Kentucky did not have a good year in the third phase last fall. The Wildcats missed numerous field goals and extra points, had multiple kicks blocked, and were an overall inefficient unit. Mark Stoops was determined to get this important part of the game fixed in the offseason.
Former Oklahoma and Texas special teams coordinator Jay Boulware has taken over in Lexington. There is now a different approach to the kicking game in practice. Stoops has liked what he’s seen from the third phase to this point.
“We’re emphasizing it with the snap and the kicking,” Mark Stoops said about Kentucky’s kicking game.