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Four-star offensive lineman plans UK visit

Justin Rowland
CatsIllustrated.com Football Recruiting Analyst

Four-star junior college offensive lineman Avery Gennesy has instant contributor written all over him and he knows of two official visits he will be taking.

Those visits will be sooner rather than later.

"They'll have to be," Gennesy explained. "I'm not going to have time after the season."

That's because the 6-foot-5, 315-pound tackle is hoping he can graduate from East Mississippi C.C. in December, which would allow him to enroll in a four-star school a semester early. Considering Gennesy expects to compete for a starting spot somewhere right away that extra time could be crucial.

While Gennesy doesn't have any favorites he's always spoken very highly of Kentucky.

It's easy to understand why. Defensive line coach Jimmy Brumbaugh was one of his assistants at East Mississippi and he also knows Za'Darius Smith well.

"We haven't talked in a while though," Gennesy said of the new UK defensive end and himself. "But I talk to coach Brumbaugh every week. He's been telling me how it's a good place and how I would fit in good there. It sounds good."

The potential to play early in the SEC also sounds good, Gennesy said. But he hasn't visited the school and won't know how he feels about it until he gets up there.

Gennesy indicated to West region analyst Rob Cassidy this week that he's likely to take an official visit to Kentucky for the weekend of the Louisville game.

That should be quite the event with a host of other top prospects from the 2014 and 2015 classes. But no one has the potential to contribute as early as Gennesy because of his physical maturity and experience on the field.

"I'm also going to take an official visit to Ohio State," he said. "And Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas Tech and a few others are the main ones (recruiting him)."

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