Seven Kentucky football players have been named to the 2027 Senior Bowl Top 300 List.
The seven Wildcats that made the list are Nic Anderson, Ty Bryant, Tavion Gadson, Lance Heard, Mi’Quise Humphrey-Grace, Coleton Price and Willie Rodriguez.
Here are more details from UK Athletics:
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Seven University of Kentucky football players – Nic Anderson, Ty Bryant, Tavion Gadson, Lance Heard, Mi’Quise Humphrey-Grace, Coleton Price and Willie Rodriguez – have been selected to the 2027 Senior Bowl Top 300 List, it was announced Thursday. The game – scheduled for January 30, 2027 – features players considered college football’s top National Football League Draft prospects.
The Senior Bowl is widely regarded as the preeminent college football all-star game and the first stage in the NFL Draft process. The longest continual-running all-star game has taken place in Mobile, Alabama the past 75 years. More than 900 NFL personnel, including key decision-makers from all 32 teams, and over 1100 media members from around the country were credentialed last year. This past April, the game produced 91 total picks (out of 136 players in the game), resulting in around 67% of the roster being drafted.
Anderson is a 6-foot-4, 208-pound wide receiver from Katy, Texas. He has totaled 51 receptions for 826 yards and 10 touchdowns in his career. He began his career at Oklahoma, where he set an OU freshman record with 10 receiving touchdowns in 2023. Anderson averaged more than 16 yards per reception during his breakout season.
Bryant, a 6-foot, 196-pound defensive back, hails from Lexington, Kentucky. He is the Southeastern Conference’s returning leader in interceptions with four a season ago. Bryant also paced the Cats with 76 tackles as a junior. Bryant is a William V. Campbell Trophy nominee, and is a three-time SEC Academic Team member and was an Academic All-American First-Team recipient for the 2025 season.
Gadson is from Savannah, Georgia, and enters the 2026 season at 6-5 and 303 pounds at defensive tackle. He played 12 games for UK a season ago, after transferring following three seasons at Coastal Carolina. Gadson has seen action in 46 career games and made 17 starts. He has amassed 95 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss and 4.0 sacks. Against Vanderbilt last season, he logged five tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss.
Heard is a 6-6, 325-poind offensive lineman from Bonita, Louisiana. He’s played in 35 career games and made 24 starts. Heard has spent time at both LSU and Tennessee before transferring to UK this season. He has seen action on more than 1,700 career snaps and allowed just three sacks overall. Heard enters the 2026 season on the preseason watchlist for the Outland Trophy, given to the nation’s top interior lineman.
Humphrey-Grace stands at 6-4 and weighs 271 playing defensive line. He’s from Cincinnati and played all 12 games for the Cats a season ago after playing two seasons at South Dakota to begin his career. Humphrey-Grace has tallied 128 tackles, 33.5 tackles for loss, 18.5 sacks and 20 quarterback hurries in his career spanning 42 games. In 2024, he logged 19.0 tackles for a loss and 9.5 sacks. He enters the 2026 season needing just 1.5 sacks for 20 in a career.
Price is a 6-3, 308-pound offensive lineman from Bowie, Texas. He enters the 2026 season on the Rimington Trophy watchlist which honors the nation’s best center. Price has appeared in 32 career games and made 30 starts in a career that began at Baylor. A season ago, he logged 842 snaps, with 526 coming in pass-block scenarios. He allowed just one sack, six quarterback hurries and seven total pressures, while making 11 of 12 starts.
Rodriguez, a tight end from Taylor Mill, Kentucky, is 6-4 and 249 pounds. He’s Kentucky’s most experienced tight end, logging 28 career receptions for 404 yards and one score. Rodriguez has averaged 14.4 yards per reception for his career. He is on the 2026 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team and the Wuerffel Trophy Watch List.
More information on the game and the entire watch list can be found at SeniorBowl.com.
Kentucky opens its season Sept. 5 at 1 p.m. ET at Kroger Field vs. Youngstown State. The game will air on SEC Network+.
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