BunchyStallings

Career

• Played in 41 career games with 26 starting assignments
• Blocked for UK’s all-time leading rusher, Benny Snell Jr., the first player in school history to rush for 1,000 yards in three straight seasons
• Earned First-Team All-America and First-Team All-SEC status as a senior after paving the way for Snell and the UK offense
• Twice named SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week for his play in Kentucky’s wins over Florida and Mississippi State in 2018
• Graduated in December with a degree in community and leadership development

2018 – Senior

• Started in all 13 games
• Particiated in the East-West Shrine Game
• Named to All-Bowl Team by ESPN after leading the Wildcat O-Line by grading at 88 percent … Had two knockdown blocks and 22 blocks at the point of attack, including a hole-clearing effort on Benny Snell’s 12-yard touchdown run that also was the play that broke the rushing record
• First-Team All-America (Associated Press, The Athletic)
• Second-Team All-America (Sports Illustrated, USA Today)
• Third-Team All-America (Athlon)
• First-Team All-SEC (AP, Coaches, Athlon, ESPN)
• SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week (9/10, 9/24)
• Blocked for Benny Snell, who ranked No. 2 in the SEC and 12th nationally in rushing yardage
• Led a Kentucky offensive line that blocked for numerous season highs in UK’s 56-10 win at Louisville … UK set season highs with 56 points, 601 yards total offense, 29 first downs and 340 rushing yards … Graded at 94 percent with five knockdown blocks … Had no penalties or missed assignments and did not allow any quarterback sacks or pressures … Credited with 14 blocks at the point of attack, including Snell’s 24-yard touchdown run
• Graded at 93 percent in the 28-7 win over No. 14 Mississippi State, his second POW honor this season … Had four knockdown blocks and 21 blocks at the point of attack … Had no penalties or missed assignments and did not allow a quarterback sack
• Helped Snell rush for 165 yards and a school record-tying four touchdown runs
• Contributed an effective block on all four of Snell’s touchdown runs
• Named SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week for his play in the 27-16 win at No. 25 Florida
• Graded at 91 percent, with nine knockdown blocks … Had no missed assignments or penalties and did not allow a quarterback sack or pressure
• Had 23 blocks at the point of attack as UK rushed for 303 yards, averaging 7.4 yards per attempt
• UK had two players rush for 100 yards at Florida, second game in a row that has been accomplished; first time UK has done that in 39 years
• Midseason All-America Team (ESPN; second team AP and The Athletic)
• Third-Team Preseason All-SEC (Athlon Sports)

2017 – Junior

• Started in 12 of 13 games played
• Started four games at center and the final eight games at right guard Blocked for All-SEC running back, Benny Snell Jr., the first player in school history to rush for 1,000 yards in consecutive seasons

2016 – Sophomore

• An integral part the offensive line who were named semifinalists for the Joe Moore Award which recognizes the nation’s Most Outstanding Offensive Line
• Blocking for Boom Williams and Benny Snell, UK was the only team in the SEC with two 1,000-yard rushers
• Saw action in 12 of 13 games, earning his first starting assignment at right guard for the Alabama game
• Started six consecutive contests before giving way to Ramsey Meyers on Senior Day … Returned to the starting lineup vs. Louisville
• Has seen action in 15 career games with seven starts

2015 – r-Freshman

• Played in three games as a reserve on the offensive line and special teams

2014 – Freshman

• Redshirted

High School

• A three-star prospect by 247Sports.com
• 247Sports.com ranks him one of the top-20 offensive centers in the nation and a top-40 recruit in the state of Alabama
• Helped his team to the 6A Region 4 Championship as a senior
• Won the team’s Coaches Award and Leadership Award
• Coached by Shawn Raney
• Started high school career at South Pike High School in Magnolia, Miss., before moving to Alabama
• Was a four-year starter in high school
• Has a unique recruiting story, as UK coaches were caught in a rare Alabama snowstorm, abandoned their car, and hiked the last mile to the school
• UK coaches and hundreds of students stayed overnight at the school
• Jervontius said the dedication of the UK coaches was a significant factor in his commitment
• Picked Kentucky over Mississippi State and Colorado
• Also played basketball and baseball
• Member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes

Personal

• His nickname is “Bunchy”
• Born in McComb, Miss.
• Son of Robert and the late Cynthia Stallings
• Robert Stallings played at Southern Miss and the NFL’s St. Louis Cardinals
• Brother of Tre’ Stallings, former offensive lineman at Ole Miss and the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs, who now works at the NCAA

Community Cats

• Participated in a one-week service/educational trip to Ethiopia in May of 2018 where he interacted with residents of impoverished communities, visited and helped paint a preschool, constructed wooden shoe-shining boxes, and delivered blankets to widows 
  Stayed after practice to spend time with the Special Olympics (2015)
  Spoke to a class at Dixie Elementary School (2015)
  Volunteered for Walk-A-Child to Kid Day (2014)

Bunchy Says

• He chose Kentucky because of the relationships he built with the coaching staff
• He wears No. 65 because his position coach, John Schlarman, wore it at UK and it challenges him to play above expectations and be great
• His sports heroes are his dad and brothers because they’ve been in the NFL and that’s where he’s trying to go