Wednesday Quickies: Recruiting Trail Edition

The regular season may be finished and as Kentucky waits to find out its destination for the bowl game, Mark Stoops and the Kentucky coaching staff are hitting the recruiting trail to find the next crop of Wildcats.

Kentucky already has one of its best classes according to recruiting rankings during the Stoops era, headlined by top-15 recruit Justin Rogers.

But the Cats aren’t done yet as they look to add a few more players to the class. According to Kentucky Sports Radio, one of those recruits that Kentucky is targeting is top 250 defensive lineman Josaih Hayes, once considered an Ole Miss lean but after the unexpected firing of Matt Luke, there might be an opening for Kentucky to jump in.
There is a lot of optimism surrounding the Kentucky football program following this season and moving forward. A big reason for that is because of the work that this coaching staff has put in on the recruiting trail and it doesn’t seem Stoops and Co. are letting up anytime soon.

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Quickies

Justin Rogers ranked 15th nationally by Rivals - Herald Leader

The UK commitment is among the best in the nation.

Conference title games will impact Cats’ bowl destination - Courier Journal

A few things to keep an eye on during conference championship week.

Takeaways from the 2019 UK Football season - KSR

Good to see Freddie Maggard back at it.

Incredible stats from the football season - KSR

Lynn Bowden’s numbers are insane, and the defensive stats pop out.

CFP Top 4 stays the same with Utah and OU at 5 and 6 - ESPN

Alabama takes a tumble in the new rankings.

Dabo Swinney has a lot to say about his team, the playoffs and naysayers - SI

Is Dabo whining or no?

Ron Rivera out as Panthers coach - ESPN

And Cam Newton may be the next one out.

How to fix the college football postseason - Yahoo

The college football postseason has its issues but no clear solution.

Nico Mannion is becoming a star at Arizona - Bleacher Report

The former Kentucky target is having a solid season out west.