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Kentucky trending for 3 high-profile in-state football recruits

Kentucky is looking to add to its 2019 football recruiting class, and that may be coming in the form of JJ Weaver, Milton Wright, and Shawnkel Knight-Goff.

According to the latest 247 Sports crystal ball projections, UK is trending for all three major recruits with a flurry of predictions coming in since last week.

Weaver is a 6-6, 240 pound defensive end from Moore Traditional School in Louisville. Weaver is rated a four-star prospect by 24/7, the 313th national prospect, and the 6th-rated prospect in Kentucky, trailing UK target Wandale Robinson. with his list being trimmed down to Kentucky, Miami, Louisville, Purdue, and Cincinnati.