About an hour down the road from Kroger Field, a special teams prodigy has popped up in Danville, KY.
Jackson Smith, rated by ProKicker.com as a five-star kicker and punter out of the class of 2022, has been hot on the Kentucky coaching staff’s radar for a while now. A Bluegrass native, he currently plays for Boyle County High School and his ties to the Wildcat program. According to ProKicker, Smith is the only prospect in his class to earn a five-star rating for both kicking and punting. UK brought Smith onto campus back in Jan.