Meet the 2012 Kentucky Wildcat Football Freshman: Damon Sprouse

 

Damon Sprouse

Offensive Lineman

6’4″ 277 lbs

Southwest Dekalb High School, Decatur, Georgia

Ever year Joker Phillips has been at UK, he’s managed to pull off multiple signing day surprises in which he added a quality player that non one had known he was even recruiting. Joker pulled a real curveball in the case of Damon Sprouse, adding the very talented offensive lineman prospect right before training cam officially opened up.

No one heard a word of who Sprouse was prior to last week’s media day, in which the official fall roster was released, and Sprouses’ name was on the list as a wlak-on. He was a three-star prospect on ESPN, Rivals, and Scout, and also held scholarship offers fromLouisvilleand Southern Miss, and its unknown as to why he wasn’t:

A. Offered a scholarship byKentucky

B. If he has a potential injury that will require a redshirt

C. Why it wasn’t announced earlier this year that a player of this caliber would be joining the roster, since the offseason has been so negative in the eyes of a lot of fans and media, this news would have been refreshing to hear of.

Perhaps these questions will be answered in time, but there’s no question that this is a quality pickup. Sprouse has all the makings of a potential SEC lineman, and with a year or two to develop under Mike Summers, he could find himself earning a scholarship down the road.