Each year, after the conclusion of the NFL Draft, it has been my custom to anoint draft winners and losers from within the state of Kentucky.
In 2019, the University of Kentucky had five players selected in the NFL Draft. Louisville and Western Kentucky both had none.
Obviously, Mark Stoops and UK are the commonwealth’s undisputed 2019 draft champions.
Former UK Coach Rich Brooks used to say that the gauge of success for the long-suffering Wildcats football program was successfully “doing things that haven’t been done around here in a long time.