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OL Haynes gauging Kentucky's recruiting interest

Justin Rowland
Special to CatsIllustrated.com

Nick Haynes is wondering exactly where he stands with Kentucky. The Wildcats have been recruiting him for about a month and contacted him as recently as last week.

It was offensive line coach John Schlarman that spoke to the Niceville (Fla.) guard last Thursday. Kentucky is interested, Haynes said, but he won't know whether he will take an official visit this weekend, as it has been reported he will, until his next conversation with UK representatives.

"It all depends on what happens," Haynes said. "I have a meeting with the offensive coordinator (Neal Brown) and the offensive line coach coming up soon. It's going to be their decision. If they want me to come see them I will. If they don't, I won't."

For now the 6-foot-4, 294-pound lineman has kept his weekend free in case UK wants him to visit. He's tentatively planning to visit Lexington but it sounds like it's not quite a done deal yet.

Haynes told Cats Illustrated that he's been hearing from Kentucky for about a month now.

"Coach (Schlarman) told me he didn't want me to get too hung up on one school," Haynes said. "He wants me to go out and see other schools. He told me not to put all my eggs in one basket."

FAU, Southern Miss, UL-Monroe, UCF, Western Kentucky and Samford are the other schools recruiting Haynes. He took an official visit to FAU over the weekend.

He said the atmosphere at FAU was nice. Even though the program is undergoing a coaching change he said that he felt comfortable with everyone he met on campus.

Haynes, a three-star prospect, is ranked the No. 38 offensive guard in the nation by Rivals.com.

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