{"id":389105,"date":"2026-01-05T12:39:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T12:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/389105\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T12:39:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T12:39:05","slug":"gardner-webb-edge-antonio-oberry-transfers-to-kentucky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/389105\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardner-Webb EDGE Antonio O&#8217;Berry Transfers to Kentucky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Big Blue Nation was anxiously waiting for the next addition from the transfer portal. I\u2019ve got some good news for you, Kentucky football fans. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PeteNakos\/status\/2007935781844005020\" rel=\"nofollow\">On3\u2019s Pete Nakos reports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/antonio-oberry-283196\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Antonio O\u2019Berry<\/a> has committed to Kentucky. The EDGE from Gardner-Webb chose the Wildcats over Ohio State, West Virginia, Miami, and Georgia Tech. He\u2019s expected to have one year of eligibility remaining. <\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Berry finished the 2025 season with 52 tackles, including 10.5 tackles for a loss and 4.5 sacks. He had seven pass breakups and two forced fumbles, earning All-OVC-Big South First Team honors.<\/p>\n<p>Originally from Dayton, he played high school football at Wayne, a popular recruiting pipeline for former UK assistant Vince Marrow. The 6-foot-6, 240-pound athlete started his college career at Division-II Tiffin, before spending the last two seasons creating havoc at Gardner-Webb. He had an astounding 39 QB pressures in the 2025 season. <\/p>\n<p>Kentucky now has two commitments in the first three days of the transfer portal period. Former Arkansas Razorback <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/tavion-wallace-158753\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tavion Wallace<\/a> broke the seal on Saturday afternoon.  <\/p>\n<p>The new Kentucky coaching staff is addressing a multitude of needs, but defensive linemen have been a top priority. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/coach\/jay-bateman-135500\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jay Bateman<\/a> is expected to run a 4-down front, slightly altering from the previous regime. They need traditional defensive ends to get after opposing quarterbacks, and O\u2019Berry fits that billing.  <\/p>\n<p>Want more Kentucky Transfer Portal Coverage? Join KSR+<\/p>\n<p>KSR has been delivering UK Sports news in the most ridiculous manner for almost two decades. Now, you can get even more coverage of the Cats with KSR+. In the middle of a busy transfer portal season for the Kentucky football program, now is the perfect time to join our online community. Subscribe now for premium articles, in-depth scouting reports, inside intel, bonus recruiting coverage, and access to KSBoard, our message board featuring thousands of Kentucky fans around the globe.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/sites\/kentucky-wildcats\/join\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Come join the club.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Big Blue Nation was anxiously waiting for the next addition from the transfer portal. I\u2019ve got some good&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[188879,399,398,396,397,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-389105","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-antonio-oberry-21-wayne","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-ncaa","11":"tag-ncaa-football","12":"tag-ncaafootball","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}