Kentucky Wildcats · WR RoomWR

#5 Ja'Kayden Ferguson

Class  SO/TRFrom  Arkansas (transfer)Ht / Wt  6'2" · 184 lbHometown  Houston, TX · Thurgood Marshall

Depth-chart placement

Current role

Placement

Backup

Room

Wide Receiver

Experience

2-SO

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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WR room context

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Ja'Kayden Ferguson holds the WR-Z · 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

Transfer history

2026Arkansas→Kentucky Wildcats

Background & career

Ja'Kayden Ferguson is a 6'2", 184-pound wide receiver from Houston, TX who attended Thurgood Marshall High School. Ferguson transferred to Kentucky as a sophomore from Arkansas, where he wears jersey number 5. He competes at the Z receiver position for the Wildcats.

Arkansasthrough 2025

Kentucky2026 — present

Previous schoolArkansasOriginHouston, TX · Thurgood MarshallAlso playsKR1