When Will Stein accepted the head coaching job at Kentucky in early December, the first thing he wanted to do was shore up the lines on both sides of the ball. That meant rebuilding the Big Blue Wall that had been cracking over the last several years.
It started with a blitz of offers for future recruits, but attention had to quickly shift to the present.
With National Signing Day looming just hours after his introductory press conference, Stein looked at the recruiting board and the returning roster. What he saw was an offensive line room that was losing the bulk of its players: 2 to the portal, 4 to graduation, and returning only one player who had seen significant time, Malachi Wood…