In a 2024 college football season preview, Bleacher Report named a list of a dozen players who were formerly top recruits who are “running out of chances.” The final player included on the list was former Bulldog quarterback Brock Vandagriff, having found his new home with the Kentucky Wildcats in Lexington, Kentucky.
Vandagriff was a highly touted recruit in the class of 2021, ranked fourth among quarterbacks in a class that included former Southern California quarterback Caleb Williams and Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers. Vandagriff entered 2023 competing for the starting job, but was unable to beat out Carson Beck. He threw 21 passes over the course of his time with the Bulldogs, completing 12 for 165 yards and two touchdowns.
He enters a Kentucky football team that is no stranger to transfer quarterbacks, as their prior two starting quarterbacks in Will Levis and Devin Leary have both come out of the portal. Vandagriff will bring his dual threat skillset to the Kentucky offense and new coordinator Bush Hamdan. He will face off against his former team on Sept. 14 at Kroger Field.
Vandagriff should start for Kentucky, but if things go bad for the Wildcats, then they don’t have many other options at quarterback.
