Kentucky is naming veteran transfer Zach Calzada the starting quarterback, a source told ESPN.
Calzada will make his debut for the Wildcats against Toledo on Aug. 30.
Per an ESPN source, Calzada’s experience helped him win out, as he has started 32 games in his college career and gone 23-9.
Calzada is a seventh-year senior who began his college career at Texas A&M in 2019 and was there through 2021. He spent the 2022 season at Auburn and then had productive years at Incarnate Word the past two seasons. That included finishing No. 2 in the FCS in passing touchdowns last year (35) and finishing No. 5 in passing yards (3,744).