![]() Snell was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers as the 122 nd pick in the fourth round in 2019, while Bowden was the 80 th pick in the third round by the Las Vegas Raiders in the 2020 NFL Draft. He became the Wildcats’ all-time leading rusher in the Citrus Bowl, breaking the UK career rushing record of 3,835 yards held by Sonny Collins from 1972-75. Snell continued his onslaught on the UK record books, breaking or tying 14 school records during his career. He joined Herschel Walker as the only two players in SEC history to rush for at least 1,000 yards and 12 touchdowns in each of their first three seasons. Under Gran’s leadership, Snell ended his illustrious three-year career with a school-record 3,873 rushing yards and 48 TDs in 39 games. Williams, who averaged an impressive 6.8 yards per carry in 2016, signed with the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent. Snell earned Freshman All-America and was twice named SEC Freshman of the Week. becoming the first two players in school history to rush for 1,000 yards in the same season. In 2016, after an early season injury to quarterback Drew Barker forced UK to revamp its offense, Gran’s running backs combined for more than 3,000 rushing yards, with Stanley “Boom” Williams and Benny Snell Jr. This place is special and it’s where I want to work and finish out my career.” “I am excited to have the opportunity to return to this program and help any way I can. I love working with Coach Stoops and I want to be a positive role model in these young men’s lives,” Gran said. Bowden became just the 10th player in school history to reach 4,000 all-purpose yards in a career, finishing with 4,660 career all-purpose yards for No. Bowden won the Paul Hornung Award for the nation’s most versatile player and was a first-team All-American and All-SEC selection. The Cats set new single-season records in rushing yards (3,624), rushing TDs (36) and yards per rushing attempt (6.32). And despite losing his top three quarterbacks to injury in 2019, Gran did a remarkable job of revamping the offense with Lynn Bowden Jr., a receiver-turned-quarterback. ![]() In 2016-18, UK had more than 2,000 rushing yards and 2,000 passing yards, the first time in school history that was accomplished in three consecutive seasons. Gran served as the Wildcats’ assistant head coach of the offense, offensive coordinator and running backs coach from 2016-2020. He will be an asset to me and our program.” “Eddie has a wealth of experience in many different areas. “I’m grateful to have somebody with the experience of Eddie Gran rejoining our program in a different capacity,” Stoops said. ![]() University of Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops has announced that Eddie Gran, former UK assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and running backs coach, will return to the program as a special assistant to the head coach, an off-the-field role.
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