Consider Florida coach Urban Meyer a follower of Kentucky football’s recent improvement in the Southeastern Conference.During Wednesday’s SEC teleconference with the league’s 12 coaches, the Florida Gators coach was asked to assess how UK has turned the corner since he arrived in the league. Meyer said it all comes down to the increase in talent the program has recruited.

Just a couple days after admitting his staff missed out on Kentucky’s Randall Cobb, Meyer called the Cats one of the better teams in the SEC in terms of personnel.”Personnel-wise, from 2005 to where they are now, they’re an upper echelon SEC team,” Meyer said. “I don’t believe they were that way in ’05 when I remember watching them on film. Defensive front and secondary, that’s where I spent a lot of time watching, and I just didn’t feel they were (in 2005). I feel right now that they’re certainly in the upper half or even higher than that as far as personnel. I think they’ve done a great job with Rich Brooks and recruiting and Joker (Phillips).”Meyer was also asked about the 23-game winning streak Florida owns over Kentucky.”That is mind boggling, and that’s why we don’t speak of it much here,” Meyer said. “We just go about our business because whatever happened 20-whatever years ago has no bearing on this Kentucky team coming in here right now.”Trevathan to play with cast on: Linebacker Danny Trevathan told reporters Wednesday after practice that he broke his left hand in the second quarter of the Akron game. Trevathan will play against Florida with a cast on his arm.

Trevathan played through most of last year with a cast on his right arm to heal a fractured wrist bone.

The third-year linebacker leads UK in tackles (20) and tackles for loss (six).