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Williams gets second look at Kentucky

Justin Rowland
Special to CatsIllustrated.com

The fact that wide receiver T.V. Williams has visited Kentucky twice should probably be telling. It's only June and he's from Texas.

Trips from McKinney (Tex.) to Lexington aren't exactly easy, but Williams and his family have done it twice. They were at Kentucky for the inaugural spring game of the Mark Stoops era and Williams was at the school again early this week.

"It was fun. I enjoyed being with those guys," Williams told Cats Illustrated. "The first time I was there really for the spring game. This trip was probably more just about spending time with the commits and everything. That was the biggest thing this time.

"Me and Thad (Snodgrass) were already pretty close so that was cool. I got to meet Matt Elam and Drew Barker, so we got pretty close. I met Kobie (Walker) and pretty much everybody. We all just hung out 24/7. I had a lot of fun with those guys. They're fun guys to be around."

So were the coaches, according to Williams.

"I talked to all of them," he said. "Coach Stoops, coach (Neal) Brown, coach (Tommy) Mainord and coach (Vince) Marrow.

"Coach Mainord is a good guy. I knew him a little bit when he was at Tech because they were recruiting me there. That kinda transferred over. They talked plenty about the offense. We probably talked more about the offense when we were there for the game. Not so much this visit but they did talk about how it's going to be like at Tech."

Williams, a three-star prospect according to Rivals.com, is impressed with the class Kentucky's staff is putting together. He sees big things ahead for the program.

"After that linebacker (Nico Firios) committing they're the number four class in the nation. That's big. That's really impressive," he said.

Some had speculated that Williams could commit to Kentucky on his visit. He admits UK is in good shape, though he said he doesn't have a clear favorite, and he might not wait too much longer before making his decision.

"I'm close but I still need to go visit a couple more places to try and get my head around everything."

Williams said he was "95 percent sure" he will make his decision after he attends The Opening.

He was en route to Nebraska from Lexington when Cats Illustrated spoke with him. Williams wanted to visit Nebraska and Iowa as perhaps his final two college trips before his decision.

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