The House of Blue

2014 should be an exciting year for UK football. Stoops will have his 1st year in the books..we will all get a taste of whats to come.
That said..Id like to look ahead and guess at some kids we may or may not land.
In state..there is a bumper crop of talented kids..especially on the defensive side of the ball. Chime in with your thoughts and opinions..especially if you have seen these kids play more than a couple games.
Drew Barker..QB 6'4 215 Conner,Ky. Top 100 by Rivals/247..dual threat..accurate arm..can kill you with his feet too. Would be a nice get for Cats. Offers from just about everybody..USCjr seems to be his leader.

Matt Elam DT 6'6 345 John Hardin. This kid is a monster!! His quickness and explosion will shock you..uses his hands very well..and gets penetration. THis kid will demand 2 blockers..freeing up our DE's. Dont know what his 40 is..but his football speed is tremendous for a kid his size..could wind up 6'8 375ish. THese are the types of DT's Bama and Ga have been using..guys that eat up blockers like candy..I really really want this kid. His teammate at John Hardin, 6'2 225lb LB Dominck Brown..is a stud in his own right..a tackling machine with good speed and a nose for the ball. Teams struggled to score on John Hardin all year..I know Elam is a SEC caliber DT..I think Brown is as well.

Reggie Bonnafon Ath 6'2 200 Lou.Trinity. Should be a 4 star recruit..can play wr,rb,db. played QB/WR for Trinity..rumored to be a UK fan.
Nacarius Fant. Wr 5'11 175 Bowling Green. A playmaker in the mold of Craig Yeast. A jitterbug with good hands and vision..I also like 2 of his teammates for the Purples...Lb Lincoln Quick and Rb Blue Tisdale. Not sure if Quick or Tisdale is SEc material..any guys from Bowling Green or that have watched these kids please chime in!!

Byron Carver LB 6'3 225 Warren central A stud Lb with all the physical tools..and a mean streak.
Derik Overstreet DE/LB 6'4 240 Paducah Tilghman Big, quick, and athletic.
These are the best of the in state kids to my knowledge.
Some that could be worth a look..Henry Clay has some fast athletes..Elijah Bell is only 5'9 180..but hes a beast at rb for the Bluedevils and Davion jackson is a nice player..Lou Collins has a athletic and fast playmaker in DeAndre Farris a 5'10 185lb rb with great acceleration and hands out of the backfield.Joe Brown and TayVaughn Morton for Lou. Butler are a couple of speedy cb/wr/rb athletes.
Mark Stoops will stock Uk's roster with speed and atleticism from Florida and Ohio, but it always helps to have some in state kids that are SEC caliber talent. The one thing Kentucky does produce is some pretty good Quarterbacks..Couch,Lorenzen,Woodson,the Bromhs', Towles,Bolin, Pike..now Drew Barker is in line to be the next great bluegrass field general. And there have been some very good Defensive Tackles come out the last decade. Pyror, Peters, Cobble, Deadrick at bama, Hyde, I think Matt Elam could be a star.
Stoops should have dug deep into Florida and Ohio by next year. Immoakalee, Booker T Washington, Dwyer are three schools that churn out a ton of BCS level talent..there are a slew of speedy wideouts and quick pass rishing DE's in the sunshine state for 2014.