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What hiring Kerry Coombs means to Cincinnati Bearcats football recruiting

With the addition of Kerry Coombs to Luke Fickell's 2022 University of Cincinnati football staff, the Bearcats gain a high-energy recruiter who has scoured the Tri-State and beyond for top athletes for the past 15 years.

Fickell confirmed the news to The Enquirer Tuesday morning.

His speeches became legendary enough to reach YouTube during his Buckeyes tenure.

Coming into 2021 at Ohio State, every starting cornerback Coombs had coached had made the NFL. Between 2014-2018 Ohio State had five first-round NFL corners: Bradley Roby (2014 Broncos), current Bengal Eli Apple (2016 Giants), Marshon Lattimore (2017 Saints), Gareon Conley (2017 Raiders) and Denzel Ward (2018 Browns).