He’s yet to complete a pass at Kentucky, but Georgia transfer Brock Vandagriff has already lived up to part of his hype.

“Yes, he definitely can catch some fish, that’s for sure. That was a big part of the recruiting pitch,” Kentucky coach Mark Stoops joked at Southeastern Conference Media Days last week in Dallas.

Vandagriff is an avid fisherman but Kentucky is hoping the quarterback will also “hook” some big wins for the Cats this season.

Stoops said while SEC backup quarterbacks normally don’t get a lot of playing time, Vandagriff did at Georgia because the Bulldogs often were up big in some games.

“Brock was in there. You just saw the way he operated. For us that’s a big deal. We’ve always been a pro-style offense, so you know he was coached well there. You know it was complex. You know he was doing the right things, and he could come in and handle our situation,” Stoops said.

Vandagriff committed to Kentucky thinking he would be playing for offensive coordinator Liam Coen, who then left for the NFL. However, Stoops is confident he will be just fine playing under new offensive coordinator Bush Hamdan.

“He obviously has the talent. He just needs to get under center and get some reps,” Stoops said.

That’s one reason offensive linemen Marques Cox and Eli Cox have worked with Vandagriff to organize voluntary offseason workouts.

Marques Cox said Vandagriff is “winning it over” when asked about the quarterback’s presence in the locker room already.

“The best thing he is doing is being himself. He is not trying to be somebody he’s not. He’s a country boy. We love him to death,” the offensive tackle said. “He loves to hunt, fish, do anything outside. So just letting him be himself and just adapting around him throughout the