Kentucky switching to 3-4 defense under Minter

Kentucky defensive coordinator Rick Minter plans to switch the Wildcats to a 3-4 defense with one player swinging between linebacker and defensive end. Minter said that such a scheme would allow Kentucky’s defense to be more versatile and flexible. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that the new defense will start going into place during spring practice. Minter acknowledged that Kentucky’s personnel isn’t perfectly suited for the scheme right now, but the staff has already started recruiting to fit the system for its 2012 class. Minter, who arrived in Lexington in December, didn’t say who would fill the hybrid spot in 2011.

Minter had just a month to prepare for the BBVA Compass Bowl in which the Wildcats were defeated by Pittsburgh.