Education
McDonald"s All-American (2012)
Parade All-American (2012).
McDonald"s All-American (2012)
Parade All-American (2012).
He plays power forward, and was one of the top high school basketball players in the class of 2012. Despite being rated as a possible lottery pick for the 2013 National Basketball Association Draft, Poythress decided to return to Kentucky for his sophomore year. Poythress was rated as the number 17 player in the class of 2012 in the ESPNU 100, the number 10 player by Scout.com, and the number 8 player by Rivals.com.
Poythress chose Kentucky over offers from Florida, Tennessee, Memphis, and Vanderbilt, among others
On December 11, 2014, Poythress suffered a torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament during a team practice while on an uncontested breakaway layup, ending his season after 10 games. Poythress, who graduated from Kentucky in three years and has since been working on a master"s degree, became the first Kentucky player signed to a scholarship by current head coach John Calipari to play as a senior.
While several other seniors have played under Calipari, they were either signed by Calipari"s predecessor Billy Gillispie (such as Josh Harrellson and Darius Miller), transfers (such as Eloy Vargas), or arrived at Kentucky as walk-ons (such as Jarrod Polson). High school.