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'My dream hire': Matt Ponatoski is all-in for Will Stein at Kentucky

The biggest recruiting win the 2026 high school cycle for the Kentucky football program also plays the sport’s most important position. There are high expectations for Cincinnati (Ohio) Moeller quarterback Matt Ponatoski. There’s also some lingering doubt about what long-term decision the blue-chip prospect will make when MLB Draft time rolls around. The two-way superstar could play football and baseball in college or could just start a minor league jersey. We are months from that final decision made but Ponatoski does not sound like someone who isn’t all-in with Kentucky.

The Kentucky signee is fired up to be a part of Will Stein‘s program.