Carrington Valentine, the Wildcat who preserved the shut out against Youngstown State, did not even know what was at stake when the pass was heading toward him in the Kentucky end zone.
“Personally, I didn’t even know,” the third-year cornerback from Cincinnati said after the game. “I’m out there and I kind of lose myself in the game. I just tried to not give up a touchdown. It’s always the defense’s goal. I wasn’t really too worried about the shut out part because I kind of just wanted to win my one-on-one.