TommyCook

Returning starter at wide receiver … Continued to earn a starting position during spring practice under the new coaching staff … Steady wideout who also has developed into a stellar special teams performer … Did a tremendous job last season covering punts and blocking on kickoff returns … Has shown an all-around combination of speed, hands, and agility … Has played in 23 games with 17 starts.

2002 (Sophomore): Started all 12 games … Caught 22 passes for 276 yards and two touchdowns … Best game was four catches for 63 yards against Middle Tennessee … Hauled in TDs in consecutive games against South Carolina and Arkansas … Extremely valuable on special teams … An ace cover man on the punt team … Made seven tackles and provided excellent coverage as he helped the Wildcats set a school record for team net punting average … Also recovered a fumbled punt at Arkansas, helping set up a touchdown in Kentucky’s 29-17 upset of the Razorbacks … A blocker on the kickoff return unit that helped Derek Abney have two KOR touchdowns.

2001 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in all 11 games, started the last five, and emerged as a significant contributor in the stretch of the season … Season totals feature 20 receptions for 298 yards, a 14.9-yard average, and three touchdowns … 14 of his receptions came in the last three games of the season … Caught five passes for 77 yards and his first two collegiate TDs in the win at Vanderbilt … Caught seven balls for 115 yards, both career highs, in the finale at Indiana.

2000 (Freshman): Redshirted.

High School: A wide receiver/defensive back who moved to quarterback his senior season at Victoria (Tex.) HS … Four-year starter … Started at wide receiver as a freshman, played both ways as a receiver/defensive back as a sophomore and junior, then played QB as a senior … Helped Victoria go to the playoffs all four years in the Class AAAAA ranks, the highest classification in Texas … Team went to regional finals of the playoffs in three of the four years … As a senior, completed 64 of 127 passes for 1,015 yards … Rushed 99 times for 622 yards, an average of 6.2 per carry … Team’s Most Valuable Player and was named all-district and All-Bay Area … Missed much of his junior year because of injury … Collected more than 1,000 receiving yards, 15 touchdowns, and nine interceptions his sophomore season … Also had a 90-yard punt return in a regional playoff game … Picked first-team all-district, All-Bay Area, and All-South Texas that year, rare honors for a soph … Impressed the UK coaching staff when he ran a 4.4-second 40-yard dash at the UK Summer Football Camp … Coached by Wayne Condra … Star middle infielder in baseball, winning all-district and All-Bay Area laurels as a sophomore and junior … Member of the student council … Honor roll student, member of the National Honor Society, and was named second-team academic all-state … Also his school’s Homecoming King, Senior Prom King, and voted “Mr. Victoria High School”…Tommy chose Kentucky over Vanderbilt, Texas, Texas A&M, and Notre Dame.

Personal: Full name is Thomas Lee Cook, Jr. … Born 7-3-81 in Houston, Tex. … Son of Tommy and Patty Cook …Comes from an athletic family … His grandfather, Travis Cook, played football and ran track at East Texas State and also was a minor league baseball player … His father, Tommy Cook, Sr., played football and baseball at Blinn Junior College and continued his baseball at Pan American University … Tommy Cook, Sr. has coached football and baseball in Texas high schools since 1966 … Major is kinesiology.

The Cats’ Cause: Participated in a service event at Southern Elementary School (2002).

Cook Career Statistics

Year  Position  G-GS Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long2001  Wide Rec. 11-5  20  298  14.9  3  322002  Wide Rec. 12-12 22  276  12.5  2  40Totals          23-17 42  574  13.7  5  40

Cook Game-by-Game Statistics

2001Opponent         Rec.  Yds. TDLouisville        1     9   0Ball State        0     0   0Florida           1     7   0Mississippi       0     0   0South Carolina    0     0   0Louisiana State   2    41   0Georgia           2    16   0Mississippi State 0     0   0Vanderbilt        5    77   2Tennessee         2    33   1Indiana           7   115   0Totals           20   298   3

2002Opponent Rec. Yds. TDLouisville 1 31 0Texas-El Paso 0 0 0Indiana 0 0 0Middle Tennessee 4 63 0Florida 1 21 0South Carolina 4 37 1Arkansas 3 25 1Georgia 2 24 0Mississippi State 2 48 0Louisiana State 3 9 0Vanderbilt 1 12 0Tennessee 1 6 0Totals 22 276 2