11/29/2017 football Edit

Kentucky accepts commitment from a scholarship punter

Justin Rowland • CatsIllustrated

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Justin Rowland has been CatsIllustrated.com's publisher since 2015. He covered college football recruiting at programs nationwide for 15 years prior to that.

Matthew Panton has been a big upgrade in the punting game for Kentucky compared to what the Wildcats' situation was in 2016.

With Panton leaving the program after the bowl game, the assumption had to be that Grant McKinniss would become the de facto starting punter once again.

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According to a tweet from Prokick Australia, Kentucky has accepted a commitment from Max Duffy, formerly an Australian Football League player.

Cats Illustrated has confirmed the report.

Duffy will be the second scholarship kicker that Kentucky brings on board in the 2018 class, joining placekicker Chance Poore of Anderson (S.C.) Westside.

In Dean Hood's first year on the staff Kentucky's special teams unit has seen a marked improvement in most categories across the board.

Cats Illustrated will have more on this developing story.