Kentucky Lands USF Kicker Adam Zouagui

Kentucky has landed a new kicker. USF kicker Adam Zouagui has committed to Kentucky, he tells KSR.

“It just felt right,” Zouagui told KSR. “I connected with the staff, loved the culture, and this is a place that expects to win.”

Zouagui spent the 2025 season with USF after transferring from Davidson College. He finished the 2023 season as an honorable mention All-PFL selection, tying the school record with 46 consecutive made PATS, finishing 54-for-55 on PATs. He went 7-for-9 on field goal attempts. During the 2024 season, he went 4-for-16 FG and made 42-of-44 PATs.

Kentucky is already set to return one of its kickers. Jacob Kauwe told KSR earlier this week that he was planning to return for the 2026 season.

Kentucky Football Transfer Portal Class

Adam Zougui is the 17th addition to Will Stein’s transfer portal class.

Player	Position	High School	Former School	Year
Olaus Alinen	G/T (6-6, 322)	Windson (Conn.) The Loomis Chaffee School	Alabama	Redshirt Junior
Jesse Anderson	DB	Ft. Lauderdale (Fl.) Cardinal Gibbons	Pitt	Redshirt Junior
Max Anderson	iOL (6-5, 311)	Frisco (Texas) High	Tennessee	Redshirt Sophomore
Jovantae Barnes	RB (6-0, 211)	Las Vegas (Nev.) Desert Pines	Oklahoma	Redshirt Senior
Ahmad Breaux	iDL (6-3, 278)	Ruston (La.) High	LSU	Junior
Jordan Castell	S (6-2, 213)	Winter Garden (Fla.) West Orange	Florida	Senior
Xavier Daisy	WR (6-3, 210)	Norcross (Ga.) Greater Atlanta Christian School	UAB	Junior
Aaron Gates	Nickel (6-0, 198)	Jacksonville (Fla.) Trinity Christian	Florida	Redshirt Junior
Lance Heard	LT (6-6, 330)	Bonita (La.) Neville	LSU | Tennessee	Redshirt Senior
Jamarrion Harkless	iDL (6-3, 315)	Lexington (Ky.) Frederick Douglass	Purdue	Redshirt Junior
Kenny Minchey	QB (6-2, 208)	Hendersonville (Tenn.) Pope John Paul II	Notre Dame	Redshirt Junior
Antonio O’Berry	EDGE (6-6, 240)	Huber Heights (Ohio) Wayne	Tiffin (D-II) | Gardner-Webb	6th-Year Senior
Coleton Price	iOL (6-3, 318)	Bowie (Texas) High	Baylor	Redshirt Senior
Hasaan Sykes	CB (6-0, 185)	Tuckert (Ga.) High	Western Carolina	Junior
Tavion Wallace	LB (6-1, 239)	Baxley (Ga.) Appling County	Arkansas	Sophomore
Dominic Wiseman	DL (6-2, 300)	Davenport North (Iowa) HS	South Alabama	Redshirt Senior
Adam Zouagui	K (5-11, 175)	Herndon (Va.)	USF	Senior

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