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May 4, 2011 9:50 AM
Derrick Locke finally heard his name called in a pro football draft.
Every team passed over the University of Kentucky running back in NFL draft, but the Omaha Nighthawks selected Locke in the ninth round of the United Football League draft.
"Derrick is an extremely explosive player at...
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April 28, 2011 3:13 PM
For more than three months, former Wildcat stars Randall Cobb and Derrick Locke have turned draft preparation into an art form.
Since Kentucky's trip to the BBVA Compass Bowl, the two have been evaluated by every team in the NFL. They've been poked and prodded at the NFL Combine...
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March 10, 2011 6:37 PM
When the Rich Brooks era started at Kentucky, Pro Day was little more than a player or two running through a few quick drills for a handful (at most) of NFL scouts.
But with the Cats now regularly producing professional-caliber talent, the annual audition for departing Wildcat football players...
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February 27, 2011 7:27 PM
An official time of 4.46 seconds in the 40-yard dash was the highlight of an attention grabbing day for Randall Cobb at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis.
Cobb's stock in the draft was already considered to be on the rise heading in to the Combine, the annual workout for...
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February 10, 2011 1:29 PM
Rich Brooks used to get upset when his players would leave Lexington to go train to get ready for the NFL.
Derrick Locke appreciates what UK strength coach Ray "Rock" Oliver did for him, but he felt that the world class training at IMG would help him get ready...
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January 29, 2011 9:02 PM
Derrick Locke tried to show scouts a thing or two at the Senior Bowl in Birmingham and he did just that.
After a week of practices were he was getting a lot of attention for his play, he did some backing up. Locke rushed for 37 yards on 11...
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January 27, 2011 9:16 PM
Clifton Brown of the Sporting News is keeping track of those draft prospects preparing this week for the Senior Bowl in Alabama. Derrick Locke is one of those guys, and it looks like his stock might be rising.
Here's what the Sporting News had to say about the former...
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January 25, 2011 12:50 PM
Kentucky tailback Derrick Locke will be officially presented with the inaugural Howard Schnellenberger Award, signifying the Most Valuable Player of the Kentucky-Louisville game, Tuesday at the Louisville Sports Commission banquet at the Galt House West in Louisville.
Locke rushed for 104 yards and two touchdowns in UK's 23-16 win...
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November 24, 2010 5:52 PM
The Cats who are fourth in points scored in the SEC at 34.7 go to Rocky Top where Tennessee is 10th at 27.3 points per game.
But, in the last three games, Tennessee is scoring 42 points a game. Part of that is their schedule has gotten easier. Part...
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November 14, 2010 7:19 PM
Senior Day ended in happiness for the first time since 2006 for Kentucky after Saturday's 38-20 win over Vanderbilt. But that was only one of the many feelings Wildcat Seniors experienced during what most agreed was a very emotional day.
"Just standing there with my mom and dad and...
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November 13, 2010 3:58 PM
Kentucky became bowl eligible for the fifth year in a row and won on Senior Day for the first time since 2006, beating Vanderbilt 38-20 on Saturday at Commonwealth Stadium.
Kentucky's knack for starting slow continued and they trailed 13-10 at halftime. Thankfully for them, their habit of battling...
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November 10, 2010 1:12 PM
Derrick Locke, who enjoys talking to the media, has been quiet for weeks because he couldn't play and didn't know when he was going to get back on the field.
"I banged on it pretty good today just to see what I can do and what I need to...
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November 9, 2010 4:22 PM
Joker Phillips said he is "optimistic" that senior tailback Derrick Locke, who has missed the past four games with a shoulder injury, will return to play for the Wildcats against Southeastern Conference foe Vanderbilt at Commonwealth Stadium on Saturday.
Phillips said that Locke looked good and fresh with his...
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November 3, 2010 4:36 PM
Joker Phillips told reporters after practice Wednesday that running back Derrick Locke, who has missed the past three games because of injury, continues to make progress.
"He looked really good ," Phillips said. "He looked good in the drills that I saw him in. ... Now, he didn't get...
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November 2, 2010 7:16 PM
First-year University of Kentucky football head coach Joker Phillips was pleased with his team's energy level and effort during a cold day at the Nutter Training Facility practice fields Tuesday.
Phillips said although it was cold outside, he and the UK coaching staff will not allow this team to...
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November 2, 2010 1:24 PM
Running back Derrick Locke was limited in practice Tuesday and his status for the Charleston Southern game is still unknown, according to Joker Phillips.
Locke has missed the last three games after suffering a stinger in his shoulder in the second half of the Auburn game.
Gaining strength...
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November 1, 2010 7:41 AM
UK football coach Joker Phillips says running back Derrick Locke's status for next week's game against Charleston Southern remains uncertain.
Medical staff will evaluate the Wildcat senior as the week progresses.
"We expected to have him last week. We'll see on Tuesday how much strength and how much...
