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McMillon picks up UK offer on unofficial visit

Justin Rowland
Special to CatsIllustrated.com

Memphis (Tenn.) Whitehaven linebacker Joshua McMillon could be one of the top Class of 2015 prospects in the nation and he was the headliner when several prospects from his hometown visited Kentucky on Thursday.

McMillon already had "about fifteen" offers heading into the Kentucky leg of his SEC tour, which took him to six other schools. While the UK trip came after he had been on the road a while and he was pretty worn out, the Wildcats had some good news for him.

"I received a Kentucky offer," McMillon told Cats Illustrated as he and his fellow Memphis recruits were on the road back home.

"I was excited. Coach (Chad) Scott had come down and was at one of the spring practices we had. He seemed like he was real impressed with what he saw."

Thursday was McMillon's first experience at Kentucky and while he didn't have too much time at the school he was able to get a feel for the changes the program is experiencing.

"I was very impressed with the $110 million they're putting into the new facility and with them having that new crew down there, it's very impressive what they're trying to build," he said. "The coach from Florida State, the offensive coordinator from Texas Tech; I was very impressed. The head coach has a bunch of defensive guys."

Kentucky's need at linebacker was also mentioned. Of course, the top priority is finding help at that position in the class before McMillan's. UK is well on their way to doing that with three commitments at the position.

McMillon cited trips to Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Auburn and Mississippi State as visits that stood out on his tour. He's starting to get a good idea of which schools he likes most as well.

"Definitely Mississippi State," he said. "I like coach Collins from Mississippi State. I love Auburn and I love Vanderbilt's head coach James Franklin."

McMillon was scheduled to participate in the Underclassman Challenge in Chicago as one of the select few 2015 recruits invited.

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