[The Blue Blur]

Top notch in state recruits, Bowling Green WR Nacarius Fant and John Hardin DT Matt Elam both visited WKU over the weekend and it doesn't seem as the Hilltoppers are much of a recruiting threat to the Wildcats in general but they are aiming high.

Fant had an opportunity to spend a lot of time with WR coach Lamar Thomas. Yes, that's the same Lamar Thomas of Miami(FL) fame as well as playing for the Bucs & Dolphins in the NFL. Petrino has made it clear that WKU is high on Fant & want to keep him home in Bowling Green. Purdue has shown him a lot of interest lately & he plans to pay them a visit in the near future.

Matt Elam has plans to visit Tennessee next weekend but speaks with Neal Brown on a weekly basis and UK is still in good shape.

Staying in-state, 4* Conner QB Drew Barker does not have a solid tentative schedule for this spring yet. His basketball season has been over for a couple of weeks now and he was hoping to set some visits after it ended, but it hasn't happened yet. Possibly a good sign for UK.
UK's staff still feels very good about their position in Ohio. There's one player that this is especially true of but I don't know who that is quite yet. But Kentucky is also in great shape with Darryl Long, Darius West and Dorian Hendrix. In fact, UK is leading for all three from what they have said.

4* West Chester (OH) RB Mikel Horton is now up to a dozen offers including one from Florida State today. He is scheduled to visit Louisville next weekend. Needless to say this one will be a lot more difficult than it appeared a month ago, and it's very much up in the air. He claims there are no longer any favorites. He will return to UK for the Cats' spring game. Charlie Strong, himself has visited his school. Florida State is the school that really seems to have his attention now & like he'd previously mentioned, FSU is a school that has a run oriented offense with a power back like Horton. Fortunately for UK, Horton loves Marrow.

Cincinnati Colerain 2015 OL/TE George Brown had originally said he may make the trip to Louisville with Mikel Horton. He may visit Tennessee next weekend but hasn't decided either Louisville or Tennessee. Either way I'm sure he'll try to rally the Ohio Brigade with him.

Cincinnati's Winton Woods DB Mike Edwards ranked 479 in nation, 43 in nation at safety, and 28 overall in Ohio, & #1 safety in Ohio. He will be returning to UK in the spring along with Horton.

Edwards' high school teammate at Cincinnati's Winton Woods DT Daniel Cage, has gotten some attention from the BBN, recently. UK's staff has confirmed that he's on the radar but others are higher on their board. Cage has offers from Cincinnati, Illinois, Indiana, Kent State, Michigan State, Minnesota, Purdue, Tennessee, & Western Michigan. He's also garnered interest from Florida State, Louisville, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, WVU, & Wisconsin among other schools.

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Westerville Central (OH) OL Nick Richardson and his parents, still have plans to visit UK next weekend & take in the UK/Florida basketball game.

Lakota East (OH) OG Jarrett LaRubbio really, really likes UK as well. The Cats sit atop his list & his dad grew up playing sports with Stoops & Marrow in Youngstown. I'd say at this point he's virtually a lock.

Troy (OH) OL Alex Dalton has been invited to just about all the schools that have offered but he hasn't set any visit plans yet.
Plan B option behind Drew Barker at QB seems to be Toledo Central Catholic (OH) DeShon Kizer. He's yet to visit & be offered. He did however, pick up an offer from Alabama & had a good, long conversation with Nick Saban.

Douglasville, GA safety Khalia Hackett is scheduled to visit Georgia Tech next weekend.

Winter Haven, FL WR Kendrick Holland reaffirmed that UK is his No. 1 school right now.