Kentucky’s coaching staff is willing to go to great lengths to create lasting connections with talented recruits. If that means reading a book to a group of elementary school children, so be it.
On the penultimate weekend of the recruiting period, Auburn was blitzing Jeremy Flax. In need of a tackle to play right away, Gus Malzahn offered the JUCO All-American a scholarship and flew him to The Plains for an official visit four days later. After that visit, most recruiting analysts believed it was Auburn’s battle to lose. Then, Kentucky made a big move.
Upon Flax’s return to Kansas, Eddie Gran and John Schlarman flew to Indy’s campus to speak with Flax in-person.