Five Student-Athletes Chosen to the Collegiate All-Commonwealth Football Team
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Five University of Kentucky football players, including Henry Boyer, Tavion Gadson, Mi’Quise Grace-Humphrey, Terhyon Nichols and Willie Rodriguez, have been named to the 13th Annual Collegiate All-Commonwealth Team presented by the Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Five Cats have been named to the Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame 2026 Collegiate All-Commonwealth Team. @tavion_gadson, @w_rodriguez10, @GraceQuise, @NicholsT24 and @henryboyer17
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The Collegiate All-Commonwealth Team is a preseason recognition award honoring football players attending Kentucky colleges and universities. The team represents the best college football players in all classifications in the Commonwealth.
The purpose of the award is to promote college football in Kentucky and to honor players whose leadership on the field and in the classroom reflects their potential as future leaders beyond the game. Players were nominated by their head coaches for exhibiting these exceptional qualities.
The Wildcats recognized this season are as follows:
Henry Boyer is a 6-6, 270-pound senior tight end from Chicago, Illinois. He transferred to Kentucky last fall after three seasons at Illinois, where he played in 25 games, made two starts and had three catches for a total of 20 yards. In his first season in the Bluegrass last fall, he saw action in all 12 games and made one start against Eastern Michigan in Week 3. He totaled five catches for 62 yards on the season, including a season- and career-high-tying two catches for a career-high 25 yards at Vanderbilt, which included a career-long 19-yard catch. He also came up with a key fumble recovery in the win at Auburn.
Tavion Gadson is a 6-5, 303-pound junior defensive lineman from Savannah, Georgia. Gadson came back from injury to play in 11 games last season and make the first start of his college career. He totaled 28 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks and three quarterback hurries. In fact, his 2.5 sacks tied for second most on the team. He made at least three tackles in six of his first seven games back from injury, including a career-high four tackles in three consecutive games on the season, including at South Carolina, at Georgia and against Texas.
Mi’Quise Grace-Humphrey is a 6-4, 271-pound senior defensive lineman from Cincinnati, Ohio. He arrived at Kentucky last fall from South Dakota and was omnipresent on the Cats’ defensive line. He started all 12 games and led the UK line with 31 total tackles on the season. He added a team-high-tying seven tackles for loss (for minus-47 yards) and 3.5 sacks (for minus-39 yards), which also tied a team-best. He had six quarterback hurries, two pass breakups and a forced fumble. He also received praise from the coaching staff, not only for the plays for which he received credit, but also for his ability to hold the point of attack and steer plays to teammates.
Terhyon Nichols is a 5-11, 194-pound junior defensive back from Cincinnati, Ohio. He played just seven games and made six starts before missing the last five games because of injury. In his reduced time last season, he combined for 18 tackles, 1.0 tackles for loss, five pass breakups and a quarterback hurry. Despite playing a limited number of games, his five PBUs led the team. He tallied a career-high four tackles at Tennessee.
Willie Rodriguez is a 6-4, 249-pound junior tight end from Taylor Mill, Kentucky. He started in seven of 12 games last season, compiling 23 catches for 310 yards and one touchdown. He hauled in a pair of receptions for 28 yards and the first touchdown of his college career against Eastern Michigan and the next week he totaled two more receptions for 66 yards at South Carolina. That included a career-long, 53-yard reception. Also on the season, Rodriguez caught a career-high six passes for a career-high 78 yards at Vanderbilt, while his six receptions became the most for a tight end since C.J. Conrad also had six at Mississippi State in 2015.
