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Hendrix expects plenty of talent to join him at UK

Justin Rowland
Special to CatsIllustrated.com

Dorian Hendrix made his commitment to Kentucky in March, nearly an entire year before National Signing Day. He doesn't have anything to worry about.

But he's still following the recruiting scene closely because many of his closest friends have yet to announce their decisions.

In some cases Hendrix has a good idea of what to expect.

"I'm gonna be honest with you," Hendrix told Cats Illustrated. "I can't give you names. That's their situation. But I'd probably say there's around 12 guys that I know of that want to come to Kentucky. Probably around 13 or 14, really. About eight that have offers. You're just going to see as time goes on.

"There are some guys that are really good that are going to get offers soon and some guys are waiting for the right time to commit. We're building something special. Mikel (Horton) said it right. It's kinda like back then with Miami in the '80s when they weren't that good. Then they started getting all the best players from around that area."

Hendrix, a 6-foot-1, 215-pound linebacker from Huber Heights (Ohio) Wayne, certainly qualifies as one of his region's best players. With a high three-star (5.7) ranking, he's the No. 21 inside linebacker in the nation according to Rivals.com.

He even has the potential to improve his ranking and only helped his cause with a solid performance in Cincinnati.

"I thought I did well," he said. "There was a lot of good competition there. I thought it was a good, productive day. As far as the individual drills I did well. When it came to the one-on-ones I usually keep a number scale on how many I won and how many I lost. I think I went like eight for ten yesterday. If (the offensive player) catches the ball I count it for one (in their favor).

"One of them was against my boy Mikel Horton. It's not as bad since we're teammates. I'll get him back in practice," he said with a laugh.

Hendrix told Cats Illustrated that Horton, Tyrell Gilbert, Tegray Scales, Airius Moore, Chris Frey and Tinashe Bere were some of the more impressive players he saw on Saturday.

Frey, Scales, Gilbert and Moore are being evaluated by Kentucky while Bere committed to Duke over the weekend.

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