Unlike the 2019 season, Matt Ruffolo enters the 2020 UK football season as the Wildcats’ starting placekicker. Called into action to help the struggling Chance Poore, Ruffolo drilled a chip shot at Mississippi State to secure a spot in the lineup.
Through his first three games he only missed one kick and buried a 53-yard field goal against Arkansas. The Spicy Italian Meatball was serving up points, until he let the wet weather get inside his head. He missed a PAT in the downpour vs. Missouri. Then Ruffolo let one miss turn into two.
“Last year is not the year we wanted to have.