At Will Stein’s introductory press conference, right after he was named the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats, there was a certain thing he pointed out about the quarterbacks he goes after and what he looks for.
“Everybody wants to look at height, weight, speed. That’s where you start — do they fit the measurables? At quarterback, it’s so much more than that. Do they have the mental makeup to be the toughest mfer on the field? And then processing ability, being extremely accurate.”
I’ll stop there:
The word accurate. Stein had extremely efficient quarterbacks during his time at Oregon, with Bo Nix in 2023 finishing the season with the highest single-season completion percentage in NCAA history.
Stein added, “If you’re not over 70% in high school, what makes you think you’re gonna be 70% in college?”
Well, Kentucky pledge Jake Nawrot just finished his regular season comfortably above that 70% mark and ended the regular season with ZERO interceptions.
His final regular-season stats were accumulated through eight games due to a team forfeiting one game against Nawrot’s Hersey High School. Through those games, he finished completing 72.1% of his passes for 2,192 yards and 31 passing touchdowns with zero interceptions.
In addition to an elite passing season, Nawrot ran for 69 yards, three touchdowns, and took only two sacks all year.
Kentucky fans have grown familiar with a quarterback who takes care of the ball and doesn’t put it in harm’s way, and his name is Kenny Minchey. To this point in the season, through seven games, Minchey just has one interception to his name.
Nawrot will be making another trip to Lexington this upcoming weekend for a visit as Kentucky welcomes the Vanderbilt Commodores to town in front of a sold-out Kroger Field.
Other Kentucky Football Recruiting News
Kentucky Football is staying hot on the recruiting trail, picking up another prediction to land a 4-star offensive lineman today. On Monday, Steve Wiltfong of On3 placed his prediction with a 60% RPM confidence level for Kentucky to land in-state offensive tackle John Paul Carrico.
Carrico is a 6-foot-8, 295-pound 4-star offensive tackle from Owensboro, Kentucky, who is currently an Owensboro Catholic Ace. According to 247Sports, he is listed as the No. 147 overall player, No. 14 offensive tackle, and No. 3 player in the state for the 2028 class.
Offensive line coach Cutter Leftwich has been recruiting the Kentucky native very hard and could be on the verge of landing him in the near future. Carrico is a guy who is highly coveted around the country and holds offers from just about everyone.
