Kentucky QB Terry Wilson announces surprising 2021 plans
The Kentucky Wildcats have had Terry Wilson at QB for the past 3 seasons, though his 2019 campaign was cut short with an injury.
However, it appears Touchdown Terry’s time in Lexington is coming to an end this offseason.
As you can see below, Wilson announced he was going to enter the NCAA transfer portal on Instagram on Monday night:
Per Terry Wilson’s IG account, he has entered the transfer portal. Says he will leave Kentucky and spend his final year of eligibility elsewhere. #BBN pic.twitter.com/aoqE7Ziizz
— Alex Walker (@AlexWalkerTV) January 5, 2021
This is obviously a big loss for the Wildcats, who now have to decide whether Auburn transfer Joey Gatewood or someone else will be the starter in 2021.
In his 3 years at Kentucky, Wilson threw for 3,440 yards, 20 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. He added 1,015 yards and 10 scores as a runner. Where he ends up next remains to be seen.
Didn’t see that one coming
I would say that this is NOT a big loss for Kentucky. They have to upgrade if they have any hopes of being competitive.
You are completely spot on, see below.. why many of our fans don’t see this is beyond me
In the Ky. games I saw…he could run but the passing was
subpar…You can do much better.
I love you Terry! Thank you for all the good moments you brought to Kentucky. Thank you for all the times where we have a free play on 1st and 10 and you throw the ball away. Thank you for all the bowl wins. Thank you for bringing the Kentucky football program to an all time high. Thank you for realizing that it’s time for Gatewood and Allen to come in to the new offensive system. Thank you for everything Terry!
But why, why in the heck, would you transfer. There’s nothing left to accomplish in college. Go try your hand in the nfl, and if not the cfl, learn a new position, and come back to the nfl. Don’t transfer. Go pro
From the bottom of my heart and everyone else’s at UK’s too, thank you Terry Touchdown.
Yeah this is a shock. At the beginning of the year when the NCAA did the whole extra year business he posted about it being his “last ride.”
But hey if he goes somewhere and blows up, good for him.
He’s always welcome back in Lexington though. Great dude.
Have to feel the new offensive coordinator didn’t see Wilson being the right fit for what he wants to do, but he was a fierce competitor and will have success wherever he goes next.
I’m sure he spoke with Coach Stoops to see where he stood with the team. Stoops probably couldn’t give him a reassuring enough answer.
Well, it was more like Turnover Terry. Our team won despite him most of the time and he is a way below average SEC QB. He did us a favor by leaving. He’s a great athlete and my all accounts a really good person, just not a QB. Strangely, Stoops stuck with him when he was woefully inaccurate as a passer. His shuttle passes to Josh Ali accounted for many of his yard and his % rate as a passer. Slow to make decisions in the RPO and many times made the wrong one. He took too many sacks, made too many fumbles, and failed to understand that when the opposing defense is offsides, it is a FREE play. Thanks and goodbye Terry. Get a masters degree and pursue a well paying business career for you and your family’s sake.
The offsides was ONE play that he said he didn’t see the flag. Gran would have loved to have a QB to throw, but Gatewood and Allen didn’t do enough to show that.
This was no surprise. Stoops was loyal to him as long as he could be but this was probably not as tough of of a decision as Stoops had concerning his wife.
A big loss? I’m assuming you didn’t watch any UK football this year.
UK will now have to decide about a starter in 2021? I’m assuming you didn’t watch any UK football this year or you would know that Wilson planned to leave all along.
Where do they find these writers?
Terry was able to sustain long drives and limit turnovers. He did what they asked him to do and we had execution problems across the offense with coaches and receivers. Basically everyone but the OL and the RBs. The guys seemed to follow him though. Coen will have to develop Gatewood’s arm. Allen has a lot of upside as a true freshman this year. Scalzo could be healthy, and he has the biggest arm.
We all saw how Terry wasn’t the same after the injury. He had some bright spots this year, and some big wins over his career. Pretty shameful how a lot of these so-called BBN football fans treated him considering his accomplishments. And the fact that Allen and Gatewood had chances to take his job but couldn’t THIS year. Thanks Terry.
Definitely not a surprise… Great guy, good teammate, good attitude. Not a great quarterback. Despite that, he somehow had some really good games here and there that would keep you on the hook wondering if he could get better? But this season kind of showed he was not progressing past the Auburn and Ole Miss games (which were both losses). Some people point to Gran, or Stoops or lack of effective receivers. But as bad as Kentucky was for a long period of time, they never had an issue with passing the ball. I’d be willing to bet the receivers we had with Dusty Bonner, Hefty Lefty, Hartline and Towles were not significantly better, but they somehow got the ball downfield. I don’t know. I’m sure he had some uncertainty with a new OC and two pretty talented guys behind him in Gatewood and Allen and decided it was time to move on as opposed to a QB competition as a 5th year senior. In any case, best of luck to the kid!