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Kentucky left good impression on WR Baker

Justin Rowland
CatsIllustrated.com Football Recruiting Analyst

Dorian Baker has emerged as one of Kentucky's top remaining recruiting targets and he worked out for the Wildcats at their recently Friday Night Blue Lights camp. According to many sources he was one of the top performers in recent memory at any UK camp.

The 6-foot-3, 205-pound receiver has the kind of size Kentucky needs on the outside but he also ran a sub-4.5 second 40-yard dash. His hands, route running and athleticism were on full display and it's tough to imagine the coaching staff regretting their decision to offer.

"I didn't expect to do that well," Baker told Cats Illustrated of his performance. "I did better than I thought I would."

And he drew plenty of attention from the coaching staff as well.

"I talked to coach (Mark) Stoops and I was really talking to coach (Vince) Marrow a lot. That's who I've mainly talked to so far," Baker said.

"I had a conversation with coach (Neal) Brown about the offense maybe four days ago or so. We were actually getting to know each other. He was letting me know where he came from and I was telling him where I've come from. He asked me what I expected out of UK and he let me know a little bit about how they do things."

When asked whether the Air Raid offense would be a good fit for him Baker responded that it's "exactly what (he's) looking for)."

Baker was hoping to stay overnight after that Kentucky camp and tour the school and facilities on Saturday. But he wasn't able to do that.

"I didn't get to see everything but the stadium and the indoor facility were wonderful," he said.

Fortunately for the Wildcats he plans on returning before he makes his decision.

"I don't know what all of my (official) visits are going to be but Kentucky's going to be one of them," he said. "Honestly they're definitely in the top three. I actually couldn't tell you the others but I know Kentucky's very high up there."

Baker had planned to visit Tennessee the day after his camp at Kentucky but he was not able to make that trip. He did say that he's still in contact with the Volunteers.

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