Twenty-four hours from now, most of Kentucky’s 21-man 2019 recruiting class will have officially signed with UK. That is, if everything goes according to plan.
The final 24 hours before signing day is a marathon for UK football coaches. They’ll be on the phones with dozens of prospects as other programs try to pry them away from UK. Last year, they could not do enough to keep Meechi Harris in the fold. In 2016, Auburn and Georgia fought like hell to flip Jordan Griffin, but Stoops stayed on the phone with his family until the opposing pressure past.