After the latest college football recruiting dead period ended on July 24, programs were looking to make another quick push for 2024 prospects before fall camp begins. Many schools hosted huge unofficial visit weekends. Kentucky had a different approach, but those goals were the same.
With four recruiting commitments scheduled for this week, UK got off to a bad start when four-star tailback Jason Patterson picked Cincinnati over the Cats, and Ohio State decided to take Northwestern linebacker transfer Nigel Glover. However, things turned in a good way on Wednesday when three-star EDGE Steven Soles Jr.