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TristanYeomans
- position Long Snapper
- height 6-2
- Weight 208
- class Senior
- Hometown Waycross, Ga.
- Previous School New Mexico Military Institute
- High school Ware County
Career
- Served as the Wildcats’ long snapper and holder for three years, playing in 38 games
- Was perfect on all 62 career holds
- Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Graduated in December with a degree in finance
2017 – Junior
- Long snapper on punts and holder on field goals
- Perfect holds on all field goals (28)
2016 – Sophomore
- Long snapper on punts and holder on field goals
- Perfect holds on all field goals (19)
- Integral part of setting up kicker Austin MacGinnis to hit two game-winning field goals (51-yarder vs. Mississippi State and a 47-yarder at No. 11 Louisville)
2015 – Freshman at New Mexico Military Institute
- Was a long snapper for the Broncos in three games
- Totaled four tackles on special teams
- Transferred to Kentucky following the fall semester
High School
- Four-year letter winner and three-year starter at Ware County
- Played multiple positions in high school, including quarterback, wide receiver, free safety and long snapper
- Caught 12 passes for 101 yards as senior, while also totaling eight tackles on defense
- Helped lead the Gators to an impressive 45-8 combined record during his four seasons, including three regional titles and an appearance in the state championship game in 2012
- Also a four-year letter winner in golf, earning all-region team honors as a senior
- Member of the National Honor Society with a 4.0 grade point average
- Coached by Franklin Stephens
- Chose Kentucky over Central Arkansas, Southeast Louisiana, Georgia Southern, Kennesaw State
Personal
- Born in Waycross, Ga.
- Son of Tony and Suzanne Yeomans
- Tristan’s father, Tony, played baseball at Armstrong Atlantic State
Community Cats
- Participated in a one-week service/educational trip to Ethiopia in May of 2018 where he interacted with residents of impoverished communities, visited and helped paint a preschool, constructed wooden shoe-shining boxes, and delivered blankets to widows
Volunteered for Read Across America event at Fayette Mall (2017)
Tristan Says
- Nickname is “Stan”
- He chose Kentucky because the coaches made him feel he was a part of something special
- One word to describe him on the field is determined
- His sports hero is Brett Favre because he brings swag on and off the field
- His favorite movie is Law Abiding Citizen