Wednesday Headlines: Signing Day Edition

The future Cats put pen to paper.

By John Morgan Francis@MonJorgan Updated Dec 21, 2022, 10:10am EST

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UPDATE 4

The day is just about over for Kentucky, who flipped three-star defensive lineman Tavion Gadson from Florida State.

The only remaining player expected to commit today that Kentucky is in the running for is four-star running back Jamarion Wilcox, who should announce at any time now...

In the meantime, here is Mark Stoops’ Signing Day press conference.

UPDATE 3

Good news/bad news.

Bad news: Four-star wideout Karmello English picked Michigan over Kentucky.

Good news: Four-star linebacker Jayvant Brown has picked the Wildcats!

Welcome @JayvantBrown to the Kentucky Football Family! #BBN pic.twitter.com/Q2bZ5jlUCu
— Mark Stoops (@UKCoachStoops) December 21, 2022

UPDATE 2

No flips here. UK has officially signed all 15 of his high school recruits and six college transfers. The final piece was easily one of the biggest, as four-star wide receiver Shamar Porter is a Wildcat.

Porter is ranked 201st overall in the 2023 class by 247 Sports.

The Wildcats are getting themselves a big wideout. @porter_shamar commits to @UKFootball! #TakisNSD pic.twitter.com/hhScap8hwR
— Stadium (@Stadium) December 21, 2022

Welcome @porter_shamar to the Kentucky Football Family! #BBN pic.twitter.com/Mm6pnLllqH
— Mark Stoops (@UKCoachStoops) December 21, 2022

UPDATE

The first wave of high school signings are in the brooks. Here is who the Kentucky Wildcats have signed thus far:

National Signing Day — a day so many college football programs have been looking forward to — has arrived. It’s a day that can quickly change the course of an upcoming season as well as future years of a football program.

It’s also the day that several recruits can “flip” their commitment due to the coach that recruited them leaving for another school or the recruit simply being blown away by another program last minute.

Hopefully Kentucky can avoid “flips” from their current commits and instead be the beneficiary of a player or two flipping from another school to choosing UK.

Here are Kentucky’s 15 commits — ranked — and their top-10 prospects for signing day.

Four Star Commits

Shamar Porter
Avery Stuart
Grant Godfrey
Jaremiah Anglin Jr.

Three Star Commits

Anthony Brown
Khamari Anderson
Koby Keenum
Tommy Ziesmer
Austin Ramsey
Ardell Banks
Malachi Wood
Ty Bryant
Nassir Addison
Tanner Lemaster
Jacob Dixon

Signing Day Prospects

Jyaire Hill - CB

It appears Michigan is making a late push and having success.

Jamarion Wilcox - RB

Kentucky is leading Auburn, Clemson and Ohio State.

Karmello English - WR

Another dance with both Auburn & Michigan appears to be on the horizon.

Demitrius Bell - ATH

Kentucky appears to be the favorite as of now.

Jayvant Brown - LB

Another situation where UK is positioned well.

William Spencer - DL

Wildcat have been head-to-head with Virginia Tech.

Tayvion Gadson - DL

Wildcats appear to be the lead favorite.

Devin Hyatt - WR

He has also considered Auburn and Georgia.

Dakota Patterson - WR

The Boyle County star appears to have has his sights set on UK.

Jacob Jones - QB

The Lexington native is the No. 14 prospect in the state.

Follow along for updates from Kentucky’s signing day moves.

Tweets of the Day

Welcome to #BBN, @DevinLeary1!#RecruitAndDevelop x #NSD23 pic.twitter.com/ihIlMkO20J
— Kentucky Football (@UKFootball) December 21, 2022

Huge news on the eve of signing day.

WAKE FOREST DOWNS NO. 14 DUKE

A dominant home display from the Demon Deacons leads to their first conference victory of the season! pic.twitter.com/UXRo3eIN0x
— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) December 21, 2022

Nice.