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JUCO cornerback Willis commits to Cats without visit

Justin Rowland
Special to CatsIllustrated.com

Cornerback Nate Willis has known for a little while now that he wanted to be a Wildcat. Wednesday morning he made it official on Twitter.

Willis made his decision known via Twitter and shortly thereafter he spoke with Cats Illustrated.

"I just verbally committed to Coach (Derrick) Ansley over the phone," Willis said. "I have to seal the deal with Coach (Mark) Stoops."

It will be the first conversation he has had with the Wildcats' head man.

"This will be our first time talking. They were basically just trying to get me on board. I had been talking to the coach from LSU (Bradley Dale Peveto) but since the corners coach took over he's been recruiting me harder than anyone other than Illinois. He made me feel more appreciated and I knew he was trying to put me in a good situation."

Willis' decision is only public today but he made it a while back. Cats Illustrated had learned that Willis was leaning towards committing to Kentucky closer to Signing Day, but he decided to move his time table up.

He has never visited the SEC school.

"I know about Kentucky," he said. "I don't really need to visit an environment for me to commit. I just have an instinct on where I want to play at."

The Arizona Western Community College product is the second cornerback, after Jaleel Hytchye of Cincinnati (Ohio) LaSalle, to commit to Kentucky since Stoops took over.

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