During his weekly press conference Monday, Kentucky coach Mark Stoops said that while quarterback Terry Wilson was still the starter, the Wildcats would explore all of its options at quarterback and that backup Gunnar Hoak would see increased reps in practice this week.

"Terry is our starting quarterback. He’s going to start this week, but we certainly need to look at the other guys and see if they could get an opportunity to get in there and play and help us," Stoops said. "We'll have a plan and we'll work Gunnar pretty extensively this week and have him ready to play as well."

During his weekly call-in show Monday night, Stoops took it a step further, saying he anticipates playing multiple quarterbacks when Kentucky travels to Columbia for a crucial SEC East matchup against Missouri.

"You have to give the other guys an opportunity," Stoops told Tom Leach. "We're going to work them hard and we have the past couple weeks in practice and I anticipate playing several quarterbacks this week."

On the season, Wilson is 78 of 122 passing for 721 yards with four touchdowns to five interceptions through the air to go with 78 rushes for 395 yards and three scores in helping lead the Wildcats to a 6-1 and a No. 12/14 national ranking.

But over his last two games at Texas A&M and at home vs. Vanderbilt, Wilson has passed for a total of only 126 yards, including just 18 in Saturday's 14-7 win over the Commodores. He also turned the ball over twice as Kentucky now ranks 123rd nationally in passing offense.

His play of late has led some to call for Hoak, who has completed 8 of 14 passes for 127 yards and two touchdowns in action vs. Central Michigan and Murray State earlier this season.

But Stoops also mentioned redshirt freshman Danny Clark as a possibility, a former top-15 pro style quarterback and former Ohio State commit who scored a fourth quarter rushing touchdown vs. Murray State back on Sept. 15.

"You hope he gets off to a fast start and goes and rolls," Stoop said of Wilson. "And again, we have a lot of confidence in Terry, but we have a lot of confidence in Gunnar and Danny and would love the opportunity to see them play as well."

Stoops then seemed to strongly indicate we will likely see all three quarterbacks see snaps vs. the Tigers Saturday.

"I definitely think we will. We'll see how it goes," Stoops said. "Those guys know that. They're going to prepare to get reps, all three of them will. We'll see how the week goes and the game goes."

Led by senior quarterback Drew Lock, Missouri ranks third in the SEC in total yards per game, third in passing yards per game and third in points per game, scoring 65 in a win over Memphis Saturday.