Could the Kentucky Wildcats have SEVEN players on McDonald’s All American Roster?

The 2014 Kentucky Wildcat recruiting class is off to a great start with the recent addition of Florida DE Denzel Ware and expect Kentucky to keep up their Florida/Ohio recruiting battlefield plan. TE coach Vince Marrow is a big reason for the Ohio success and he says the best is yet to come for Kentucky football recruiting:

“We had six weeks to do this. Giving us a whole year, it’s going to be pretty special, pretty interesting. I’m very fired up. I know everybody else is fired up. Like I said, we’ve already got some of the top 10 guys on board that want to come now (next year). So it’s going to be a good thing,” said Marrow.

The coach, who came to UK from Nebraska, has strong connections in Ohio. That’s one reason UK signed Marcus McWilson, a four-star recruit that Marrow calls a “gifted athlete” that many feel is one of the best five players in Ohio.

“I am already on the top 15 guys (in Ohio) for next year. Can’t say their names, but they’re some very highly recruited guys,” Marrow said. ”So I can tell you this: Ohio is a very important state for us. We will be in there. We will take the top guys. I will be battling with Ohio State, Michigan, Nebraska. And I feel pretty good about where we’re going with this.”

Nov 24, 2012; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers wide receiver Zach Rogers (83) catches a pass for a touchdown against Kentucky Wildcats safety Mikie Benton (31) during the first half at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports

UK Defensive coordinator was also in the talkative mood lately and talked to Ashley Scoby about recruiting and the Kentucky defense:

"On the deciding factor to jump from Florida State to Kentucky… Eliot: “Well I believe in coach Stoops and I believe in what he’s doing. I see the potential that the University of Kentucky has, being in the best conference in college football. Also the commitment that the university’s making towards facilities and other avenues. On how much he used the prospect of playing in the SEC on the recruiting trail… Eliot: “Tremendous amount. I think all SEC schools sell their conference as much as they can. When I was at Florida State, that was something I was always battling – defending the ACC and battling the SEC. On recruiting guys to UK that he had previously recruited to Florida State… Eliot: “Alvonte Bell we were recruiting at Florida State, and he stayed with his commitment to us. There were some other players that we visited with as well. For the most part, we wanted to start fresh when we got here. We wanted to bring in some of the guys that we thought would fit our system offensively and defensively. Those are most of the guys we signed. “One of the biggest things in recruiting is relationship-building. If I had a good relationship with them, it wasn’t that big of a deal. When I walk into their home, it’s more of a high-five than it was ‘Hey, why do you have a different sales pitch?’ On using the prospect of immediate playing time in recruiting… Eliot: “We always sell the opportunity that you’ll have to play, but we never guarantee anybody playing time. That wouldn’t be fair to the players that are on our team. But we definitely sold that opportunity. Like coach Stoops touched on, you’ll only be 15 practices behind the rest of the team, as oppose to going somewhere else where they’ve been implementing a game plan and a scheme for four or five years.” On if the staff will have to use the upcoming season’s results to recruit in the future… Eliot: “I think we’ll recruit on what we do next year but we’ll still be able to draw on our track record and what we’ve done in the past.”"