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Goulbourne has strong showing on UK visit

Justin Rowland
CatsIllustrated.com Football Recruiting Analyst

Kadeem Goulbourne might not have the name recognition of some of Kentucky's other receiver targets but he turned in a solid camp performance on Saturday night and is still on the radar.

At 6-foot-4 and 200-pounds Goulbourne is an attractive target at receiver because Kentucky needs size at the position in a big way. It wasn't his first trip to Lexington so Goulbourne had a pretty good idea of what to expect.

Goulbourne wasn't in town for long and he left on Friday night after the camp.

"I had seen everything I had to see there. I just wanted to work out for the coaches. Coach (Neal) Brown, coach (Tommy) Mainord, coach (Mark) Stoops and all them. I wanted to get a better picture of the quarterback that's supposed to be coming in for my class, Drew Barker. I just wanted to catch some passes," Goulbourne said.

"The feedback I got was very, very great. They're very high on me and they hope I have a chance to end up at the University of Kentucky."

The interest goes both ways. Goulbourne couldn't seem to find enough nice things to say about Kentucky and the praise was mostly aimed at the coaching staff.

"I like the coaching staff on the field but also off the field too," Goulbourne said. "I like the way they're concerned about things and what's going on in my head. They ask you things other (coaches) won't ask.

"When you're visiting a school nine out of ten times they want to talk about football a lot. But coach Stoops, Brown and Mainord kinda mimic each other. They talk about everything that's important. There's a lot you can say for the people that's in that office."

Goulbourne claims a lot of impressive BCS offers but he doesn't know which schools he would put at the top of his list at the present time. There's no doubt that Kentucky would be very high on that list.

"I really can't say where I'd put them," he said. "But all I can say is I do have a teammate there, Alex Montgomery, and he's been a very good person in my life. We played together and went to a state final together last year. If I had to rate the coaches and the city and everything there I would give it an A-plus."

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