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OL Taylor leaves UK with offer, better sense of program

Justin Rowland
Special to CatsIllustrated.com

Columbus (Ohio) Bishop Ready offensive tackle Brady Taylor took an unofficial visit to Kentucky on Thursday and the trip was well worth his time.

Prior to that visit Taylor had several offers but nothing from the BCS level. He left Lexington with an offer from the Wildcats.

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"I was very excited," Taylor said shortly after leaving Lexington. "The whole visit was pretty awesome. The coaching staff seems like they're moving them in the right direction with some of the commitments they have coming in. Out of everything I saw there was nothing not to like."

Taylor is a good student and an athletic lineman, which could make him an ideal fit for Kentucky's new Air Raid offense, and he appears to be putting questions about his weight to rest.

At Kentucky on Thursday he measured in at 6-foot-5 and 275 pounds.

While a big reason for the trip was to allow the coaches to size him up, Taylor also visited UK because he wanted to see what the school was all about. He arrived early enough in the morning to sit in on position meetings, which in his case was headed by John Schlarman, and he was with Vince Marrow, his lead recruiter, throughout the day as well.

"The staff seemed to be doing pretty well together," he said. "When we were walking around they were cracking jokes with each other. That's important to see. They seem to be high energy and that's what I look for in a coaching staff. They all have energy and they're very young. It also seems like they want to be together for a while.

"The campus was beautiful with all the buildings and everything. They kept joking with me about the girls that go there," he said with a laugh. "Coach Marrow's a pretty funny guy. We went towards the academic center, book store and basketball arena. It's all extremely nice."

Now that Taylor has an offer from Kentucky and has spent time at the school he knows he has a lot of interest in the Cats.

"It's very high," he said of his interest. "I would say they're probably my favorite school right now but I'll probably give it a little bit longer and just relax. I'm definitely considering them."

Michigan State and Penn State are showing interest in Taylor and he's also hearing from Michigan, Georgia Tech and Indiana, among others.

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