Players' Names And Pictures

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46 Reggie Smith, LB (1989-92)
Cleveland, OH (Benedictine)

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46 Jerry Claiborne, Halfback (1946-1949)
Hometown: Hopkinsville, KY
Played for Bear Bryant at Kentucky, served as his assistant coach and later followed him to Texas A&M and Alabama as an assistant coach. Head coach for 10 years at Virginia Tech (1961-70), 10 years at Maryland (1972-81) and 8 years at Kentucky (1982-89). When he retired with a record of 179-122-8, he ranked fourth in victories among active major college coaches…He took 11 teams to postseason bowl games. Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame (2000). Under his tenure Kentucky received distinction and were recognized for having the highest graduation rate in the nation at 90 percent.

[Matt Dillon]

I feel that coach Claiborne never got the accolades he deserved for his stints as a head coach.

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46 Joe Schuler, LB (2003-2007)
Evansville, IN (Central). Joe would give up football during his redshirt junior season due to medical reasons (concussions). I've got a photo of him in the last Indiana game.

Former IU quarterback Blake Powers leaps to avoid Kentucky's Joe Schuler on Sept. 17, 2005, at Memorial Stadium. The Hoosiers defeated the Wildcats 38-14 in the last game of the series to date, which IU leads 18-17-1.





Another one with Joe running down the play! (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

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Ronnie Sneed

Another good Ronnie Sneed shot (any day a Vol is on the receiving end of a big hit is a good day):

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Marty Moore

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Chris Chenault

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Another one of Chris

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Former Wildcats Chris Chenault (45) and Mike Pfeiffer (75) display the UK-IU Bourbon Barrel.

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45 Raynard "Ray" Makin, RB (1967-70)
Hometown: Hobbs, NM
Draft: 15th round, 372nd overall of the 1971 NFL draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers

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45 Jay Rhodemyre, C (1941-military service-1947)
Ashland, Kentucky.

•All-SEC, First Team (1947)
•All-American, Third Team (1947)

Jay Rhodemyre was a schoolboy star who enrolled at the University of Kentucky in 1941. After his sophomore season, he joined the Air Force and rose to the rank of Second Lieutenant before mustering out in 1946 to return to the Wildcats for his junior and senior years (military service and return to the team was common in the war yesrs).

He became the first lineman ever to win the MVP of the College All-Star Game. Rhodemyre was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the seventh round of the 1948 NFL Draft.

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45 Lamont Smith, DE/LB (1994-97)
Hometown: Cincinnati, OH

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#45 Antwane Glenn, DE/DT (2007-2011)
Hometown: Spartanburg, SC
Antwane became the first member of his family to graduate college. He made the SEC Academic Honor Roll for three straight years.

Photo: Herald -Journal



NASHVILLE, TN - NOVEMBER 12: Jordan Matthews #87 of the Vanderbilt Commodores breaks away from Antwane Glenn #45 and Randall Burden #24 of the Kentucky Wildcats for a touchdown during the third quarter at Vanderbilt Stadium on November 12, 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee. Vanderbilt won 38-8. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)

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45 Josh Forrest, LB (2011-15)
Hometown: Paducah, KY

Was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the sixth round of the 2016 NFL draft.

[Trueblujr]

I feel that coach Claiborne never got the accolades he deserved for his stints as a head coach.

I believe had he gone somewhere that would have given him more support, he would be up there with some of the greatest. His problem was he came to coach at his alma mater which was noble, but we had a Basketball first AD and football support was fairly abysmal. We were pretty much mired in mediocrity with four straight five win seasons after his one 9 win season. UK was the only place he had a losing record.