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October 27, 2010 12:40 PM
Injured UK running back Derrick Locke, who on Tuesday appeared ready to return to UK's lineup Saturday against Mississippi State, did not practice with the Cats on Wednesday, and his return for the game is now looking doubtful.
Locke has missed two games after injuring his shoulder during UK's...
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October 25, 2010 12:45 PM
Injured UK running back Derrick Locke may be ready to return to UK's lineup to play Saturday against Mississippi State.
Locke has missed two games after injuring his shoulder during UK's 37-34 loss to Auburn on October 9. He still leads UK running backs with 574 yards and seven...
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October 21, 2010 2:55 PM
Kentucky running back Derrick Locke will miss Saturday's game against Georgia with a shoulder injury. Coach Joker Phillips said Thursday Locke is still dealing with pain from a pair of shoulder stingers sustained earlier in the season. Phillips is optimistic Locke will be available when the Wildcats (4-3, 1-3 SEC)...
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October 21, 2010 6:48 AM
University of Kentucky football coach Joker Phillips says running back Derrick Locke will not likely play Saturday against Georgia.
The senior suffered shoulder stingers in UK's loss to Auburn two weeks ago. Before going down with the injury, Locke was the leading Wildcat rusher and fourth in the SEC,...
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October 20, 2010 6:11 PM
South Carolina Comeback the Biggest in School History: Kentucky's rally from an 18-point halftime deficit to defeat South Carolina on Saturday is the biggest comeback in school history, according to box scores available since 1946.
UK trailed USC 28-10 at halftime, but got three second-half touchdown passes from Mike...
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October 10, 2010 6:35 PM
(AP) - University of Kentucky running back Derrick Locke is questionable for Saturday's game against 10th-ranked South Carolina with stingers in both shoulders. Wildcats coach Joker Phillips said Sunday during a weekly media teleconference that Locke would "probably not" play against the Gamecocks if his condition doesn't improve by Saturday....
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September 30, 2010 1:44 PM
Joker Phillips isn't happy. That goes with the territory when you make the big bucks, you are getting ready to go on the road to play an Ole Miss team that can run the ball, which UK is having a big problem stopping, and you don't like how your players...
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September 29, 2010 9:09 PM
Randall Cobb and Derrick Locke can't do it all by themselves, and they don't want to.
It might seem like it at times. Cobb and Locke have had a hand in 11 of the 14 touchdowns Kentucky has scored this season.
Still, this week fullback Moncell Allen pulled...
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September 19, 2010 10:07 PM
Derrick Locke had the best night of his college career and ran in to the Kentucky record books during the Wildcats 47-10 win over Akron.
The senior tailback racked up a career-high 166 yards on the ground and became the seventh Kentucky rusher to amass 2,000 career rushing yards....
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September 18, 2010 11:38 PM
FINAL SCORE: Kentucky 47, Akron 10
Team Records and Series Notes
Kentucky is 3-0. Akron is 0-3. This was the first football game between UK and Akron. UK now has an all-time record of 25-7-1 against teams from the current alignment of the Mid-American Conference. Kentucky opens Southeastern...
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September 11, 2010 11:21 PM
(AP) - Randall Cobb did it all, accounting for three touchdowns to lead Kentucky to a 63-28 victory over Western Kentucky on Saturday night. The junior wide receiver caught a score, threw for another and returned a punt 50 yards to the end zone as the Wildcats (2-0) outclassed the...
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September 9, 2010 9:36 PM
(AP) - Kentucky linebacker Danny Trevathan saw running back Derrick Locke dart through the hole during one practice this summer and waited for the shifty 5-foot-9 speedster to sprint for the sidelines. Wrong. Heading out of harm's way is so last year. Instead of darting for safety, Locke dipped his...
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September 5, 2010 8:16 PM
Tailback Derrick Locke, linebacker Danny Trevathan and wide receiver Matt Roark have been named UK's Offensive, Defensive and Special Forces Players of the Week for their performances at Louisville, Coach Joker Phillips has announced.
Locke rushed 23 times for 104 yards and two touchdowns and also caught three passes...
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August 28, 2010 5:28 PM
Mental lapses left Joker Phillips feeling embarrassed after Kentucky's final scrimmage before their Governor's Cup matchup with Louisville.
"The good thing is, we got seven days. The bad thing is we got seven days," Phillips said of the Sept 4 matchup with the Cardinals.
Saturday morning's scrimmage was...
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August 27, 2010 9:56 PM
It's August. You expect plenty of hype about how good any season is going to be.
True Blue fans have seen hype even in some forgettable seasons. For Derrick Locke, he believes some of the early teams he played on had talent, but they were missing something special.
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August 25, 2010 6:42 PM
Joker Phillips entertained a record-breaking crowd of alumni and fans at the Jefferson County UK Alumni Luncheon in Louisville on Wednesday.
