Boom or bust? Grading Kentucky’s 2024 transfer portal additions a year later

Kentucky boasted about adding some high level transfer additions last year, how did they each pan out?

Oct 19, 2024; Gainesville, Florida, USA; Kentucky Wildcats running back Chip Trayanum (4) rushes with the ball while being tackled by Florida Gators defensive end Jack Pyburn (44) during the second half at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Pendleton-Imagn Images
Oct 19, 2024; Gainesville, Florida, USA; Kentucky Wildcats running back Chip Trayanum (4) rushes with the ball while being tackled by Florida Gators defensive end Jack Pyburn (44) during the second half at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Pendleton-Imagn Images | Matt Pendleton-Imagn Images
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Chip Trayanum - Running Back

Trayanum may have been the most exciting portal addition of all of them. He was electric at Ohio State, and somehow Kentucky was able to land him in the portal. Yet, Big Blue Nation spent the whole year wondering if he would ever play. He was on the injured report weekly and only carried the ball 19 times for the Wildcats.

Transfer grade: Bust

Fred Farrier II - Wide Receiver

A Kentucky kid who started his college career at UAB and was able to use the portal to come home. He has never shown more than glimpses at the college level, even at UAB. For the Wildcats, he only had 13 catches for 126 yards. There's something there, but we didn't see it in 2024.

Transfer grade: Bust