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By LARRY VAUGHT:
Coach Mark Stoops discussed the Kentucky wide receivers recently.
On how UK's wide receivers have been blocking the last few games:
”I think something we talk about all the time is being selfless, and that's not always the easiest trait to get accomplished within a football team because you have some very competitive guys and guys that want to make plays for their team. And we have some very talented wide receivers and they've been called upon to do quite a bit of blocking. We've made our fair share of big catches and big plays in the past games, but it takes that selfless attitude and that team first mentality to go downfield and be aggressive in our blocking and finishing off blocks. We've been very good and very selfless with that and with our approach to blocking and springing big plays, and you wouldn't get as many big runs if those guys weren't down there doing that. There's also room for improvement there. We show guys on film all the time that there's never an opportunity to take one play off and there's certainly a few things we'll get corrected. But I’ve been very pleased and proud of the way those guys have been aggressive downhill blocking and springing some big runs.”
On if that blocking is a credit to Lamar Thomas or a specific receiver or two for setting the tone:
“I think it’s always a group effort, it’s a team effort in the approach and the attitude of our teaching. I think Lamar has done a good job of getting a lot of guys, and I think Coach Gran has and Coach Hinshaw and, again, just the whole team trying to be very selfless and play for each other.”
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