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WR Williams 'loved every minute' of UK visit

Justin Rowland
Special to CatsIllustrated.com

T.V. Williams has emerged as one of Kentucky's top wide receiver targets and the McKinney (Tex.) play maker was in Lexington for the UK spring game over the weekend.

Williams had never been to Kentucky prior to this weekend but his relationship with UK offensive coordinator Neal Brown dates back to when he was at Texas Tech. That relationship is one reason the 5-foot-10, 160-pound receiver was so anxious to visit Kentucky, and the Wildcats didn't let him down.

"It was awesome. I mean, I loved every minute of it. It was fantastic," Williams said. "Being away from home really didn't bother me that much. The fan base at Kentucky and the atmosphere was unbelievable, so I really didn't notice it."

As the lone prospect from the Lone Star State, Williams didn't know other recruits the way most of those in attendance did. But he got to know UK commit Thaddeus Snodgrass and Kentucky target Drew Barker.

"And me and coach (Tommy) Mainord talked the whole day," he said. "Me and coach Mainord really hit it off. Me and coach Brown were already good from when he was at Tech. I didn't really talk to coach Mainord much when he was at Tech but I did on Saturday. We got along really well."

Just as important as the atmosphere, Williams was impressed with the product on the field and believes it's a testament to the teaching ability of the coaching staff.

"I was impressed to see they came in with basically about four weeks to put in the Air Raid offense. The quarterbacks and receivers, none of them were used to taking reps like that as far as throwing the ball and catching it, but I was really impressed with what they were able to do in that amount of time," Williams said.

"I think my dad was impressed, too. Everywhere I go he likes it but I feel like he really liked Kentucky."

This Saturday Williams will visit Oklahoma State and he hopes to visit more schools shortly after that.

While Kentucky set the bar high Williams said he's still completely open and won't start thinking about favorites until early June. In the meantime, he will be thinking about that atmosphere at Kentucky.

"It was awesome. To know they went 2-10 last year and then to have 50,000 people there, that's the most in the SEC for a spring game so far. That was big. The fan base at Kentucky, everybody's all about the Big Blue Nation. Everybody's excited about coach (Mark) Stoops and the Air Raid coming back to Kentucky.

"The fans were awesome. When we were walking out of the stadium Thaddeus was over there signing autographs. He was actually signing autographs. It's like, 'Come on Thaddeus.' It's time to go. The fans are awesome."

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