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There has never been a season in Kentucky football history where the Wildcats entered the fall with as many new faces on the roster as Mark Stoops will coach in 2025.
But despite a roster where more than half the scholarship players will be wearing a UK jersey for the first time when the Wildcats open the season against Toledo on Aug. 30, there actually appears to be relatively little drama on the depth chart as preseason practice begins this week. Still, there are position battles to watch in the coming weeks that could prove vital to Kentucky’s ability to bounce back from a tough 2025 season.
“Everybody can move,” Stoops said Monday in his pre-camp news conference. “It’s all open to move by the first game. We have a lot of practices to go through.”
Even the positions where there does appear to be competition for snaps mostly consist of battles where all the participants can expect to play as part of a rotation. The most high profile position battle might be one in name only.
Still, the performances from players in those battles during preseason practice will say much about the outlook for a season where Stoops faces no shortage of pressure. Here is what you need to know about three of those competitions.
