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Cats in the running for visit from Florida LB Yeargin

Justin Rowland
Special to CatsIllustrated.com

Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) University School linebacker Richard Yeargin III picked up an offer from Kentucky a couple of weeks ago and it's a school he will give serious consideration.

Yeargin, a 6-foot-3, 216-pound linebacker, is the kind of student-athlete that takes the first part of that term seriously. He's focused on academics and cites education as the most important factor that he's considering in the recruiting process.

"Education, early playing time and how I fit in with the scheme," he said, citing things he will consider in choosing a school. "Then football tradition and just the environment at the school."

He hasn't narrowed his list at all and it doesn't seem as though he's close to doing that in a significant way. There are still a lot of schools he's anxious to visit.

Kentucky is one school vying for a visit, especially since the offer the Wildcats extended, but it's too early to tell whether Yeargin will make his way to Lexington. If he does the coaching staff has obviously shown they know how to impress a recruit.

"The last time I spoke to Kentucky was around spring break," he said. "Basically what happened was we got in touch after my head coach told me to call them. I pretty much expected what was going to happen."

Since Yeargin has never visited Kentucky and is only now starting to learn about the school, his only experience with the program is the coaching staff.

Jimmy Brumbaugh is his primary recruiter from Kentucky and Yeargin likes what he has heard so far.

"The coaching staff seems as though they're very eager to have me," Yeargin said. "It seems like it's a very optimistic staff. It's a very promising situation as far as early playing time due to a lack of depth on the depth chart. I've noticed things of that nature. The coaches are pretty cool guys. Nobody promises you anything in this game but it looks like a good situation."

Arkansas, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Michigan, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee and UCLA are among the other schools that have offered Yeargin.

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