Kentucky Wildcats Football: It’s time to look to the North

Chapter VI: Mutual Interest

Now the question becomes; what do the northern states have to offer Kentucky?  The answer there is also a whole lot.  While Florida and Texas are renowned for the number of high-level college football players they put out, Ohio is no slouch.  The state known to Kentuckians as the home of Skyline Chili, IKEA, and Jungle Jim’s actually puts out more four-star rated players per year than the state of Kentucky does in sixty.  Just since 2010’s signing class, Ohio has produced 6 five-star athletes and 64 four-star athletes.  The state also has only two BCS conference schools (Ohio State and Cincinnati).  Illinois isn’t far behind either.  The state known as the home of Chicago and not much else produced 1 five star player and 31 four-star players from 2010 through the present.  Indiana falls behind both with only 1 five star player and 16 four-star players.  So combined, the three states to our north have put out 119 high school athletes that were rated as four or five star players since 2010.  Conversely, Kentucky has produced only six four-star athletes over the same span and zero five-star players.  For those of you that don’t follow or understand what exactly what I’m saying here, it’s that our three neighbors to the north have produced 1,883% more high-level talent than the state of Kentucky since 2010 alone.