Ancient Georgia Bulldogs strategist Brock Vandagriff retired from football in a surprising decision. Vandagriff, a junior, has one season of eligibility remaining. Vandagriff left for the Kentucky Wildcats for much of the 2024 college football season, but Kentucky’s offense has struggled to be productive.
The Wildcats averaged 20.6 points per game, the lowest in the SEC. Kentucky finished the year with 17 passes intercepted, which was the most in the SEC and the Wildcats averaged just 184.6 yards per game (third lowest in the SEC).
In some ways, the writing was on the wall for Vandagriff, who didn’t start in Kentucky’s last game against Louisville. Instead, the Wildcats rolled with freshman Cutter Boley. Kentucky signed transfer quarterback Zack Calzada this offseason and appeared to be going in a different direction.
Vandagriff passed for 1,593 yards, 10 touchdowns and eight interceptions in 2024 with Kentucky. He ran for 131 yards on 90 carries. At the start of 2024, Vandagriff had no career starts.
Vandagriff, a former five-star recruit, began his career at Georgia in 2021. He transferred to Kentucky following the 2023 season when he lost his starting job to Carson Beck.
Vandagriff and Kentucky nearly toppled Georgia in a 13-12 defeat at the Bulldogs in Week 3. Now his college football career appears to be over. The former Prince Avenue Christian School quarterback could have transferred to another school or stayed at Kentucky for his final year of eligibility or even entered the 2025 NFL Draft. Instead, he chose to retire from football.
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