LEXINGTON, Ky. — Jay Boulware and Mark Stoops became friends on the recruiting trail.
From 2009-2012, Boulware was tight ends coach and special teams coordinator at Auburn, the same time Stoops was defensive coordinator at Florida State. The pair often crossed paths scouting high school athletes.
In 2013, Stoops became Kentucky's new coach. Boulware left Auburn for Oklahoma to work under Stoops' older brother, College Football Hall of Fame inductee Bob Stoops.
It was during that stretch with the Sooners, Boulware said he was "reintroduced" to Mark Stoops.