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Father of QB Woulard talks about son's Kentucky visit

With less than a month until Signing Day the recruitment of Asiantii Woulard has become one of the biggest storylines in the world of recruiting.

The former South Florida commit took his official visit to Kentucky this weekend and his father, who had the opportunity to speak with the younger Woulard after he returned home from Lexington, said the Wildcats showed him a good time.

"He said he had a real good time," Michael Woulard said. "He said it was all great. The visit was great. He said he liked the area and the basketball game. I think they had quite a few receivers and he knew most of them already."

Anyone who follows recruits on Twitter knows that Woulard and Ra'Shaad Samples have formed a solid bond.

"He said (Samples) was a pretty cool guy," his father said.

The coaches went to great lengths to make the case that the offense was a great match for Woulard's skill set.

"He already liked the offense," the elder Woulard said. "We looked at that together when (Neal Brown) was at Texas Tech. I think they're going to run the same offense. They're going to throw the ball a lot. What quarterback wouldn't want to do that?"

Recently it appeared that Florida would emerge as Kentucky's biggest competition for the four-star recruit. But the Gators have rubbed at least one Woulard the wrong way with how they have gone about things.

"Florida's been talking to us probably about a year now," Woulard's father said. "They haven't offered. They talked to him in San Antonio (at the U.S. Army All-American Game), and I talked to Joker (Phillips) (Sunday) night for the first time. He was saying he wanted to visit him at the school.

"I said, 'Well, ya'll have been saying you want him. It's been this or that for over a year but nobody's offered him. I'm not really big on that.'"

Does that mean the Woulard family is ready to turn the page on the Gators?

"I am," he answered. "I don't know what he (Asiantii) is doing. When [Charlie] Weis and (Urban) Meyer were there they were on him. Now Joker's on the case.

"I told (Phillips), 'I sent you film at Kentucky,' and he said (Asiantii) was committed at the time and he knew the coaches over at South Florida.' I think they had just offered Reese Phillips as well.

"I said that didn't make a lot of sense because a lot of schools continue to recruit you (after a verbal commitment). And (Asiantii) committed way, way, way too early."

Kentucky's coaches made a good impression on Woulard over the weekend and Chad Scott in particular made a strong impression on the elder Woulard during a recent in-home visit.

"He was a pretty good guy," he said. "I've been speaking with him for several months. They had their own quarterback situation but we've been talking four or five months."

As if that's not enough drama, reports broke over the weekend that Clemson had become the latest school to get involved with Woulard.

Sources have informed Cats Illustrated that the Tigers have offered the four-star signal-caller and Woulard will officially visit the ACC school this weekend.

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