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JUCO corner Davis has Kentucky interest

Justin Rowland
Special to CatsIllustrated.com

The Wildcats already have one junior college cornerback on board in Shyquawn Pullium. Could they add another?

It might seem like a stretch to imagine Kentucky taking two junior college cornerbacks but Ronnie Davis is hopeful Kentucky leaves that possibility open.

He's a 6-foot-1, 170-pound corner from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Community College, and he claims offers from Kentucky, Toledo and Tulane.

Davis has never visited Kentucky before and that would probably need to happen before anyone assumes things are getting too serious. But Davis is trying to work a trip into his schedule.

"I believe they were trying to figure that (when he will visit) out. It depends on how our season turns out so I'm unsure of when," he said.

Tommy Mainord, UK's wide receivers coach, has been responsible for recruiting Davis so far.

It's not as though UK has had one or two conversations with Davis. It appears they have been diligent in their research and evaluation.

"I haven't personally talked to them so much since school has been out but I've talked to my coaches a few times and they told me that they had been talking to the UK coaches about a visit and things like that," he explained. "Around the time when the coach had come to watch me practice he told me a few things about the program. He said they had a new defensive coordinator from Florida State and a few more coaches.

"Also, he told me that their spring game was packed," he said.

The number crunch could be working against Davis as far as Kentucky is concerned. The Wildcats already have commitments from two cornerbacks, Pullium and Jared Tucker, as well as two safeties that have been praised for their coverage skills and conceivably could play corner as well.

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