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Offers flooding in for Ohio OL Krok

Justin Rowland
Special to CatsIllustrated.com

Josh Krok had a standout performance at the Rivals Camp Series presented by Under Armour. In Pittsburgh he was one of the biggest, most impressive linemen to attend.

Now the offers are coming.

Kentucky, Louisville, West Virginia, Virginia Tech and others have recently offered the 6-foot-9, 307-pound tackle from Niles (Ohio) McKinley.

The Wildcats offered late last week. It came as somewhat of a surprise and caught him off guard, but because of UK's recent recruiting momentum in Ohio it was a pleasant development.

Of course, Vince Marrow was the man to deliver the good news.

"I've only talked to him once but our head coach knows a lot of people from Kentucky and he knows coach Marrow," Krok said. "So does my government teacher. I plan on going on a visit down there this summer."

Maybe Marrow does know everyone in the state of Ohio.

While Krok has never been to Kentucky he has been to Louisville. Both schools have a common challenge in trying to convince Krok to spent his college years in the Commonwealth: Distance.

Kentucky isn't far from Ohio, but Krok does have one concern.

"I just don't really like car rides," he said. "Louisville was nice. I mean, it was about five and a half hours away but it has nice facilities and a good atmosphere. I don't mind how far it is, I just don't like to ride for a long time."

Many more schools plan to stop by and visit Krok in the days ahead with more offers likely to come as well. Because of that Krok doesn't want to narrow his list or name any favorites.

"I'll have to wait until I visit a couple of places before I narrow it down to five or three or anything like that," he said. "I'm going to take some official visits."

Krok received praise for his footwork and positioning at the Rivals camp in Pittsburgh.

Mid-Atlantic recruiting analyst Adam Friedman ranked Krok the number two offensive performer at the Pittsburgh leg of the camp series, behind only Marcelys Jones, an Ohio State commit and another UK target.

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