LEXINGTON — Kentucky (1-2, 1-2 SEC) continues preparation for playing at No. 17 Tennessee (2-1, 2-1 SEC) in Week 4 of a SEC 10-game schedule.
The contest will be the fourth time redshirt senior quarterback Jarrett Guarantano will play against Kentucky.
Jarrett Guarantano passing against Kentucky
2017 Kentucky 29 Tennessee 26 (18-23, 242 yards, 0 TDs, 0 INT)
2018 Tennessee 24 Kentucky 7 (12-20, 197 yards, 2 TDs, 0 InT)
2019 Tennessee 17 Kentucky 13 (7-8, 115 yards, 2 TDs, 0 INT)
Ahead of Saturday’s contest, Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops said he has “respect” for Guarantano and that the redshirt senior “is a tough guy.”
“He stands in that pocket and takes some shots and can deliver the football down the field,” Stoops said of Guarantano. “They do a nice job of creating some matchups and throwing some shot plays outside, and deep. He has the arm strength to get it there and be accurate and drop it in, give his receivers an opportunity to make plays.
“I think that was a big difference the past two games with them. You can look at several plays last year – that was a heckuva football game – and you can look at 3-4 competitive plays that they made that we didn’t and it separated the win and the loss, outside of the plays at the goal line at the end. They are doing that again this year. Even in the Georgia game, they created some one-on-one matchups and threw it up to make some really competitive catches and he gives them a catchable football.”
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