Mark Stoops has collected seven full recruiting classes since arriving in Lexington in December 2012 and since then has led the Kentucky program to some historical success on the recruiting trail. The Wildcats have reeled in multiple blue-chip prospects in every class with an average class recruiting ranking of 32.7. UK has been very consistent with six of the seven classes landing in the thirties.
It started with Za’Darius Smith in 2013, continued with Boom Williams in 2014. We saw UK land three in-state blue-chippers in 2016 (Kash Daniel, Drake Jackson, Landon Young) and score two big coups at the end of the 2017 haul by landing Lynn Bowden, Jr.