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Mandatory Credit: Jamie Rhodes-USA TODAY Sports

As the Spring semester closes for the Kentucky Wildcats football program, there were a handful of commits who enrolled early and got the benefit of the 15 spring practices with the football team. Early enrollment is not for everyone, but it is becoming a thing at Kentucky and the players that go through it seem to benefit.

"Two of this season’s mid-year enrollees, Conrad and offensive lineman George Asafo-Adjei, are players likely to see the field this season because they arrived a semester early. “They’re obviously getting a heck of a lot more work and getting acclimated to the college program; they’re getting weight lifting; they’re getting ahead academically,” Stoops said. “There’s a lot of benefits to it if you can mentally handle it, and this group has done a great job.” Linebacker Kengera Daniel said even if he is redshirted this fall, which happened with three of the seven early enrollees in 2014, he believes it will be a benefit to be on campus a semester early. “It’s very helpful,” Daniel said. “I’m trying to learn the plays, figure out how things work around here, what to do, what not to do, of course, so in the long run I guess it’ll benefit me more than anything, being here early.” Sometimes the benefits aren’t clear until a couple of semesters later, but they’re immeasurable, Horton said. “If I hadn’t come in early, I wouldn’t be where I am now, I’d probably still be 240 (pounds).” But it helped me grow up quick. I’m more mature as a man now and the way I think. Coaches see it, too. Coming in early, I advise it for every athlete.” It’s not always advisable for every athlete, though. It takes a certain type of person and player, secondary coach Derrick Ansley argued."

Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports

In case you missed it, Mark Stoops gained a ton of cred with his team and commits by posing with Mike Tyson before the big fight in Vegas this weekend. Stoops sent out a tweet of the meeting, which was promptly disected by the national media.

"That’s probably just a bad shot of the outside of the MGM Grand, in which case I’m questioning Stoops’ decision to pay an absurd amount of money for a ticket to the fight (which he apparently did and secured a VIP pass) and by extension most of his life choices. Remember, there were no comp tickets issued for this bout. Ah, who are we kidding? We all know Coach Cal has ins everywhere. No doubt he’s the one who scored the tickets. But, if Stoops did pay tens of thousands of dollars for a ticket, it’s totally possible he could return to Kentucky with a pet wildcat and a growling Kentucky Wildcat tattooed to the side of his face. Hey, hangin’ with Iron Mike makes people do weird things — like race pigeons. And by the way, how do Kentucky folks feel about Stoops skipping the Derby for the fight?"

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