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- Pick/market: Kentucky hung with No.

- Pick/market: END OF FIRST QUARTER KENTUCKY - 7 K.

- Kentucky cornerback Grant Grayton was downgraded from questionable on Wednesday to out on Thursday for Texas A&M. The article provides no diagnosis or return timetable. His absence is a confirmed change from the first availability report, not merely a reduced-role projection. - Andre Clarke Jr., Lincoln Watkins and Jay Clark are also out for Kentucky against Texas A&M, while Jamarrion Harkless remains questionable. Clark and Clarke also missed Alabama. These are the report's availability designations; it does not provide return dates or replacement assignments. - Will Stein expects cornerback Terhyon Nichols to make his season debut against Texas A&M after taking every practice rep this week, and Nichols is absent from the availability report. That is not a guaranteed return: Nichols practiced before Alabama too, but the staff withheld him after a late game-time decision. - Kentucky's cornerback usage shifted when Hasaan Sykes returned against Alabama: Sykes led the snaps, Aaron Gates was second, Isaiah McMillian followed and Grayton was fourth. Grayton dropped from 47 snaps against Youngstown State to 21 against Alabama. Those prior-game roles help frame depth entering his absence, without confirming the next game's rotation.

- Injury: Kentucky football corner Grant Grayton has been ruled out for the Cats' SEC road opener at No.

- Kentucky lists tight end Lincoln Watkins and offensive lineman Jay Clark as out. Defensive backs Andre Clarke Jr. and Grant Grayton and defensive lineman Jamarion Harkless are questionable. These are the first pregame availability designations for Texas A&M and can change before kickoff; no specific replacement plan is supplied.

- Pick/market: As Kentucky football prepares to take on No.

- Pick/market: Kentucky football came up short 45-17 at home against No.

- Intel: TIMEOUT KENTUCKY Looked like the Cats were going for some up-tempo there, but ultimately decided against it.

- In the supplied first-quarter Kentucky-Texas A&M updates, Sam Greene stopped Rueben Owens II for no gain on fourth-and-inches at the UK 11 after a 14-play drive. Greene later intercepted Marcel Reed with 2:54 left in the quarter, ending another possession in Kentucky territory. - Kentucky opened its offense with Minchey's 19-yard completion to D.J. Miller, but the drive stalled and ended in a punt. An apparent UK fumble recovery on the opening kickoff had been overturned on review, so it was not a Kentucky takeaway. These are early-game events, not final totals.

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