Player Preview: Rickey Hyatt Jr.

Signing day eve has arrived and we can all hear those fax machines revving up those engines for their Super Bowl. Kentucky is hoping to reel in some late recruiting wins to put a bow on top of this 2020 class, but before that they went into Ohio to find a sure tackling safety. Benny Snell Jr.’s alma mater produced another Wildcat to add to the plethora of talent UK currently has in the secondary.

Background

Rickey Hyatt Jr. is a three-star prospect out of Westerville Central High School in the Columbus, Ohio area and is a defensive back courted by a ton of midwest programs. Iowa State was the first program to offer the safety, but Kentucky shortly followed in April of 2019. Purdue, West…