When Matt Ponatoski committed to Kentucky, he made two coaches very happy: Will Stein and Nick Mingione. The Cincinnati Moeller product is a freak athlete. He won the Gatorade Player of the Year in football and baseball. Now, he is looking to do the same thing in Lexington.
Rivals’ Charles Power recently took to X to hand out his superlatives for the upcoming 2026 class, and he didn’t mince words about Kentucky’s new signal-caller.
The two-sport king
2026 Quarterback Superlatives, via @CharlesPower🎯Read: https://t.co/TkvWXVBGWThttps://t.co/rdOrR4UK7Upic.twitter.com/X4z2PmdaRC
— Rivals (@Rivals) February 5, 2026
Power broke down the elite quarterbacks in the country. He gave “Strongest Arm” to Vandy’s Jared Curtis and “Most Upside” to Tennessee’s Faizon Brandon. But when it came to the “Two-Sport Star” award? That belonged to Matt Ponatoski.
This kid is different…