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Former Kentucky coach Hal Mumme remembers Jared Lorenzen, the 'unbelievable' athlete

Former Kentucky football player Jared Lorenzen inspired more people off the football field than he did on it. Dominique Yates, Louisville Courier Journal, Louisville Courier Journal

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Former Kentucky coach Hal Mumme has no trouble remembering the first time he met Jared Lorenzen.

Mumme was preparing for spring practice in his first year as UK’s coach by watching film with quarterback Tim Couch and assistant coach Chris Hatcher when the quarterback walked down the hallway.

“I just felt this presence behind us in the room,” Mumme told the Courier Journal on Wednesday in an interview after news broke of Lorenzen’s death.