Kentucky Wildcats · WR RoomWR

#17 Hardley Gilmore IV

Class  JR/TRFrom  Nebraska (transfer)Ht / Wt  6'1" · 183 lbHometown  Belle Glade, FL · Pahokee

Depth-chart placement

Current role

Placement

Backup

Room

Wide Receiver

Experience

3-JR

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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WR room context

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Hardley Gilmore IV holds the WR-X · Backup spot in Kentucky Wildcats’s wide receiver room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

WR-X · StarterDJ MillerStarter

WR-Z · StarterNic AndersonStarter

WR-X · BackupHardley Gilmore IVBackup

WR-Z · BackupJa'Kayden FergusonBackup

Hardley Gilmore IV logged a 5.5% overall usage rate in 2025.

Transfer history

2026Nebraska→Kentucky Wildcats

Production

2025 season

Latest season · 2025

Receptions

313

Receiving yds

Receiving TD

11.2

Yards / rec

Carries

Kick returns

KR yards

Background & career

Hardley Gilmore IV is a 6'1", 183-pound wide receiver from Belle Glade, Florida, who attended Pahokee High School. A consensus four-star prospect rated among the top 45 wide receivers in the 2024 class, Gilmore reclassified from the 2025 class in June 2023. He committed to Kentucky over Penn State and UCF. As a 2024 freshman, he appeared in seven games and caught six passes for 153 yards with one touchdown, averaging 25.5 yards per catch. In 2025, Gilmore has recorded 28 receptions for 313 yards and one touchdown across 12 games, with a season-long reception of 45 yards.

Nebraskathrough 2024

Kentucky2025 — present

Previous schoolNebraskaRecruiting4-star · No. 317 nationalOriginBelle Glade, FL · Pahokee