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FRANKFORT, Ky. – Kentucky football will play for its first SEC East title Saturday, but Mark Stoops and company have already scored a win this week that could help the chase for future titles.
Western Hills four-star athlete Wandale Robinson, the favorite to win Mr. Kentucky Football, committed to Kentucky on Thursday over Finalists Nebraska, Ohio State, Alabama and Purdue.
A four-star prospect and U.S. Army All-American, Robinson is ranked No. 4 all-purpose back in the class of 2019 by the Composite 247Sports, which averages the ratings of the major recruiting services.
Robinson, who was considered Kentucky's top offensive recruiting target in the 2019 cycle, is expected to play a similar role to current do-all-wide receiver Lynn Bowden in college, possibly lining up as a running back in addition to receiver slot and kick returner.
Bowden's performance in Kentucky's Saturday win over Missouri (13 catches for 166 yards and a 67-yard punt return for a touchdown) likely went far in to some extent about the Wildcats. Nebraska had been considered the favorite in his recruitment until this week.
"Kentucky coach Mark Stoops has recently been made to respond to the question of the run-heavy offensive hurting UK with skill-position recruits. "Sometimes you see people throwing the ball 70 times and they have to recruit a running back too. So, you have to do what you have to do in certain situations. … I think most recruits understand that. "
It was that argument that worked against Kentucky a year ago when Trinity four-star receiver Rondale Moore picked Purdue over the Wildcats and others despite Stoops and company being the first Power Five staff to offer him a scholarship.
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Kentucky has not signed a single in-state survey in its 2018 class for the first time since the beginning of the year.
Robinson joins Def Defend End Shawnkel Knight-Goff, Butler Wide Receiver Demontae Crumes and West Jessamine Offensive Lineman Eli Cox as in-state commitments in the class. UK continues to recruit in-state four-star prospects Milton Wright, a Christian Academy wide receiver, and JJ Weaver, has a Moore defensive end / outside linebacker.
Robinson, ranked as the fourth of eight four-star prospects in the Kentucky high school class of 2019, is UK's only four-star commitment in the 247 Composite ratings.
The contract is for the UK, which makes recruiting wins over out-of-state powers for high school stars Drake Jackson, Daniel Kash, Landon Young and Davonte Robinson in the 2016 class. Of that group, only Young, a five-star recruit who was sidelined by a knee injury in preseason practice, has not been a significant contributor to the Wildcats 7 season.
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