Yesterday was certainly an exciting day for us, but if you go looking around, you can see some other names popping up for recruits who could commit to Kentucky soon. Let's go over a few.
5 star OT Jedrick Wills
This one is huge. (literally, big kid if you haven't seen him). This state rarely produces 5 star talent, but Wills earned that honor by dominating at all turns. It's terrific that we have a bunch of his friends that are all in to the Kentucky program, and it helps further that we got the ball rolling so well for the class of 2017, and it got rolling in a hurry. Have to think that caught his eye. Fwiw, yet another crystal ball prediction for Wills to UK came in yesterday. Apparently I'm not the only one that caught this vibe.
4 star WR JaVonte Richardson
If you look at his Twitter account, it's all Kentucky, all the time. Retweeting UK fans, retweeting the UK recruiting analysts, following UK players (Dorian Baker), and generally, just posting pro-UK tweets. He took note of our little recruiting invasion of Ohio yesterday, and I think this sets us up in good position with him. I also wouldn't be shocked if UK was the first D1 program to offer him, that's the norm at this point. I like it.
4 star WR/S Danny Davis
I just caught onto this one, actually. UK is trending for him. Kentucky was the first to offer him, Michigan State, Illinois, and Iowa State all followed suit. Right now, Ohio State owns 75% of the crystal ball predictions, but what crystal ball predictions don't they own for top level Ohio talent? I think Kentucky has a solid shot at this kid because of Marrow, the swagger the '17 class has already shown (much like the 2016 class, they're active on social media and are very engaged with one another, constantly trying to bring in other talented players). A lot to be positive about here.
4 star ILB Antwuan Johnson
There's some chatter to this one. Again, Kentucky was the first to offer, lil' bro followed suit. The kid has talked about watching Bud Dupree, and learning from him. He's interested in the UK program. I have no doubt that the other top recruits up in Ohio are in his ear. Have to feel at least somewhat confident here. Doesn't hurt that he goes to the same school that Thaddeus Snodgrass came from. As I said though, it's only chatter, just somebody to keep an eye on.
4 star RB Mohamed Ibrahim
Temple was the first to offer this kid. Iowa State was the second, and Kentucky was the third. He hasn't set up a visit to either of the other schools, and he'll be taking an unofficial to Kentucky this Friday. He's also been active on Twitter, commenting on the number of 4 star recruits that committed to UK yesterday. Seems like a kid that's genuinely interested.
SDE/OLB DeMarco Artis
No ranking here yet, Kentucky is his very first, and only offer. That doesn't worry me, because we're typically the 1st offer for many very good recruits. It was believed that he committed earlier today, but that was actually his friend that got on his phone, went to his Twitter account, and posted the commitment to UK. He's made that clear, but there's an obvious interest here, wouldn't be surprised if this kid pulled the trigger sometime soon.
If any of you all find more info on these guys, feel free to share it! The staff is on the ball with this class, I wanna see how far this thing goes!
5 star OT Jedrick Wills
This one is huge. (literally, big kid if you haven't seen him). This state rarely produces 5 star talent, but Wills earned that honor by dominating at all turns. It's terrific that we have a bunch of his friends that are all in to the Kentucky program, and it helps further that we got the ball rolling so well for the class of 2017, and it got rolling in a hurry. Have to think that caught his eye. Fwiw, yet another crystal ball prediction for Wills to UK came in yesterday. Apparently I'm not the only one that caught this vibe.
4 star WR JaVonte Richardson
If you look at his Twitter account, it's all Kentucky, all the time. Retweeting UK fans, retweeting the UK recruiting analysts, following UK players (Dorian Baker), and generally, just posting pro-UK tweets. He took note of our little recruiting invasion of Ohio yesterday, and I think this sets us up in good position with him. I also wouldn't be shocked if UK was the first D1 program to offer him, that's the norm at this point. I like it.
4 star WR/S Danny Davis
I just caught onto this one, actually. UK is trending for him. Kentucky was the first to offer him, Michigan State, Illinois, and Iowa State all followed suit. Right now, Ohio State owns 75% of the crystal ball predictions, but what crystal ball predictions don't they own for top level Ohio talent? I think Kentucky has a solid shot at this kid because of Marrow, the swagger the '17 class has already shown (much like the 2016 class, they're active on social media and are very engaged with one another, constantly trying to bring in other talented players). A lot to be positive about here.
4 star ILB Antwuan Johnson
There's some chatter to this one. Again, Kentucky was the first to offer, lil' bro followed suit. The kid has talked about watching Bud Dupree, and learning from him. He's interested in the UK program. I have no doubt that the other top recruits up in Ohio are in his ear. Have to feel at least somewhat confident here. Doesn't hurt that he goes to the same school that Thaddeus Snodgrass came from. As I said though, it's only chatter, just somebody to keep an eye on.
4 star RB Mohamed Ibrahim
Temple was the first to offer this kid. Iowa State was the second, and Kentucky was the third. He hasn't set up a visit to either of the other schools, and he'll be taking an unofficial to Kentucky this Friday. He's also been active on Twitter, commenting on the number of 4 star recruits that committed to UK yesterday. Seems like a kid that's genuinely interested.
SDE/OLB DeMarco Artis
No ranking here yet, Kentucky is his very first, and only offer. That doesn't worry me, because we're typically the 1st offer for many very good recruits. It was believed that he committed earlier today, but that was actually his friend that got on his phone, went to his Twitter account, and posted the commitment to UK. He's made that clear, but there's an obvious interest here, wouldn't be surprised if this kid pulled the trigger sometime soon.
If any of you all find more info on these guys, feel free to share it! The staff is on the ball with this class, I wanna see how far this thing goes!
