Mark Stoops gave his third-string quarterback the option to test the transfer portal.
As explained by Susan Lax, a spokesperson for the UK athletic department, to Josh Moore of the Herald-Leader, Kentucky Wildcats Football head coach Mark Stoops and quarterback Nik Scalzo had a mutual agreement: Scalzo was free to enter the transfer portal and his scholarship at Kentucky would be held if he chose to return.
“Coach said, ‘If you want to go and look around, that’s fine, you can enter your name in and if you decide you want to come back, I’m gonna hold the scholarship for you,’” Lax said, according to the Herald-Leader.