When I go on sports radio talk shows, hosts repeatedly ask for an evaluation of new Kentucky starting quarterback Brock Vandagriff.
Well, the 2024 UK season is now one third of the way done — and I still have no idea how to gauge the Wildcats QB as a passer.
What I do know is that there cannot have been an abundance of new starting QBs in college football this season who have faced a higher degree of difficulty than has Vandagriff.
On a hot and muggy Saturday afternoon at Kroger Field, Vandagriff had his best statistical game as a Wildcat so far as UK whipped visiting Ohio University 41-6 before an announced crowd of 61,783.
Against the visitors from the MAC, the Georgia transfer completed 17 of 24 passes for 237 yards without throwing an interception (or a touchdown).
Yet against an Ohio pass rush that had registered only two total sacks in the Bobcats’ prior two games this season against FBS competition, Vandagriff was sacked once, hurried five times and forced off his spot in the pocket repeatedly.