"We want to have a huge presence here in the city of Louisville," Phillips said. "For us to have a chance to come here and do a luncheon...
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August 17, 2010 1:33 PM
University of Kentucky football junior wide receiver/quarterback/punt returner/kickoff returner/holder Randall Cobb and senior tailback/kickoff returner Derrick Locke have been named to the inaugural Paul Hornung Award Watch List given to college football's most versatile player. Created by the Louisville Sports Commission, the Paul Hornung Award is designed to recognize versatile,...
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August 5, 2010 5:50 PM
The Kentucky football players gathered Thursday to turn over their car keys, receive their pads and settle in for fall camp.
When they're not on the practice field, the players will spend the next three weeks holed up together in the dorms.
The first practice of the season...
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July 26, 2010 10:05 AM
Agents and paying players under the table while they are still playing college football, isn't new. For decades, it's been a topic where for the most part, it has not been policed very well.
It seems ironic that a major college tries very hard to "police" the media and...
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July 21, 2010 8:36 PM
If you ask Kentucky players or coaches about the quarterback battle, they'll pretty much give you the same answer. It's the coaches decision. The best guy will win. But running back Derrick Locke definitely has an opinion and it's the first one we've heard. At SEC media days down in...
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July 20, 2010 12:08 PM
Three University of Kentucky football players, including junior wide receiver/quarterback Randall Cobb, senior tailback Derrick Locke and senior defensive end DeQuin Evans, have been named to the Preseason All-Southeastern Conference Team selected by the league coaches, the conference office announced Tuesday. Cobb, who made the team as an all-purpose player,...
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July 7, 2010 12:43 PM
It's prediction time. This is from Matt Hayes of The Sporting News. He is not only guessing that in Joker Phillips first year UK won't go to a bowl game for the first time in five years, but they won't even win half of their games.
Conditioning isn't everything....
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December 18, 2009 3:01 PM
Punt returner Randall Cobb and kickoff returner Derrick Locke were named honorable-mention All-America by CollegeFootballNews.com
Locke leads the Southeastern Conference with 29.6 yards per kickoff return and ranks eighth nationally. He had a 100-yard touchdown runback vs. Louisville and set a single-game school record with 191 kickoff return yards...
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November 25, 2009 10:39 AM
If you've been around UK football long enough, it wasn't that long ago where the Cats would run out of steam in the 4th quarter.
That used to happen for two reasons.
One was not enough depth so the Cats would run out of steam.
The second...
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November 22, 2009 8:10 PM
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Tailback Derrick Locke was named honorable-mention National Running Back of the Week and kickoff man Craig McIntosh was chosen as honorable-mention National Kickoff Specialist of the Week by the College Football Performance Awards for their efforts in Kentucky's 34-27 win at Georgia.
The College Football Performance...
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November 21, 2009 11:48 PM
Somehow, someway Kentucky did it. The Cats rallied from a 20-6 halftime deficit to beat Georgia 34-27 Saturday night.
The Dawgs outgained the Cats by over 200 yards in the first half as the Cats struggled to move the ball and stop the Georgia passing game.
But starting...
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November 14, 2009 3:31 PM
Randall Cobb ran for two touchdowns, Derrick Locke rushed for a career-high 144 yards and a touchdown, and Kentucky beat Vanderbilt 24-13 Saturday to become bowl eligible for a school record fourth straight year. Kentucky (6-4, 2-4 Southeastern Conference) has won seven of the past nine in this series and...
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November 14, 2009 1:53 PM
By looking at the stands, you'd think this was a home game for Kentucky. There is blue everywhere down at Vanderbilt.
And it was the blue that got into the endzone first. Morgan Newton started his fifth consecutive game for Kentucky, and on the Cats' second drive, he lined...
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November 12, 2009 12:22 PM
Don't try explaining to Randall Cobb that one finger isn't a big deal.
"People don't realize how much they use their thumb until they can't use it. I realized I can't hold my spoon whenever I was eating," Cobb said.
The realization came last week in the wake...
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November 11, 2009 8:21 AM
University of Kentucky head football coach Rich Brooks said Derrick Locke, Trevard Lindley and Randall Cobb will all practice with the team Wednesday morning. After dealing with one knee injury already this season, Locke hurt his surgically repaired knee against Mississippi State. He sat out the EKU game to get...
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November 8, 2009 7:05 PM
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky coach Rich Brooks hopes to have running back Derrick Locke and receiver Randall Cobb back for a crucial game at Vanderbilt on Saturday. Locke sat out with an injured knee and Cobb was out with a thumb injury during Kentucky's 37-12 win over Eastern Kentucky...
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November 5, 2009 10:57 AM
UK running back Derrick Locke, who tore scar tissue left from off-season knee surgery during Saturday's loss to Mississippi State, has been ruled out of this weekend's game against Eastern Kentucky.
Locke, a junior, leads the Cats with 630 rushing yards this year. He's also scored five touchdowns, including...
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