The House of Blue

The difference is getting the positions you need over simply getting star recruits. U of L has/had 17 scholarships to offer. They are currently deep at DL and WR. It makes sense to recruit the in-state players, but not expend so much energy on them if they are at a deep position and you have other team needs.

The OL is a big issue as is the DBs. U of L went after them and signed up several that will see time and others will mature.

How hard is it to "not back down" when it is recruiting? You make a call, if it is well received, you take a trip to visit. No one will hit you, shoot you, etc if you show up.

UK can offer certain players players an incentive - playing time - that is not available at U of L other than the positions mentioned above.

Only 3 of the receivers/RBs below leave this year.

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g
COPELAND, D. 13 50 628 12.6 2 59 48.3
ROGERS, Eli 13 46 505 11.0 4 44 38.8
WRIGHT, Jeremy 13 41 325 7.9 1 16 25.0
PARKER, DeVante 13 40 744 18.6 10 75 57.2
SMITH, Andrell 13 34 536 15.8 3 50 41.2
PERRY, Senorise 11 18 181 10.1 0 27 16.5
HUBBELL, Ryan 12 14 239 17.1 2 72 19.9
RADCLIFF, Scott 12 14 162 11.6 0 30 13.5
NORD, Nate 11 13 122 9.4 1 23 11.1
GAINES, Charles 7 11 172 15.6 1 55 24.6
HEUSER, Nick 12 10 57 5.7 2 12 4.8
DAVIS, Jarrett 10 7 54 7.7 0 18 5.4
LAMB, Corvin 11 3 58 19.3 1 53 5.3
BUTLER, B.J. 12 2 43 21.5 0 23 3.6
HARRINGTON, J. 11 1 16 16.0 0 16 1.5
WHITE, Chris 9 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.6
MCGRIFF-CULVER 13 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.1
DOMINGUEZ, Kai 11 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.1

You should count teddy bridgewater in this class too.