With Kentucky naming Terry Wilson as its starting quarterback to open the 2018 season, I thought it might be a good time to review Wilson’s predecessors.
Here is a chart of Kentucky’s passing leaders, based on yards, over the past 25 seasons.
Year Passer Com Att Yds Pct TD INT Rating 1993 Pookie Jones 85 163 1071 0.521 8 7 114.9 1994 Antonio O’Ferral 48 107 642 0.449 7 6 105.6 1995 Billy Jack Haskins 93 154 1176 0.604 4 6 125.3 1996 Billy Jack Haskins 93 175 967 0.531 5 5 103.3 1997 Tim Couch 363 547 3884 0.664 37 19 141.4 1998 Tim Couch 400 553 4275 0.723 36 15 153.3 1999 Dusty Bonner 303 465 3266 0.652 26 13 137.0 2000 Jared Lorenzen 321 559 3687 0.574 19 21 116.5 2001 Jared Lorenzen 167 292 2179 0.572 19 7 136.6 2002 Jared Lorenzen 183 327 2267 0.56 24 5 135.4 2003 Jared Lorenzen 191 336 2221 0.568 16 8 123.3 2004 Shane Boyd 138 263 1328 0.525 7 9 96.8 2005 Andre Woodson 146 253 1644 0.577 6 6 115.4 2006 Andre Woodson 264 419 3515 0.630 31 7 154.5 2007 Andre Woodson 327 518 3709 0.631 40 11 144.5 2008 Mike Hartline 172 311 1666 0.553 9 8 104.7 2009 Mike Hartline 79 133 802 0.594 6 7 114.4 2010 Mike Hartline 268 405 3178 0.662 23 9 146.4 2011 Maxwell Smith 84 153 819 0.549 4 4 103.3 2012 Maxwell Smith 103 150 975 0.687 8 4 135.5 2013 Maxwell Smith 105 183 1276 0.574 9 1 131.1 2014 Patrick Towles 225 393 2718 0.573 14 9 122.5 2015 Patrick Towles 183 326 2148 0.561 9 14 112.0 2016 Stephen Johnson 145 265 2037 0.547 13 6 130.9 2017 Stephen Johnson 189 316 2305 0.598 10 6 127.7
[The pluses and minuses of Terry Wilson as Kentucky’s starting quarterback]
Check out my podcast with fellow Herald-Leader sports columnist Mark Story we recorded after Monday’s press conference in which Wilson was named the starter.
This story was originally published August 28, 2018 at 3:01 PM.
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