Career
• A five-year letterwinner and four-year starter for the Wildcats
• Played in 58 career games with 44 straight starting assignments
• Career totals included 302 tackles, 22.5 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, 15 quarterback hurries, seven pass breakups, three forced fumbles, three interceptions and one fumble recovery
• Became just the 20th member of UK’s 300-tackle club and the first since DB Mike Edwards in 2018
• Just the second player in school history to be elected team captain three consecutive seasons, joining Josh Paschal who accomplished the feat from 2019-21 … Elected one of seven team captains

2022 – %Super Senior (Team Captain)
• Third-Team All-SEC (Phil Steele)
• Butkus Award Watch List
• Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List
• Preseason Third-Team All-SEC (Coaches)
• Elected to return for a fifth year, taking advantage of the NCAA’s ruling to grant an extra year of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic
• Started in eight of nine games played
• UK’s fourth-leading tackler with 58 … Also had three pass breakups, two quarterback hurries, 3.0 tackles for loss, a sack and an interception
• Led the Wildcats with 11 tackles vs. Ole Miss, his first double-figure tackle game of the season
• Named SEC co-Defensive Player of the Week for his efforts in UK’s win over No. 16 Mississippi State … Sealed the win with an interception with 4:01 remaining … Also tallied 11 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss, his second double-figure tackle game of the season
• Left the Tennessee game in the first quarter with an ankle injury … Had three tackles before the injury

2021 – Senior (Team Captain)
• Fourth-Team All-SEC (Phil Steele)
• Elected two-Ɵ me team captain
• Started in all 13 games
• Third on the team in total tackles (80), tackles for loss (9.5) and 3.0 sacks in 2021
• Also charted three quarterback hurries, one pass breakup and a forced fumble in 13 starts
• With two tackles in the first half against Iowa in the Vrbo Citrus Bowl, he sustained an ankle injury and did not return in the second half until midway through the fourth quarter … Finished with six stops, plus the game-clinching interception with 1:48 remaining – his first pickoff of the season and second of his career
• Made 12 tackles, including one for loss, at Mississippi State, his second double-figure tackle game of the season (13 vs. Florida)
• Had eight tackles, including a quarterback sack in the win over LSU … His sack in the first quarter caused a fumble, recovered by Josaih Hayes, setting up a TD drive
• Had a career-high 13 tackles in the win over No. 10/9 Florida, the second double-figure tackle game of his career (also vs. Toledo in 2019)
• Led the Cats with eight tackles in Kentucky’s 16-10 win at South Carolina … In the second quarter, with USC at the Kentucky 47-yard line, he made consecutive stops for no gain on 3rd-and-1 and 4thand-1 to turn the ball over on downs … In the fourth  quarter, he made a third-down tackle that set up  another fourth-down stop by the UK defense
• Had six tackles, including a career-high 3.5 TFL (-7 yards) in the opener vs. ULM … Included in the TFL was a one-yard sack

2020 – Junior (Team Captain)
• Started in 10 of 11 games played
• Third on the team in total tackles with 60, second with four QBH
• Also had 2.5 TFL, a pass breakup and a fumble recovery
• Had a season-high nine tackles vs. Mississippi State
• Had six tackles and shared a one-yard tackle for loss at Florida … His fumble recovery in the second quarter on the UF 38 set up a UK touchdown drive… It was the fi rst recovery of his career
• Elected one of 10 team captains

2019 – Sophomore
• Started in 12 games
• Second on the team in tackles with 69
• Also had 4.0 TFL, 1.5 sacks, three QBHs, a PBU, an interception and a forced fumble
• Had a career-best 11 tackles and had his first career interception in his first career start vs. Toledo in the season opener
• First UK player with at least 10 tackles, a half sack, 1 TFL and an interception since Josh Forrest vs. Louisiana on Sept. 5, 2015

2018 – Freshman
• Played in all 13 games with one start vs. Penn State
• Earned Freshman All-SEC honors by the league coaches after totaling 35 tackles, 3.5 TFL, three QBHs, one PBU and one forced fumble
• In his first collegiate start vs. Penn State in the VRBO Citrus Bowl, Ɵ ed his career-high of six tackles, including a six-yard quarterback sack
• Charted three tackles in his collegiate debut

High School
• A hard-hitting linebacker at powerhouse Cass Tech
• Rated a four-star player and No. 20 outside linebacker nationally
• Played both sides for head coach Thomas Wilcher
• Had 94 tackles, two interceptions and forced four fumbles to help Cass Tech advance to the Division 1 state semifinals as a senior
• Named first-team All-State by the Michigan High School Football Coaches AssociaƟ on and the AP
• Played in the Offensive-Defense All-American Bowl in New Orleans, charting eight tackles
• Helped his team capture the Division I state title with a perfect 14-0 record in 2016, the first undefeated season in program history
• Won the 2014 and 2016 conference championship
• Chose Kentucky after considering LSU, Michigan State, Purdue, Wisconsin and Cincinnati

Personal
• Born in Detroit, Michigan
• Son of Florence Square and Tyrone and Miranda Square
• Siblings are Brian Linley, Andrea Square, Pamela Square and Tyler Square
• On track to graduate in December with a degree in health promotion

DeAndre Says
• Other than playing in the NFL, his dream job is to be a coach or athletic trainer
• He chose UK because it was the best place for him to play and he loved the atmosphere and the fans
• The person he admires most is his mom because she works so hard
• Three words to describe him are quiet, shy, and funny