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Middleton getting attention from UK staff

Justin Rowland
Special to CatsIllustrated.com

Neal Brown is the Kentucky coach that's primarily responsible for recruiting the Wildcats' home grown talent.

The fact that other staff members are helping to recruit Adrian Middleton may just be a sign of how highly the UK coaches think of the Bowling Green native and rising senior at South Warren.

Kentucky, Indiana, Florida, Cincinnati, Louisville and Ohio State are among the schools that have visited South Warren during the spring to check out the 6-foot-4, 275-pound defensive tackle. Of those schools Kentucky, Louisville and Indiana have offered.

Brown, Jimmy Brumbaugh and D.J. Eliot have all had a hand in recruiting Middleton so far. But it's Brown who is doing the bulk of the world.

"He comes across as a nice guy," Middleton said. "He keeps it real with you. Coach Brumbaugh seems like a really nice guy, too. He knows what he's talking about."

Brumbaugh would be Middleton's position coach if he chooses Kentucky.

Middleton has taken two trips to UK. One was for the Kentucky-Auburn basketball game and the other was for the spring football game.

"I'm going back up there for a camp. I'm just not sure which one yet," he said. "I'm going to a Western (Kentucky) camp and I think I'm going to Indiana, too."

Middleton made it a point to emphasize that no school is standing out and he remains entirely open at this point in the process.

He does not plan to make a decision until after his senior season.

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