Eleven Kentucky Wildcats in the NFL Playoffs

Eleven “NFL Cats” will be part of the National Football League playoffs, opening Saturday afternoon when Super Wild Card Weekend kicks off.

Eight of the 11 former Wildcats are expected to be active on Wild Card Weekend, with the possibility of a ninth depending on defensive back Brandin Echols’s injury status for the Monday night contest between his Pittsburgh Steelers and the Houston Texans.

The other “NFL Cats” expected to be active include Ray Davis, Maxwell Hairston and Deone Walker (Buffalo), Trevin Wallace (Carolina), Darrian Kinnard and Carrington Valentine (Green Bay), Josh Hines-Allen (Jacksonville) and Alvin “Bud” Dupree (LA Chargers). Eli Cox is a member of Houston’s practice squad and Jamon Johnson is on Green Bay’s practice squad.

The full schedule of games for the “NFL Cats” includes three players set to suit up on Saturday, January 10, five on Sunday, January 11 and one on Monday night, January 12.

Saturday, January 10

LA Rams at Carolina (Wallace); 4:30 p.m. ET; Fox

Green Bay (Kinnard, Valentine) at Chicago; 8 p.m. ET; Prime Video

Sunday, January 11

Buffalo (Davis, Hairston, Walker) at Jacksonville (Hines-Allen); 1 p.m. ET; CBS

LA Chargers (Dupree) at New England; 8 p.m. ET; NBC

Monday, January 12

Houston at Pittsburgh (Echols); 8:15 p.m. ET; ABC/ESPN

Wildcats in the NFL Playoffs

Buffalo Bills

Ray Davis, RB

Maxwell Hairston, DB

Deone Walker, DL

Carolina Panthers

Trevin Wallace, LB

Green Bay Packers                    

*Jamon Johnson, LB

Darian Kinnard, OT

Carrington Valentine, DB

Houston Texans  

*Eli Cox, OL

Jacksonville Jaguars                       

Josh Hines-Allen, DE/LB

LA Chargers

Bud Dupree, OLB

Pittsburgh Steelers

Brandin Echols, CB

*practice squad