Mark Stoops Prepared to Build Around Cutter Boley [Video]

The first career start for Cutter Boley did not go according to plan. Despite a disappointing performance, Mark Stoops believes the Kentucky football program can build around the homegrown talent.

“I have a lot of confidence in Cutter. I mean, we got to make sure we build a very good team around him. We got to make sure we have strong competition,” Stoops said in his postgame press conference.

“Gavin (Wimsatt) really stepped in there today and looked very impressive at times, so I feel good about that.”

Boley did not look like the player who slung the ball around for 160 yards in the second half at Texas. He played like you might expect a true freshman to play in a rivalry game. His first four passes were incomplete. His sixth was an interception. He threw one more pick in the end zone just before halftime. Boley’s day was ended prematurely by what appeared to be a head injury following a …