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CutterBoley
- position Quarterback
- height 6-5
- Weight 213
- class Freshman
- Hometown Hodgenville, Ky.
- High school Lexington Christian Academy
UK Career
• In two seasons at UK, played in 15 games with 11 starts
• Went 4-7 in his career as a starter
• Totaled 76 carries for 42 yards and two scores in his UK career
• Completed 224-of-354 passes for 2,489 yards and 17 TDs and 16 INTs
• Had a 63.3 percent completion rating in his two seasons
2025 – r-Freshman
• Played in 11 games with 10 starting assignments in 2025, and went 4-6 as a starter
• Named one of four game captains at Auburn and at Louisville
• Named to SEC All-Freshman Team
• Earned SEC Freshman of the Week (vs. Auburn vs. Florida and vs. Tennessee Tech) three consecutive weeks
• Completed 65.8 percent of his passes this season (198 of 301), breaking the UK freshman record for completion percentage in a season … Former record was 57.4 percent by Jared Lorenzen in 2000
• Set the school freshman record for touchdown passes in a season in SEC games with 12 … Former record was 10 SEC TDs by Lorenzen in 2000
• Set the UK freshman record for touchdown passes in a game with five vs. Tennessee … Former record was three by Morgan Newton (2009) and Jared Lorenzen (2000)
• Became the first UK quarterback with a completion percentage of at least 74 percent in four games (min. 20 attempts) in one season since Tim Couch in 1998 (vs. Texas, Tennessee, Florida and Tennessee Tech)
• Became the first UK freshman quarterback with a touchdown pass in five straight games since Jared Lorenzen had six in the 2000 season (vs. Tennessee, Auburn, Florida, Tennessee Tech and Vanderbilt)
• In eight SEC games, ranked 3rd in pass completion percentage (66.52), behind UGA’s Gunner Stockton (71.1) and Vandy’s Diego Pavia (70.1); 6th in pass completions (155); 7th in passing TDs (12); 8th total offense TDs (13)
• In his last six SEC games, completed 144-211-8 for 1,422 yards and 12 touchdowns … His pass completion percentage in those six games was 68.2 percent
• Came in midway through the fourth quarter against Ole Miss, after an injury to Zach Calzada
• Earned his second career start and first start of the season vs. Eastern Michigan and started in 10 straight games
Completed 10-of-19 pass attempts for 124 yards in his first SEC start at South Carolina … Became the first UK QB to start an SEC road game as a freshman since Maxwell Smith at Georgia on Nov. 19, 2011
• Completed a career-high 25 passes with a career-high 41 attempts for 225 yards and two touchdowns at No. 12/10 Georgia … Most passing yards (225) and passing completions (25) by a UK freshman QB in an SEC road game since Jalen Whitlow at Tennessee on Nov. 24, 2012 (225 yards on 29 completions) … Had the most touchdown passes by a UK freshman QB in an SEC game road game (2) since Morgan Newton at Georgia on Nov. 21, 2009 (3) … Became the first UK QB to pass for at least 200 yards against Georgia in Athens since Andre’ Woodson on Nov. 17, 2007 (268 yards)
• Completed a career-best, 31-of-39 pass attempts for a career-best 258 yards vs. No. 21/17 Texas … Added a career-best 14 rushes for a career-best 45 yards and the first touchdown rushing of his career … On non-sack plays, he ran 11 times for 69 yards
Boley’s 31 completions were the most for a UK freshman quarterback since Jared Lorenzen in 200 … His 258 passing yards were the most for a UK freshman since Maxwell Smith threw for 283 vs. Ole Miss in 2011 … His 79.4 percent completion percentage was also a career best and the best single-game percentage for a freshman quarterback with 30 attempts
• His 79.4 percentage was the best for any UK quarterback since Dusty Bonner completed 85 percent (34 of 40) vs. Connecticut in 1999
Completed 26-of-35 pass attempts for a career-best 330 yards and a career-best five touchdowns vs. Tennessee (74.3) … Five TD passes were the most since Andre’ Woodson threw for six TDs against Tennessee in 2007 … His 330 passing yards were the most for a UK freshman since Jared Lorenzen threw for 385 yards vs. Vanderbilt in 2000 … Became the first UK quarterback with two touchdown passes of at least 56 yards in the same game since Will Levis against Northern Illinois on Sept. 24, 2022 … Also marked the first time two touchdown passes of at least 56 yards were thrown vs. an SEC opponent since Patrick Towles vs. Mississippi State in 2014 … Became the first UK player to pass for at least 300 yards since Devin Leary against Clemson in the 2023 TaxSlayer Bowl (306)
• First UK quarterback to complete at least 74.3 percent of his passes (min. 30 attempts) in consecutive games since Dusty Bonner in 1999
