Louisville football has a lot of eyes on them in the college football world, as Jeff Brohm and his Cardinals are looking for their fourth straight season of eight wins or more, and third straight season of nine wins or more.
UofL will open their season against Eastern Kentucky at home on August 30. Cardinals are currently ranked in many way-to-early rankings, but seem to be unanimously behind Clemson, Miami, and SMU in these rankings.
If Cardinals want to try and win their first ACC crown, they will have to defeat their tough schedule especially a brutal three game stretch. How can they defeat that schedule and hurdle those blue-blood ACC programs? They will have to play towards their strengths.
It is no secret the strength of Louisville football is their offense. Jeff Brohm and his Cardinals offense has the potential to be a top 20 offense in the nation, and one of the best in the ACC. Louisville football spring practice has officially started, and after watching just a few practices, here are three names from Louisville that will win awards in the 2025 season.
3 Louisville football players who will win awards
Louisville football star player from the transfer portal is quarterback, Miller Moss from USC.
Moss finished the season with 2,555 passing yards, 18 touchdowns, and nine interceptions, and has become one of the biggest names at quarterback.
The 6-foot-1, 205 pound quarterback had a QBR of 74.4, which was one of the best in college football last season, and has demonstrated his potential in multiple games in his career. Moss played Jeff Brohm and the Cardinals defense back in the Holiday Bowl a couple years ago. He would etch his name in the Holiday Bowl history books as he now holds the record for most thrown touchdowns with six, which is also the USC bowl record in a bowl game as well.
Jeff Brohm being able to pair Moss up with this already explosive offense is a recipe for success for the new Louisville quarterback. Moss has some competition however in the ACC, as Cade Klubnik is getting all preseason attention.
Clemson's star quarterback is expected to take a huge step and lead the Tigers as one of the best teams in college football. In 2024 Klubnik threw for 3,639 yards, 36 touchdowns, 6 interceptions, and added 463 yards rushing, with seven rushing touchdowns.
A safe bet would be for Miller Moss to get one of the three teams for All-ACC quarterback, but if Cardinals fans want to be in contention for ACC title, Miller Moss will have to be at least Second Team All-ACC.
Prediction: Second-Team All-ACC Quarterback- Miller Moss
Caullin Lacy will have maybe one of the best years in Cardinals wide receiver history. This year Lacy will take a big jump, overcome his injury from last year, and will have an even better year than his 2023 season with South Alabama.
Lacy was sidelined last season after just the first four games due to an injury, and the Cardinals missed him dearly. He finished his 2024 season playing five games, inclduing Louisville bowl win over Washington, and secured 15 catches for 179 yards, and one touchdown on the year.
The highly-recruited transfer out of South Alabama is expected to be the next big name receiver this year and step up and take Ja'Corey Brooks place after Brooks declared for the NFL. In 2023 Lacy secured 91 catches for 1,316 yards and seven touchdowns. His 1,316 receiving yards ranked seventh in the country, and his 91 receptions ranked eighth in the nation.
Now imagine pairing that wide receiver with a 4-star quarterback in Miller Moss, who has an exeptional deep ball. This duo is going to star struck the ACC, and Lacy will be poised to have one of the best seasons in the ACC in the wide receiver position.
Last season Brooks was First Team All-ACC, with 61 catches for 1,013 yards and nine touchdowns. Someone will have to step up, and that someone is Caullin Lacy. The 5-foot-10, 190-pound wide receiver has the full potential to take over games with his ability to utilize his speed and ball tracking skills he will have a career-defining year.
Prediction: Second-Team All-ACC Wide Receiver- Caullin Lacy
The player that will take Louisville football to the promise land, Isaac Brown.
While this shouldn't be a surprise, as he secured plenty of awards last season, Cardinals fans are expecting him to even take a further step forward and now be on the First Team All-ACC, and possibly Heisman contention.
Yes, that sounds crazy, but last season he was Second-Team All-ACC, ACC Offensive Rookie of the Year, and the ACC Rookie of the year, and broke Lamar Jackson's true freshman rushing yards record at Louisville, and secured five games of 100-yards rushing or more which tied Lamar Jackson's record as well.
So, is it really out of reach? The Freshman All-American by PFF and 247Sports, rushed for 1,173 yards, 11 touchdowns on 7.1 yards per carry. He led the ACC in yards per carry, and was No. 24 in the nation in rushing yards, and third in the ACC.
The 5-foot-9, 190-pound running back out of Homestead, Fla. is on many outlets Second-Team way-to-early All-American teams, as he has one of the highest ceilings in the nation for next season. Brown is the center of attention for Louisville football, and Moss and Lacy can connect and build one of the best duos in ACC, that will free up Brown's run game and nearly make him unstoppable.