Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops named Penn State transfer Will Levis as the Wildcats’ starting quarterback for the team’s Sept. 4 opener against Louisiana Monroe. Stoops also announced that quarterback Joey Gatewood will enter the transfer portal. Kentucky.com UK football beat writer Josh Moore joins Lexington Herald-Leader sports columnists John Clay and Mark Story to discuss the Levis pick and the effect of Gatewood leaving the program.
John Clay is a sports columnist for the Lexington Herald-Leader. A native of Central Kentucky, he covered UK football from 1987 until being named sports columnist in 2000. He has covered 20 Final Fours and 42 consecutive Kentucky Derbys.Support my work with a digital subscription
Mark Story has worked in the Lexington Herald-Leader sports department since Aug. 27, 1990, and has been a Herald-Leader sports columnist since 2001. I have covered every Kentucky-Louisville football game since 1994, every UK-U of L basketball game but three since 1996-97 and every Kentucky Derby since 1994.Support my work with a digital subscription
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