April 17, 2020
There is a significant difference in building a football team and building a football program. Mark Stoops has constructed a sustainable, winning program in Lexington. One measure in differentiating between a team and program is gauging how many elite, or All SEC/All American caliber players are within the same position group on a roster. The…
March 6, 2020
Landon Young is getting hitched. The Lexington native and four-year starter on the Big Blue Wall got down on one knee last weekend and proposed to his longtime girlfriend, Haleigh Johnson. All went according to plan — she said yes! A life-changing event, Landon was still incredibly excited days later at UK spring practice. That…
February 20, 2020
Ladies, eyes down here. Men, you too. Brent Rollins from Pro Football Focus revealed the Southeastern Conference’s highest-graded returning offensive lineman, according to PFF, and four of the nine players named are on the Big Blue Wall. Darrian Kinnard is the league’s top returning lineman with an 89.2 grade. He started all 13 games at…
January 22, 2020
Pro Football Focus named its Top 30 Offensive Linemen Returning To College Football In 2020, and three of them will be blocking for Terry Wilson and the UK backfield next year. That’s crazy. Even crazier: Landon Young is not one of them. PFF listed Darian Kinnard, Drake Jackson and Luke Fortner among the best O-linemen…
January 17, 2020
Lynn Bowden has been racking up the All-Bowl honors this week, but another Kentucky Wildcat has also been honored for his performance in the Belk Bowl. Bowden and Landon Young were named to USA Today’s All-Bowl Team, Bowden at the all-purpose position and Young at offensive line. “Young led Kentucky with eight knockdown blocks in the…
January 2, 2020
Landon Young flew from the Belk Bowl to the Sugar Bowl to be honored as a member of the 2019 Allstate AFCA (American Football Coaches Association) Good Works Team, for which he was also named the team captain. Young was one of 22 college football players selected to the team that celebrates volunteer work outside…
December 12, 2019
Landon Young made an appearance at the Home Depot College Football Awards show in Atlanta as a representative of the 2019 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team. Young was selected as the captain of the 22-person team, a true honor for the Lexington native who knows the importance of giving back to his community. Hear what…
December 4, 2019
Landon Young isn’t just a great football player; he’s a pretty great human being as well. Today, the junior offensive tackle was named to the Southeastern Conference Community Service Team. He’s also one of just 11 FBS players on the 2019 Allstate AFCA (American Football Coaches Association) Good Works Team and was a nominee for…
October 25, 2019
Kentucky junior offensive tackle Landon Young is one of 98 nominees for The Wuerffel Trophy, known as “College Football’s Premier Award for Community Service.” Named after 1996 Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback and Florida star Danny Wuerffel, the Wuerffel Trophy is awarded to the FBS player that best combines exemplary community service with athletic and academic achievement.…
October 14, 2019
Two days after Kentucky’s victory over Arkansas, Mark Stoops shared a few injury updates. Sawyer Smith has received all the shine as of late, so let’s start with Landon Young. Kentucky’s starting left tackle was slow to get up after Lynn Bowden was sacked late in the fourth quarter. Like almost every ankle injury, the…