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Pinckney planning just two official visits

Justin Rowland
CatsIllustrated.com Football Recruiting Analyst

Just a week ago JayJay Pinckney listed four favorites and Kentucky was not among them. How quickly things can change.

Shortly after listing that top four the 6-foot-3, 172-pound receiver from Sylvania (Ohio) Southview told Cats Illustrated that Kentucky was essentially on the same level as those other programs. And now after visiting Kentucky over the weekend the Wildcats are surging.

Pinckney did not participate in the Friday night camp hosted by UK but he did visit the school and tour the campus. He spent plenty of time with his recruiter, Vince Marrow.

"It was a good time. They showed very good hospitality to me and my mother and we enjoyed our time there," Pinckney explained.

Both football and academics were topics of conversation and Pinckney was impressed with the long-term focus on their discussions.

"They were talking about how you can get such a head start from going to the school. Graduating with your major and going out into the workforce you're almost guaranteed to get a job anywhere. That was a key factor," he said. "As far as football goes they were just talking about building a powerhouse program in the SEC and how the new coaches are bringing an advanced offense to the school and the program. They talked about how all of that suited me."

Pinckney said he was able to speak with Mark Stoops very briefly. He also spoke with Neal Brown and Tommy Mainord.

He readily admits that Kentucky has made a huge impression over the past couple of weeks since they started recruiting him harder.

"They've definitely risen," he said. "My interest is definitely up for sure. Basically my whole ordeal with them was I needed to go down there and check things out before I could actually say what was good or bad about them. Now that I've made my trip down there I can say I'm impressed for the most part. I don't really have any concerns. It was pretty smooth."

Prior to that visit Boston College, Cincinnati, Indiana and Michigan State were the four schools Pinckney listed at the top of his list. Now he's only planning to take two official visits.

"I think I'm going to make two official visits and then I'm probably going to make my decision," he said. "I'm probably going to take officials to UK and Michigan State." he said.

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