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Safety Mike Edwards visits Lexington with parents

Ben Jones
CatsIllustrated.com Staff Writer

Mike Edwards still has a few more visits to make before making announcing his college decision this summer, but he can cross the first one off list after this week.

Edwards, a three-star safety from Winton Woods High School in Cincinnati, traveled to Lexington on Monday after school with his parents to visit the campus. He and his parents were both pleased with how the visit went.

"It was really good," he said. "Me and my parents liked it."

Edwards had already gotten to know most of Kentucky's coaches, but the visit to campus was an introduction most of them for his parents. They liked what they saw during their trip to Lexington.

"(My parents) said it was really good," Edwards said. "They said they could see me going there."

He was already comfortable with head coach Mark Stoops and most of his staff, and the trip reinforced what he'd been hearing throughout his recruitment. Stoops and defensive coordinator D.J. Eliot gave him a better idea of how he'd fit within the Wildcats' defense.

"They just said they'd really like to have me," Edwards said. "They talked about the whole defense and how Coach Stoops has put a bunch of DBs in the league."

The highlight of the visit came just before they left. Edwards saw a video presentation comparing him to Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed, who played his senior season for the Hurricanes when Stoops was coaching defensive backs.

Edwards originally planned to announce his decision on April 20, at the Rivals Camp Series Presented by Under Armour in Cincinnati, along with four-star running back Mikel Horton. But his coaches and parents asked him to wait and take a visit to the school he was planning to commit to first.

He now expects to make his decision sometime in mid-June. Edwards plans on taking a visit to Louisville next week, and could also visit West Virginia and Nebraska before making his announcement.

Now that he and his parents have visited Lexington, he's one step closer to his announcement.

"There was nothing negative about it," Edwards said. "There was nothing we didn't like."

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