Yusuf Corker and TJ Carter were both ejected from Saturday’s game against Florida due to targeting penalties. A Gators player was also ejected on a targeting call.

Corker was called for a targeting penalty in the end zone in the first quarter. The first-team safety for the Wildcats hit Florida wide receiver Trevon Grimes, and the play was confirmed as targeting after a video review. Corker was removed from the game, but he will not miss any of next week’s game at Mississippi State because the penalty occurred in the first half.

Carter, a starting defensive lineman for UK, will miss the first half of next week’s game against Mississippi State after a helmet-to-helmet hit on Florida backup quarterback Kyle Trask in the fourth quarter. UK led the Gators 21-16 at the time of Carter’s ejection, but Florida scored later in the drive to take a 22-21 lead with 4:11 left in the game.

Corker was second on the team with 14 tackles after two games going into Saturday night’s contest with Florida. He was also called for targeting last week against Eastern Michigan, but that call was overturned after a video replay and was able to stay in the game. Carter had four tackles and two tackles for loss going into Saturday’s game.

In the third quarter, Gators starting safety Donovan Stiner was called for a flag after a hit on UK wide receiver Ahmad Wagner, who hauled in a 21-yard pass on the play. Stiner was ejected from the game after a video review confirmed the targeting call, and he will miss the first half of next week’s game against Tennessee as a result.

This story was originally published September 14, 2019 at 7:33 PM.