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‘Playing football’s a lot more fun.’ Homegrown UK QB finally puts injuries behind him.

Lafayette defeated Boyle County 47-21 in the second game of the Rebel Bowl on Saturday night. Walker Wood, Lafayette's quarterback who's committed to UK, had a big night on the ground. By

Walker Wood is having fun again.

The former Lafayette quarterback has never played a down for the University of Kentucky football team. Some of that is attributable to misfortune: Wood in his final high school game suffered a knee injury that required surgery, keeping him from being a full participant in his first spring semester. Last summer an MRI identified a torn bicep in his right arm, the one with which he throws, and which was already surgically repaired prior to his senior year of high school.