Football

BraxtonUrquhart

  • position Defensive Back
  • height 6-3
  • Weight 200
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Birmingham, Ala.
  • High school Hoover
  • Previous School Butler CC

2026 – Junior
• Transferred to Kentucky after two seasons at Butler Community College
• Was listed as the No. 10 junior college cornerback, according to 247Sports
• Played in 17 games and charted 36 tackles and seven pass breakups

2025 – Sophomore (Butler CC)
• Played in nine games and accumulated 26 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss (-7 yards) and five pass breakups
• Helped the Grizzlies go 7-3 overall, including 4-2 in conference play
• Earned All-KJCCC Honorable Mention

2024 – Freshman (Butler CC)
• Saw action in eight games and totaled 10 tackles and two pass breakups

High School
• A unanimous three-star recruit by all the major recruiting services
• Played at Hoover High School
• Selected to the 2022 AHSAA North-South All-Star Football Game

Personal
• Born in Birmingham, Alabama
• Son of Porscha and Brian Urquhart
• Siblings are Brian, Jerica and Sydney Urquhart and Eldrion Harvell
• Brother, Brian, was a baseball player at Morehouse College, while brother Eldrion, played baseball at LeMonye College
• Major is biology

Braxton Says
• His nickname is “Steez”
• After his football career, his dream job is to be a doctor or scientist
• Three words to describe him are intelligent, kind and humble
• One thing most people don’t know about him is that Rich Homie Quan is his uncle
• The best advice he’s ever received is “everything is hard, being average or being successful … pick your hard”

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