AsimRose

Career

Played in 44 career games with 24 consecutive starting assignments
Totaled 1,971 career rushing yards, ending his career at No. 10 on UK’s all-time list
His 5.8 career average per rushing attempt ranks third all-time (341 attempts/1,971 yards)
Also had 30 receptions for 233 yards and one score
Had seven career 100-yard games
Career highs were 17 attempts vs. Eastern Michigan (9/7/2019), 148 yards vs. N.C. State (1/2/2021), two rushing TDs vs. Central Michigan (9/1/2018), career long 75-yard rush at Louisville (11/24/2018)
Graduated in December of 2020 with a degree in community and leadership development

2020 – Senior

Started in all 11 games
Team’s second-leading rusher with 666 yards on 106 carries with two touchdowns … Averaged 6.3 yards per carry
Rushed 12 times for a career-high 148 yards in the win over NC State in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl … The 148 rushing yards were the sixth-highest in the 26 bowl/playoff games played this season
Named the 2021 Gator Bowl MVP
It marked his third 100-yard game of the season
Rushed 14 times for 101 yards and one touchdown in the win over South Carolina
Rushed 12 times for 117 yards and one touchdown vs. Ole Miss

2019 – Junior

Team’s second-leading rusher with 149 carries for 826 yards and six scores
Also had 11 catches for 67 yards
Became the 37th player in school history to reach 1,000 rushing yards in a career on Nov. 9 vs. Tennessee … Now has 1,305 career yards which ranks 28th on UK’s all-time list
Had two 100-yard games and now four in his career … All four of his 100-yard games have come with 10 or fewer rushing attempts
Rushed six times for 105 yards vs. UT Martin, including a 63-yard touchdown that is UK’s longest run of the season … Needed only six carries to reach 100 yards, the fewest since Braylon Heard needed only two carries to rush for more than 100 yards vs. UT Martin in 2014
Had season-high 49-yard run vs. Vanderbilt
Charted his first 100-yard game of the season vs. Mississippi State with nine rushes for 105 yards, averaging 11.7 yards per carry
Earned his first collegiate start vs. Toledo
Had a career-high 17 carries for 82 yards, including an eight-yard touchdown run vs. Eastern Michigan

2018 – Sophomore

Played in all 13 games
For the season, rushed 86 times for 479 yards with five touchdowns
Third on the team in rushing behind RB Benny Snell Jr. and QB Terry Wilson, averaging 6.2 yards per carry
Ran 10 times for 112 yards at Louisville, including a career-long 75-yard touchdown dash that is also the longest run by a Wildcat of the season
Caught four passes for 59 yards vs. Georgia, all career highs, including a 31-yard catch-and-run for his first collegiate receiving TD
Rushed seven times for 38 yards, including an outstanding 24-yard touchdown run in the win over South Carolina
Rushed a career-high tying nine times for 47 yards in the win over No. 14 Mississippi State
Rushed eight times for a career-high 104 yards and career-high two touchdowns in the season opener vs. Central Michigan … Had a career-long 55-yard run for a touchdown in the first quarter

2017 – r-Freshman

2016 – Freshman

High School

A 3-star, versatile athlete who is rated the No. 34 athlete in Ohio by 247sports
Stepped in for an injured teammate at quarterback and passed for 616 yards and 10 touchdowns, while running 94 times for 770 yards and 12 scores
Earned an invitation to the 2016 Ohio High Football Coaches Association North-South All-Star Classic
Named to the Northeast Ohio Conference All-Lake Division first team as a junior after leading his team to a conference championship and a Division II playoff appearance
Coached by Chuck Reisland who said “He’s got tremendous size and he’s going to get bigger. He runs track and played basketball. He’s just a very talented player and a great athlete”
Has been involved with the Boy Scouts for 13 years, earning his Eagle Scout in 2014
Picked UK over Indiana, Iowa and Minnesota

Personal

Born in Raleigh, North Carolina
Son of Shauna Scott-Rose, Asim Rose Sr.
Has one brother, De’Sean
Earned an Eagle Scout in 2014, the highest achievement or rank attainable in the Boy Scouting program of the Boy Scouts of America
His Eagle Scout project consisted of collecting and donating hundreds of toiletries to his local Ronald McDonald House
Only four percent of Boy Scouts are granted this rank after a lengthy review process

Community Service

A.J. Says

He chose Kentucky because it felt like home
Other than playing in the NFL, his dream job is to be an undercover police officer
When he played football as a kid he pretended to be Reggie Bush
His hidden talent is gymnastics
The best advice he’s ever received is “the sky’s the limit”