Former Kentucky Wildcats punter/kicker Grant McKinniss has found his next home, and it’s within the SEC East.
On Friday, McKinniss announced he was joining the Missouri Tigers for his final season of college football.
McKinniss, who came to Lexington as a 2016 class recruit, was mainly used on kickoffs over the last two seasons. In 2019 as a redshirt junior, he kicked off 67 times for 4,134 yards and 48 touchbacks (61.7 average). He was also Kentucky’s holder on field goals.
In 2018, the 6-1, 200-pound McKinniss recorded 66 kickoffs for 4,069 yards and 36 touchbacks (61.