NCAA denies transfer waivers of players for Tennessee and Virginia Tech

For what felt like all of 2020, the NCAA was handing out transfer waivers to seemingly every college football and basketball transfer.

Now, the NCAA is actually starting to deny waivers, which could be bad news for the Kentucky Wildcats with Joey Gatewood and Olivier Sarr.

This past weekend, the NCAA denied a transfer waiver for Virginia Tech running back Raheem Blackshear, who transferred from Rutgers.

Then today, the NCAA denied a transfer waiver for Tennessee offensive lineman Cade Mays, who transferred from Georgia. Both Virginia Tech and Tennessee plan to appeal the decisions, so it’s not final, but still not a great sign for Kentucky.