Inside The Play: Stopping the QB Run Game

In the opening win over Toledo, quarterback Mitchell Guadagni had quite the day against the Wildcats before being knocked out of the game with a concussion in the third quarter. The redshirt senior quarterback put up 10.2 yards per pass attempt and collected 73 rushing yards on 14 carries. Since then, Kentucky adjusted well to scrambler Mike Glass III in the Eastern Michigan win and had no quarterback run threat in the close loss to Florida.

That all changed in Starkville when grad transfer Tommy Stevens, who would have likely provided no run element due to a banged up shoulder, was ruled out. Joe Moorhead inserted true freshman Garrett Shrader into the lineup and he gave UK a ton of fits.…