Kentucky had a need at wide receiver entering the only transfer portal window of the offseason. The Wildcats addressed the position again on Day 10. UK has added a second transfer to the room. This is a familiar name to those who follow recruiting.
Arkansas transfer Ja’Kayden Ferguson committed to the Wildcats after his visit to Lexington over the weekend. The wide receiver was a former UK commit who flipped to the Hogs during the 2025 recruiting cycle. Now Ferguson has flipped back to the Big Blue.
Ja’Kayden Ferguson was a three-star recruit out of Metro Houston who picked Kentucky following a June official visit ahead of the 2024 season. However, Ferguson decided to open up his recruitment five months later and flipped to Arkansas. The 6-foot-2 receiver appeared in six games for the Razorbacks as a true freshman and burned his redshirt. Ferguson played just 20 offensive snaps.
The SEC transfer becomes the eighth current full-time scholarship player in Kentucky’s current wide receivers room. Some more additions are expected.
Kentucky transfer commits
PlayerPositionHigh SchoolFormer SchoolYearOlaus AlinenG/T (6-6, 322)Windson (Conn.) The Loomis Chaffee SchoolAlabamaRedshirt JuniorJesse AndersonS (6-0, 180)Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) Cardinal GibbonsPittsburghRedshirt JuniorMax AndersoniOL (6-5, 311)Frisco (Texas) HighTennesseeRedshirt SophomoreElijah “Bo” BarnesLB (6-1, 244)Dallas (Texas) SkylineTexasRedshirt FreshmanJovantae BarnesRB (6-0, 211)Las Vegas (Nev.) Desert PinesOklahomaRedshirt SeniorAhmad BreauxiDL (6-3, 278)Ruston (La.) HighLSUJuniorJordan CastellS (6-2, 213)Winter Garden (Fla.) West OrangeFloridaSeniorXavier DaisyWR (6-3, 210)Norcross (Ga.) Greater Atlanta Christian SchoolUABJuniorJa’Kayden FergusonWR (6-2, 187)Missouri City (Texas) Thurgood MarshallArkansasSophomoreAaron GatesNickel (6-0, 198)Jacksonville (Fla.) Trinity ChristianFloridaRedshirt JuniorJamarrion HarklessiDL (6-3, 315)Lexington (Ky.) Frederick DouglassPurdueRedshirt JuniorLance HeardT (6-6, 330)Monroe (La.) NevilleLSU | TennesseeSeniorMark Manfred IIICB (6-1, 175)Marietta (Ga.) SprayberryMissouriRedshirt FreshmanKenny MincheyQB (6-2, 208)Hendersonville (Tenn.) Pope John Paul IINotre DameRedshirt JuniorAntonio O’BerryEDGE (6-6, 240)Huber Heights (Ohio) WayneTiffin (D-II) | Gardner-Webb6th-Year SeniorColeton PriceiOL (6-3, 318)Bowie (Texas) HighBaylorRedshirt SeniorSpencer RadnotiLS (6-3, 230)Canton (Ga.) CherokeeGeorgia StateRedshirt SophomoreCyrus ReyesS (6-1, 200)Taylor (Texas) HighMississippi StateJuniorHasaan SykesCB (6-0, 185)Tuckert (Ga.) HighWestern CarolinaJuniorTavion WallaceLB (6-1, 239)Baxley (Ga.) Appling CountyArkansasSophomoreDominic WisemaniDL (6-2, 300)Davenport (Iowa) HighSouth AlabamaRedshirt SeniorAdam ZouaguiK (5-11, 188)Herndon (Va.) HighDavidson | South FloridaSenior