Kentucky lands commitment from OT Ian Walker

Walker becomes commit No. 14 for the Cats this cycle, adding to a class that ranks No. 16 nationally, according to the Rivals Industry Team Recruiting Rankings.

Kentucky keeps stacking commitments

While Stein and the new UK staff are yet to coach a game at Kroger Field, they’ve already won over a good chunk of Big Blue Nation thanks to their impressive recruiting efforts. Walker is the ninth prospect to choose the Wildcats since the beginning of April and he’s also now the seventh top-500 commit overall.

The highlight of the spring was landing Prospect Heights (Ill.) John Hersey four-star quarterback Jake Nawrot, the No. 2 QB in the Rivals300 rankings. He could be the passer of the future in the Bluegrass.

“Nawrot’s a prospect we really like on film, he put a ton of high-difficulty throws on tape as a junior,” Rivals’ Charles Power recently said. “Nawrot has the projectable size at 6-foot-3 and 200 pounds, he’s a multi-sport athlete with a bunch of fluid movement skills and just looks to be a natural at the position. He blew up as a junior in his first year as a varsity starter. Highly-accurate passer, instinctive, can fit the football into tight windows.”

The Cats have added some serious firepower on the defensive side of the ball, too. Rolesville (N.C.) four-star safety Marquis Bryant is a former North Carolina commit who locked in with Kentucky on April 29. He’s the No. 27 safety in the nation.

Prattville (Ala.) four-star defensive lineman Elijah Brown and Rocky River (Ohio) four-star safety Tristin Hughes also pledged last month. The up-to-date UK class can be seen here.