[The Blue Blur]

Running Backs

Clemons is the player they like best, based on what they know, but they aren't exactly sure how the recovery will play out. Should know more soon. He could get a lot of run this year if he's good to go.

Confirmed from a source today that Khalid Thomas is a guy the staff feels really good about. He will definitely be at running back. That said, JoJo Kemp is still the one that's a game-changer in this group. It will be an open competition, but I'm still of the opinion that Kemp is the best back. I don't know where Thomas falls right away on the depth chart, but if everyone is healthy I think Kemp and Clemons could well emerge as the top two backs for the 2013 season.

I hope to have more on running backs, soon. Of course, I've mentioned Horton and Jonathan Vickers, from Tallahassee. UK hasn't recruited him hard yet but that will happen.

Someone today told me that Kentucky will be targeting Parris Campbell, a 5-11, 170-pound back from Akron (Ohio) St Vincent-St Mary.

Also, another good note --- hearing UK is starting to catch Damien Harris' (2015) attention. He's one of the nation's top sophomores and had ruled Kentucky out as recently as a month or two ago. But he's seen the talent going into the program and knows the staff wants him badly.

Tight Ends

UK has five right now. I think TTU just had two last year, though I could be wrong.

Right now the two tight ends I think Kentucky's new coaches are most impressed with are Steven Borden and Anthony Kendrick. Spoke with a source today who said he thinks Kendrick "can be special" if he gets it together.

Of course, most of the tight ends UK targets will be guys that can flex out and get downfield.

Kentucky really likes Minster (Ohio) tight end Ethan Wolf and I'd expect an offer to go out to him before too long. Pitt, Indiana, Illinois and some MAC schools have already offered. When I say they like Wolf, they really like Wolf. Want him to be one of the guys they take. He is likely to visit later this month or next; has a basketball game on Saturday, I believe.

Another Ohio tight end you can expect to hear a lot about is Darryl Long from Westerville South (Ohio), whose offer list is very similar to Wolf's.


I'm also hearing that there are a couple of tight ends from South Carolina that Kentucky is taking an early look at, but don't really have more details at the moment.