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Kentucky visit leaves impression on WR Ofodile

Justin Rowland
CatsIllustrated.com Football Recruiting Analyst

Kentucky's recent Friday night camp event drew plenty of top talent from both the rising junior and senior classes. One of the top 2015 recruits there was thoroughly impressed with what he saw.

Before the visit wide receiver Alex Ofodile had told Cats Illustrated that Kentucky was showing serious interest and his dad had ties to UK assistant coach Vince Marrow. Shortly thereafter the Wildcats offered.

Ofodile had been saying that his favorite was Memphis. It has also been believed that Missouri would be a serious contender because that's where his father played.

But now the Columbia (Mo.) Rock Bridge receiver has a new favorite.

"The trip to Kentucky was real fun," Ofodile said. "They're probably number one right now. That was a really nice visit."

Ofodile didn't get to tour much of the school but he said the stadium itself was very impressive. He also went to the film room for the wide receivers and said that was impressive as well.

"I got to talk to coach (Tommy) Mainord about the offense and that was super exciting. I love the way they get everybody involved in the passing game," he said. "I met coach Marrow and he was real nice. I talked to coach (Mark) Stoops briefly.

"They were talking to me about the (facility upgrades) and by the time I get up there it's going to be amazing."

While Kentucky does not have any 2015 commitments Ofodile started to get to know some of their older pledges and they sold the program to him as well.

"I got to meet Drew Barker, the quarterback and he was nice. I don't know if he's committed but I met Moral Stephens and I got to talk to him a little bit. He was talking to Drew a lot and was really into it," he said. "I met a few other guys in my class like Jarrett Stidham and some of the others."

But the trip wasn't all good. Ofodile dislocated his thumb and it wouldn't pop back into place so he had to have a cast put on it. That caused him to miss the one-on-one portion of the camps and he will be out of commission for five weeks. However, he was able to turn in an impressive performance during the individual portion of the camp.

Ofodile had been planning to visit Kansas State but said he is now done with visits for the summer.

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