• First UK quarterback with at least 26 completions in consecutive games since 2015 (Patrick Towles) and consecutive conference games since 2010 (Mike Hartline)
• Completed 18 of 29 passes for 161 yards and two touchdowns in the win at Auburn … Became the first UK freshman quarterback to win an SEC road game since Morgan Newton at Mississippi State in 2009
• In the win over Florida, completed 18 of 23 passes for 168 yards and two touchdowns with a 78.3 percent pass competition … Became the first UK QB to start in a win against Florida as a freshman since Terry Henry on Nov. 17, 1979
• In the win over Tennessee Tech, completed 18 of 21 for 236 yards, one touchdown and no interceptions … His completion percentage of 85.7 percent was the best for a UK quarterback (min. 20 attempts) since Bill Ransdell completed 86.9 percent (20 of 23) vs. Florida on Nov. 15, 1986
• First Wildcat quarterback with a 45-yard passing touchdown and a 30-yard rushing TD in the same game since Pookie Jones vs. Kent State on Sept. 4, 1993 … His 30-yard TD run was the longest for a UK quarterback since Terry Wilson had a 32-yard score vs. Vanderbilt on Nov. 14, 2020
• First UK quarterback with multiples games with a rushing and passing TD in the same game since Will Levis in 2022
• Completed 26 of 44 passes for 280 yards and two touchdowns at Vanderbilt … His 26 completions and 44 attempts were the most for a UK freshman since Jalen Whitlow completed 29 of 45 at Tennessee in 2012 … His 280 passing yards were the most for a UK freshman in a road game since Jared Lorenzen threw for 328 at Tennessee in 2000
2024 – Freshman
• Redshirt season
• Saw action in four games with his first career start coming against Louisville in the regular-season finale
• Completed 26-of-53 passes for 338 yards with two scores and four interceptions
• Also had 10 rushes for -43 yards
• Completed six of his 15 passing attempts for 48 yards in the Louisville game
• Became the first true freshman quarterback to start a game for UK since Destin Wade in the 2022 Music City Bowl and the first true freshman quarterback to start against Louisville in the Governor’s Cup era
• Got his first collegiate action at Florida and also saw action vs. Murray State and at No. 3/3 Texas
• Completed 10-of-14 for 130 yards and his first two collegiate touchdowns, both to Anthony Brown-Stephens in the win over Murray State … Also had a 30-yard scamper on his first collegiate rushing attempt
• Completed a career-high-tying 10 passes on a career-high 18 pass attempts and a career-high 160 yards at No. 3 Texas … Logged a career-long, 43-yard pass on his first attempt of the game
High School
• A consensus four-star recruit by all the major recruiting services
• Rated the No. 14 quarterback in the 2024 class and top-ranked recruit in Kentucky according to 247Sports Composite
• A four-time letter winner and starter at QB
• Coached by Doug Charles at LCA
• Earned the 2023 Paul Hornung Award winner as the Commonwealth’s top player
• 2023 Kentucky Mr. Football candidate
• Named First-Team Offense on the 2023 All-City High School Football Team
• Completed his prep career completing 565 of 937 passes for 8,331 passing yards with 82 scores
• Also ran for 17 touchdowns
• Threw for 2,187 yards and 24 touchdowns, completing 172 of 268 passes with nine interceptions as a senior … Also rushed for five scores
• Helped lead Lexington Christian to an 11-2 record, advancing to the Class 2A quarterfinals in 2023
• Earned All-District honors
• Threw for 3,901 yards with 36 touchdowns and 15 interceptions on a 64 percent completion rate as a junior
• Played two seasons at LaRue County before transferring to LCA in 2022
• Also lettered two seasons on the basketball team
• Chose Kentucky over Florida State, Michigan and Penn State
Personal
• Born in Hodgenville, Kentucky
• Son of Scott and Mary Beth Boley
• Has two siblings, Jaxon and Erin
• Comes from a family of athletes as dad, Scott, played basketball at Western Kentucky (1989-92), brother, Jaxon, was a tight end at Wyoming (2018) and sister, Erin, was the 2016 Gatorade National Player of the Year coming out of Elizabethtown High School and went on to play three seasons at Oregon (2019-21)
• Major is pre-communication
Cutter Says
• Other than play in the NFL, his dream job is to be in construction management
• Three words to describe him are determined, hard working and calm
• If he could eat only one thing for the rest of his life he would chose buffalo chicken quesadillas
• His sports hero is Tom Brady because of the way he carries himself
• His go-to karaoke song is “Folsom Prison Blues” by Johnny Cash