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Jon Hale

Why Kentucky Wildcats are confident Chris Rodriguez will boost offense after suspension

There may be no better illustration of what Kentucky football hopes star running back Chris Rodriguez can bring to the team when he returns from a four-game suspension Saturday than what happened when he last touched the ball in a Wildcats uniform.

Facing first-and-goal from the 6-yard line with 1:54 remaining in the Citrus Bowl and Kentucky trailing by four points, quarterback Will Levis made the wrong read on a play where he handed the ball to Rodriguez instead of keeping it himself.

Rodriguez was almost immediately met by an Iowa defender in the backfield, but he ran through the tackle before blasting over another defender at the goal line to score the game-winning touchdown.

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