Update on Darius McDonald

UPDATE

It appears as though McDonald tried to commit to UK, but UK didn’t take his commitment:

Perhaps McDonald is a last-ditch backup option, but at least for now, it doesn’t appear he is able to commit to UK,

The Kentucky Wildcats football program has secured it’s 18th commitment in the 2014 class with the verbal pledge of  Darius McDonald, an unranked prospect out of Dublin, Ohio by way of Scioto High School:

Current UK commit Darryl Long is also confirming the commitment:

McDonald is listed by multiple services as an all-purpose-back. Make sure you head over to hudl and

check out his highlight reel

, or watch his Youtube highlights here:

While he is currently unranked by most scouting services, you can bet Mark Stoops thinks he’ll be a quality player in college, given the amount of commitments he’s already secured to the point that UK is looking at a potential top-5 class in 2014. It will be interesting to learn more about McDonald once the major services have a chance to evaluate him.

He recently participated at the 5-Star Midwest Showcase 2012 by National Underclassmen, and here is an interview he conducted while there: