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OL McBride picks up Alabama offer, will visit UK

Justin Rowland
Special to CatsIllustrated.com

Montel McBride and some others from Florida are on a bus tour visiting several colleges and Kentucky is one of the stops they will be making.

The stop in Lexington will be especially important for McBride because Kentucky is one of his top choices. The Wildcats offered the 6-foot-4, 332-pound guard from Plant City (Fla.) long ago, but more recently a formidable foe emerged: Alabama.

The Crimson Tide offered McBride within the last week and as you might imagine that was a big moment for McBride.

"I was excited. I was ecstatic," McBride said. "I was about to go crazy. That's definitely a big one. I was so excited but I've got to keep working hard and set my goals even higher."

But the offer doesn't necessarily mean McBride will land in Tuscaloosa. It's a great option but he wants to take his time.

"I'm really excited about (Alabama) and it's a great opportunity. It's definitely one I'm very interested in but I don't have any favorites yet. I don't want to just say they're definitely at the top of my list," he explained.

McBride's current bus tour will take him to places like Kentucky, Louisville and Tennessee, and will end around the middle of this week. UCF, Florida State and FIU are among the more local schools that are recruiting him hard.

Kentucky has a good shot with McBride largely because of [db]Chad Scott[db].

"Coach Scott, that's my man right there. He's a great guy and he actually went to my high school," he said. "He's a real cool dude that keeps it real with you. He tells me a lot about how the school is and he tells you the truth about what's going on.

"(Kentucky is) putting together the best recruiting class in (their) history and they want me to be a part of it. Maybe I will, maybe I won't, but I'm excited to get up there."

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