Ben Holt – Noteworthy
Western Kentucky coaches thought before Christmas they were going to have Ben Holt back in 2019. So athletic director Todd Stewart says it caught the program off-guard when the linebacker announced that he’d transfer to Purdue after graduating in May. “I think the only tough thing for our end was just the timing of it,” Stewart told the Daily News on Saturday. “We had been given an indication right before Christmas that Ben was going to come back and play here.” Because coaches were under the impression Holt would return for his redshirt senior season in 2019, Stewart said he was kept on scholarship for the current spring semester.
Holt started spring classes, then told Hilltopper coaches in January of his plans to transfer. WKU confirmed reports last week that Holt will leave the program upon graduation to transfer to Purdue. “If he wasn’t going to come back and play football, then we would’ve been able to give that scholarship to somebody else that will be part of the 2019 team,” Stewart said. “Certainly, we were happy to hear that Ben was going to come back. “Then, literally the first week that school started, then we were told he was going to go to Purdue. Well, at that point, we had already allocated the scholarship because class had started. That part of it, the timing was a little disappointing.” – BG Daily News