WATCH: Kentucky honors late offensive line coach with late game tribute and 10-man roster in first game

In Game 1 of their 38-35 win over Vanderbilt, the Kentucky Wildcats took a game penalty delay and lined up in an honorary 10-man roster to pay tribute to their late offensive line coach John Schlarman , died Thursday from cholangiocarcinoma. , a rare form of bile duct cancer. Schlarman, a former Kentucky player who took over as the offensive line coach at Lexington in 2013, was 45.

In addition to waiting for the game clock to hit zero, the team also left an open space where a left guard would line up normally. Additionally, senior offensive lineman Landon Young wore No. 65 – he normally wears No. 67. Schlarman wore No. 65 when he played for the Wildcats in the 1990s where he won the honors of the SEC All-Freshman and All-SEC honors its final year. .

Vanderbilt made sure to deny the penalty after his appeal. Schlarman worked his last game this season Oct. 17 in a 34-7 victory over Tennessee.

Schlarman is not the only member of the Wildcats honored by the current players who took the field on Saturday. Running back Chris Rodriguez wears the number 22 in honor of linebacker Chris Oats, who suffered an injury that left him indefinitely sidelined from the football game.