UK's Cutter Boley Named to SEC All-Freshman Squad

LEXINGTON -- Kentucky quarterback Cutter Boley was named to the Southeastern Conference All-Freshman Team presented by Allstate, it was announced Thursday. The team was voted on by the SEC’s head coaches.

Cutter Boley (Photo by Danny Vaughn)

Boley, 6-foot-5, 220-pound redshirt freshman from Hodgenville, Kentucky, completed 65.8 percent of his passes (198-of-301) in 11 games played, setting the UK freshman record for completion percentage in a season. He also set the school single-season freshman record for touchdown passes against SEC opponents with 12 and the UK freshman record for touchdown passes in a game with five vs. Tennessee.

He earned the SEC Freshman of the Week honor in three consecutive games, in UK’s wins against Auburn, Florida and Tennessee Tech, the first UK freshman to accomplish that feat.

In eight SEC games, he ranked third in pass completion percentage (66.52), behind UGA’s Gunner Stockton (71.1) and Vandy’s Diego Pavia (70.1); 6th in pass completions (155); 7th in passing TDs (12); 8^th in total offense TDs (13).

Overall, he threw for 2,160 yards, with a career-high 320 yards vs. No. 17 Tennessee that included a career-long 71-yard touchdown.