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Kentucky football's left tackle Landon Young is out for the season

UK football coach Mark Stoops talks about his team's progress so far before the 2018 season. Matt Stone, Louisville Courier Journal

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Kentucky football's first game week of the 2018 season is starting with bad news.

Junior left tackle Landon Young, a former five-star recruit and part-time starter last year, will miss the season with a right knee injury, UK confirmed in a news release Saturday. Young suffered the injury in practice Friday.

Young was projected as the Wildcats' No. 1 left tackle. He started six games at that position last season before ceding the starting job to senior Kyle Meadows.