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Fant gets chance to see Kentucky up close

Justin Rowland
Special to CatsIllustrated.com

By now it's pretty clear that Nacarius Fant is one of Kentucky's top in-state targets. The Wildcats haven't offered but Fant is high on the recruiting board.

The Bowling Green wide receiver was at UK over the weekend for the program's junior day and he was around the coaches the entire time.

"I enjoyed meeting with the wide receivers coach (Tommy Mainord) and all of them. I had a great time," Fant said.

Fant, like the other recruits Cats Illustrated has spoken to, said the coaches are personable and easy to relate to. Most of the members of the staff are younger but have positive resumes to their credit.

The 5-foot-11, 175-pound receiver noticed plenty of enthusiasm and confidence.

"Coach Mainord is the kind of coach that's cool with you. I got along with him real good," he said. "He's a person you can talk to without having to worry about anything. It was my first time talking to him in person.

"I met with coach (Mark) Stoops one-on-one and talked about things. Coach (Neal) Brown was around the whole time and we had conversations on and off. Coach Stoops was just talking about what they're going to be bringing into the program and what things they're doing to change it around. He basically wants me to get down whenever I can."

The coaches didn't tell Fant they expected him to camp this summer. How much interest does he have in UK?

"It's definitely high with (the coaching staff) coming in," he said. "Having that good junior day and visit, meeting the wide receivers coach and getting that good relationship early on, I like them a lot. I don't have a favorite, though."

Fant said he doesn't have any other college visits scheduled.

He added that he spent a lot of time with Drew Barker at the junior day as the two have become very good friends.

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