Cutter Boley Earns SEC Freshman of the Week Honors
Kentucky quarterback Cutter Boley has been named the Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Week for the third consecutive week, the league announced Monday.
Boley also earned the award last week for his performance in wins over Auburn and Florida and is sharing this week’s award with Tennessee defensive back Ty Redmond.
Kentucky defeated No. 5 (FCS) Tennessee Tech, which had won 15 consecutive games, 42-10 on Saturday.
Boley, from Hodgenville, Kentucky, completed 18 of 21 pass attempts for 236 yards and a touchdown while also rushing for a 30-yard touchdown. His completion percentage of 85.7 percent is 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.
Boley directed UK to 468 yards of total offense and led UK to six touchdowns on the eight possessions he played in the game. Boley has completed 68.8 percent of his passes this season for 1,780 passing yards and 13 touchdowns this season.
In the last three games, all of which earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors:
- TENNESSEE TECH (Nov. 15)
- Completed 18 of 21 for 236 yards, one touchdown and no interceptions.
- His completion percentage of 85.7 percent today is 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.
- Over the last five games, he has completed 5 percent of his passes, 111 of 147.
- Had 36 non-sack rushing yards, including a 30-yard touchdown scramble in the first quarter.
- He is the 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.
- The 30-yard TD run is the longest for a UK quarterback since Terry Wilson had a 32-yard score vs. Vanderbilt on Nov. 14, 2020.
- First UK quarterback with multiple games with a rushing and passing TD in the same season since Will Levis in 2022.
- 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.
- Completed his first eight passes of the game before an incompletion in the second quarter.
- First UK freshman quarterback with a touchdown pass in four straight games since Jared Lorenzen in the 2000 season.
- FLORIDA (Nov. 8)
- Completed 18 of 23 passes for 168 yards and two touchdowns.
- He completed 78.3 percent of his passes, the third time in the last four games he has completed at least 74.2 percent.
- All three were against SEC opponents, first UK quarterback to have three such games in the same season since Tim Couch in 1998.
- This was the best completion percentage for a UK quarterback vs. Florida (min. 20 attempts) since Bill Ransdell completed 20 of 23 vs. UF in 1986.
- He is the first UK QB to start in a win against Florida as a freshman since Terry Henry on Nov. 17, 1979.
- AUBURN (Nov. 1)
- Completed 18-of-29 pass attempts for 161 yards and one touchdown.
- He is the first UK freshman QB to win an SEC road game since Morgan Newton at Georgia on Nov. 21, 2009.
The Wildcats (5-5, 2-5 SEC) travel to No. 12/13 Vanderbilt on Saturday. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. CT on ESPN.
