{"id":445034,"date":"2026-02-02T18:08:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T18:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/445034\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T18:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T18:08:07","slug":"on3-college-football-insider-pete-nakos-breaks-down-kentuckys-portal-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/445034\/","title":{"rendered":"On3 College Football Insider Pete Nakos Breaks Down Kentucky&#8217;s Portal Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kentucky\u2019s first transfer portal under head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/coach\/will-stein-177513\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Will Stein<\/a> is in the books. National experts are high on the job the former Oregon offensive coordinator has done in his short time in Lexington. <\/p>\n<p>On3 college football expert <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PeteNakos\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pete Nakos<\/a> talks with Jacob Polacheck of KSR+ on Here Comes the Boom to share his thoughts on Stein\u2019s transfer portal class. According to On3, Kentucky <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/transfer-portal\/team-rankings\/football\/2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">had the No. 38-ranked transfer portal class in the nation in 2026<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Nakos discusses his thoughts on how Kentucky was able to land Notre Dame quarterback <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/kenny-minchey-73343\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kenny Minchey<\/a> after he originally committed to Nebraska. He also discusses why Texas running back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/cj-baxter-19284\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CJ Baxter<\/a>\u2018s commitment to Kentucky was such a big deal. <\/p>\n<p>Take a look:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>More Kentucky News and Views on the KSR YouTube Channel<\/p>\n<p>Kentucky Sports Radio has expanded its coverage of the Wildcats in the most ridiculous manner possible on our YouTube Channel. Here you will be able to find interviews with coaches and players, as well as commentary from the KSR crew. From Rapid Reactions following big events to our lengthy lineup of live shows,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCxlgPWNLi8UInV0HHhfSQCg?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">subscribe to the KSR YouTube Channel<\/a>\u00a0to stay up to date on everything happening around the Big Blue Nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kentucky\u2019s first transfer portal under head coach Will Stein is in the books. National experts are high on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":445035,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,398,396,397,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-445034","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-ncaafootball","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445034","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=445034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}