Jayden Quaintance gives injury update, admits he’s unlikely to play again this season
JQ admits it’s not looking good for a possible return.
Sometimes, the best updates on a player can come from the player himself. What a concept. That’s the case for Kentucky Basketball big man Jayden Quaintance, who has been sidelined with a knee injury since early January and offered an insight into his recovery situation on Thursday in St.
Louis. It’s the same knee he tore his ACL in in February of 2025, which kept him out until December 21st after transferring to Kentucky this past offseason. “Just focusing on rehab, trying to make sure everything’s going well, keeping things on the up and up with my knee.
Things have been going pretty well,” Quaintance said. “Trying to get rid of the swelling. I feel like we’ve been making progress.
“Haven’t been going as fast as I’d want to, obviously, but we’ve been making progress still. ” It’s been swelling in the knee that has kept him out of the lineup and rotation since two games into SEC play. He played in four games prior to that, including a memorable breakout performance against St.