{"id":657597,"date":"2026-01-06T04:26:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T04:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/657597\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T04:26:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T04:26:21","slug":"kentucky-set-to-host-auburn-ot-xavier-chaplin-for-a-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/657597\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky Set to Host Auburn OT Xavier Chaplin for a Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Auburn offensive tackle Xavier Chaplin<\/a> has been on Kentucky\u2019s radar since the portal opened, but things have been held up. Sources tell KSR that Chaplin finally entered the portal on Monday. Now, Kentucky is moving quickly. <\/p>\n

Sources tell KSR+ that Kentucky is expected to meet with people close to Chaplin on Monday night. Chaplin is expected on campus on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The left tackle began his career at Virginia Tech. In his first season as a starter, he earned Third Team All-American honors from College Football News. The following year, he was an All-ACC Honorable Mention\u00a0selection<\/a>. He transferred to Auburn for the 2025 season and started all 13 games at left tackle. He has one year of eligibility remaining.<\/p>\n

Jan. 2
\u2013Sam Leavitt<\/a>, Quarterback, Arizona State, 6-2, 195
\u2013Tavion Wallace<\/a>, Linebacker, Arkansas, 6-1, 240
\u2013Delvin Morris<\/a>, Interior Offensive Lineman, Akron, 6-4, 290
\u2013Cason Henry<\/a>, Offensive Tackle, South Carolina, 6-6, 300
\u2013Coleton Price<\/a>, Interior Offensive Lineman, Baylor, 6-3, 280
\u2013CJ Baxter<\/a>, Running Back, Texas, 6-1, 216
\u2013DeAndre Moore Jr.<\/a>, Wide Receiver, Texas, 5-11, 188
\u2013Robert Woodyard<\/a>, Linebacker, Auburn, 6-1, 210
\u2013Hunter Osborne<\/a>, Defensive Lineman, Virginia, 6-4, 255
\u2013Grayson Curtis<\/a>, Long Snapper, New Mexico State, 6-1, 230
CJ Baxter<\/a>, Running Back, Texas
Sam Leavitt<\/a>, Quarterback, Arizona State, 6-2, 195
DeAndre Moore, Wide Receiver, Texas<\/p>\n

Jan. 3
\u2013Hasaan Sykes<\/a>, Cornerback, Western Carolina, 6-0, 185
\u2013Ahmad Breaux<\/a>, Defensive Lineman, LSU, 6-3, 280
\u2013Antonio O\u2019Berry<\/a>, EDGE, Gardner-Webb, 6-6, 240
Tyree Adams<\/a>, Offensive Tackle, LSU, 6-7, 310<\/p>\n

Jan. 4-5 Visitors
Anthony Hawkins<\/a>, Safety, Villanova, 6-3, 170
Markus Strong<\/a>, Defensive Lineman, Oklahoma, 6-5, 270
Jovantae Barnes<\/a>, Running Back, Oklahoma, 5-11.5, 185
Olaus Alinen<\/a>, Offensive Lineman, Alabama, 6-6, 322
Landen Clark<\/a>, Quarterback, Elon, 6-0, 186<\/p>\n

Jan 5
Xavier Chaplin<\/a>, Offensive Tackle, Auburn, 6-6, 312<\/p>\n

Jan 6
Jeremiah Coney<\/a>, Running Back, Virginia Tech, 6-1, 190<\/p>\n

Jan. 7 Visitors
Kourtney Kelly<\/a>, Defensive Lineman, West Georgia, 6-3, 280
Tae Woody<\/a>, Defensive Lineman, ULM, 6-3, 290<\/p>\n

Jan. 9
Kamauryn Morgan<\/a>, Outside Linebacker, Baylor, 6-5, 250<\/p>\n

Date TBD<\/p>\n

Ian Geffrard<\/a>, Defensive Tackle, Arkansas
Hunter Osborne<\/a>, Defensive Lineman, Virginia, 6-4, 301
Michai Boreau<\/a>, Defensive Lineman, Florida, 6-5, 350
Quentin Taylor<\/a>, Cornerback, Iowa State, 6-0, 205 (TBD)
Malcolm Simmons<\/a>, Wide Receiver, Auburn, 6-0, 170
James Jones<\/a>, Running Back, Delaware State, 6-2, 205
Jordan Norman<\/a>, EDGE, Tulane, 6-4, 241<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Auburn offensive tackle Xavier Chaplin has been on Kentucky\u2019s radar since the portal opened, but things have been…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":657598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[7,26738],"class_list":{"0":"post-657597","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-xavier-chaplin-22-whale-branch"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115846263726785680","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}