I would say you are much too smart to think UK could field a team of KY kids, but I would be lying. Who doesnt wish KY had 50 4 star in state kids but they don't so what is your point?
The point is that while we will never have a great pool of football prospect in state, we sure need to do better than 3 out of 50.
I would say you are much too smart to think I think UK could or should field a team of Kentucky players but I would be lying.
Let's get the recruiting thread back to the current century.
Checked the publicly available information this morning. There isn't much. He doesn't have an offer sheet, isn't a ranked instate prospect, and doesn't have a page on Rivals, On3, or 247. No discussion of where this 4.4 report came from. In this era of athletics and media coverage, if college coaches aren't recruiting you, that says a lot. I have no respect for the reliability or objectivity of Sea of Blue, a yellow journalism website to put it kindly. So, all we really have is a tweet from Crowder saying he plans to play at UK. A noble ambition, for sure, but it doesn't tell us anything. That about sums it up. Could be a PWO though.
Rowland confirmed he is PWO. Nothing else really out there
Actually that is why Bryant left. It was the Kentucky legislature that did that, not UK. Bryant had been getting his best players from Pennsylvania. He said you can’t make a chicken salad without any chickens.
KSR has an article up confirming it, too. And, for those questioning the 40 time, it was a 4.42 that was clocked at UK’s camp, FWIW. I watched his film & there is potential there, IMO. He looks fast on film & runs with long strides. Hands look solid, but, that’s based on a very limited sample size. But, he is raw & will need time to develop.
Correct on all points. Collier's record got steadily worse as the Bears talent left, but he was a good coach, won an NFL championship at Cleveland after he left UK.
This is the 2024 UK recruiting thread. Not the 1960 UK football thread. Try to keep up.
You are our best source of recruiting info by far, but I think answering a post should be allowed. Please put me on ignore, might help your blood pressure.
This has nothing to do with my blood pressure. It is about you. First of all, I am not the best source of recruiting information. I am just one of many, and most of the guys on this thread are doing their best to discuss our recruiting class because it is a topic of current interest. You are not one of those sources. So if you want to read the recruiting thread, great. If you want to comment on 2024 recruiting, then please participate. There are many other threads on the board, discussing many other football subjects. So if you really want to talk about Blanton Collier, he has nothing whatsoever to do with our 2024 class. Try to respect the rest of us at least this much. You may not realize this, but many if not most of your posts are obtuse distractions from thread topics if not outright hijackings. This is your established pattern of behavior. It would be appreciated if you can start your own threads rather than hijacking others. Seriously.
Nothing much out there. Glover is visiting UM and OSU.
Steven Soles, a LB out of Tenn, a 24, was here today on an unofficial, or so says KSR
Soles took a UV here this week. He was supposed to OV here last month but cancelled. ILB body type. Reportedly at least 5 SEC offers although, interestingly, instate TN and Vandy have not offered him. Conventional wisdom is that he likes SCar and VA Tech, although he has not OVed them yet. Hypothetically, Soles would fit in our class because all our other current LB commits have longer edge LB body types.
Again, please try to keep this thread on our 2024 recruiting class. Jauk will be glad to discuss Bear and Blanton Collier all week, but the rest of us are trying to focus this discussion on recruiting. Nobody is saying you can't talk about Bear. Of course you can. But please not on this thread.
I graduated from Henry Clay in 89. I would argue the football emphasis is increased dramatically, though I no longer live in KY, so can't get to any youth games, but the number of blue chip recruits has objectively increased. I would also add that the number of blue chip basketball recruits has dropped significantly during this time period. I have old friends who coach HS sports in KY and they tell me KY is a HS football state now, as it has surpassed HS basketball slightly. Of course that is subjective, but none of them coach football, so I feel they don't carry that bias.
I graduated in 2003 and I would venture to say that on the high school level football was more popular then. At least in Central/ Northern KY. The training kids now have is making a huge difference in talent from the state.
I read that he's projected as an edge, despite his listed dimensions. We sent someone down to see him in action in person to see if his lack of measurables disqualified him and he was given the green light. I have no insight other than the one article I read.
Not Rembrandt but I've seen Soles play. He's a nice player, good athlete who runs well and has some pop. Only negative I saw in him is he sometimes takes off a few plays which could be just youth. Still, he's likely a take depending on what the Smiths do.
Soles has a vommitable offer and Rowland put in a future casr for him uk yesterday
He is Sam/Will. Theyre most likely Jack and SDE. Things change though. We had a couple WRs ready to commit and the staff backed off. If they got other commits it could def change. Will add he had 17 sacks last year
Woah. And Jones gets his stuff from Marrow so I bet there’s a real chance
