This week Louisville received a commitment from Anas Osama Mahmoud - 7-foot-1 big man from Egypt - and rumor has it he will be bringing his 6-foot-11 freshman little brother with him.

A source told me yesterday the kid could end up at Ballard or Trinity.

Apollo sophomore guard/forward Eli Wright is having an outstanding sophomore season so far and schools are starting to take notice.

Tennessee has recently showed interest in Eli, while Mississippi State Head Coach Rick Ray is expected to come watch Eli play next week. People I've spoken with seem to think Mississippi State is likely to offer, they've already seen him play/practice twice before.

Here are my predictions on where the currently undecided prospects will choose:

Matt Elam | Three-star | Defensive Tackle | John Hardin: Kentucky

Elam was supposed to already commit by now but we all know how that panned out. Have no fear big blue faithful, Elam is going to choose the Wildcats. While all signs pointed to Elam losing interest in the Cats there for a while, I think that may have been a bunch of smoke. Now that the decision is getting closer and closer I think he realizes Kentucky is the best fit for him.




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Yesterday recruiting dead period ended and Coach Stoops and the Kentucky staff made visits to schools of top prospects around the state. He saw Elijah Sinderlar, went to Bowling Green but didn't not meet with any player face-to-face and checked in with Matt Elam.

Today it has been said he will meet with 2016 Male wide receiver Keion Wakefield, the No. 1 prospect in the Kentuckypreps.com rankings. Wakefield's father Ron confirmed the meeting.

The Cardinals and new Coach Bobby Petrino checked in on Trinity QB and current commitment Reggie Bonnafon according to his twitter yesterday as well.

It has been confirmed that Vanderbilt coach James Franklin is leaving to become the Head Coach at Penn State. With that said, Franklin had one commitment in the 2014 class in (Louisville) Seneca DE Lloyd Tubman who will certainly be reevaluating is situation with NDS approaching.

KP, via the Twitter of Columnist Alex Davis, has already reported that Tumban will take officials with Kentucky and Purdue. Now this departure may end his commitment to Vandy since he already admitted the reason he was checking out other school was because the rumblings of Franklin's move.

Here is out live board on all things Lloyd Tubman:

1/9/14 - News of Franklin's hiring at Penn State hits news outlets and Columnist Alex Davis contacts Tubman and the prospect is going to talk with his family and get back with KP as soon as possible.

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DeAndre Farris Shelbyville (Ky.) Collins ATH - As of right right Farris is still committed to WKU. Dad says they will wait it out to see what coach is hired. Hiring coach Brohm will greatly improve their chances of keeping me.

Will Bush Louisville (Ky.) Ballard WR - Is saying depends on who the next head coach is.


Nacarius Fant Bowling Green (Ky.) WR - Says his commitment to WKU is solid.

Evan Sayner McCracken Co. (Ky.) DE- Says he is going to WKU no matter who the coach is.

Joel Iyiegbuniwe Bowling Green (Ky.) South Warren OLB - Has informed Kentuckypreps he will be sticking with his commitment to the Hilltoppers.

Ryan Duvall Owensboro (Ky.) Apollo OLB - Is staying and also believes all the other prospects will stay.

Masi Whyte Shelbyville (Ky.) Collins OLB - Announces via Twitter he will still be a Hilltoppers


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Robert Jones two-star QB Louisville (Ky.) Valley HS- Jones has decided to walk-on at WKU in hopes of becoming their quarterback.

Christian Noble two-star LB Ft. Campbell (Ky.) Ft. Campbell HS - Over the weekend Noble was offered by Bethel, Campbellsville and Lindsey Wilson

R.J. Taylor two-star ATH Lexington (Ky.) Tates Creek HS - Taylor has decided he will attend Wofford on scholarship next year.

Chad Lewellyn WR Louisville (Ky.) Christian Academy of Louisville HS - Tuesday night Lewellyn and his family hosted an in-home visit with Navy, who has already offered him. Dayton and Weber State have also offered the CAL wide out. Weber State will be bringing in a new coaching staff and Lewellyn isn't sure where he stands right now in regards to that offer. Yale is also in consideration. Lastly, Lewellyn has the opportunity to be a preferred walk-on at Cincinnati.

Cam Cheuvront WR Somerset (Ky.) Somerset HS - Cheuvront has recently set up an official visit with the Southern Illinois. They are telling him when he gets there he will receive an offer. Murray State is believed to be on the verge of offering as well.

Marque Northington Louisville (Ky.) Male HS - Kentucky Wesleyan has extended an offer to Northington.Kentucky let him know that he has a preferred walk-on spot if he decided to attend school there. Tennessee State, Georgetown and Marion are believed to be on the verge of extending an offer to him. Fairmont state is now actively recruiting Northington as well.

Jake Collins Louisville (Ky.) St. Xavier HS - Right now Collins is in contact with a number of Division III schools. He is hearing from Morehead State too. Collins would just like to be a preferred walk-on at Cincinnati, Louisville, Kentucky or WKU.



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Check the homepage for updates from Donald Styles, Mike Malone, Marcel Malone and Joe Brown.

Phillip Francis 2014 LB Louisville (Ky.) Central HS - Francis has offers from both Indiana St. and Tennessee Martin, though he is going to wait it out. He would like to hear more from WKU and I believe that is what he is waiting for. Francis won't make a decision until closer to signing day.

Christian Noble LB Ft. Campbell (Ky.) Ft. Campbell HS - Noble has an offer from Bethel and believes he is on the verge of getting offers from a number of smaller schools - Carson Newman, Faulkner, Cumberlands and Indianapolis. He could make a decision depending on what offers come in. Noble is hearing from Indiana St. as well and wants to make a decision before signing day.

Cody Swabek WR Louisville (Ky.) Trinity HS - Swabek is still without an offer, but sees a lot of interest from schools like Franklin and Centre. He wants to go to the best school possible. Swabek is still getting the occasional call from Navy who has been on him for some time.

Jacob Mayes LB Murray (Ky.) Murray HS - Mayes has offers from Air Force, Navy, Florida Tech and Southern Illinois. He is also still seeing interest from WKU, Murray St., Princeton, Harvard and Wofford. Wants to commit after he uses his official visits.



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- 2015 Trinity Forward Raymond Spalding picked up an offer from Vanderbilt earlier this week, he also has offers from Xavier, Dayton, Western Kentucky and Cleveland State. He gave us a quote on the offer:

"It's a blessing to pick up an offer from such a wonderful organization. The only thing to do now is push myself even harder in practice."

- Transylvania, Centre and Hanover all watched 2014 Bishop Brossart Forward Drew Burns on Monday.

- 2014 Bishop Brossart Forward Alex Trentman will take a visit to Shorter University this weekend for their game on Saturday.

- 2017 Frederick Fraize Guard Max Dubree received a letter of interest from Creighton.

- Vanderbilt watched 2016 Taylor County Guard Quentin Goodin at his game last night.

- Southern Mississippi visited Caldwell County to see 2015 Forward Eli Pepper yesterday.

- 2015 Warren Central Guard Jared Savage has been offered by Kentucky Wesleyan.

- Happy Osborne and Ray Harper both were at the Owensboro-Warren Central game last night. KWC has offered 2014 Warren Central Guard/Forward Chris Porter-Bunton and 2015 Guard Jared Savage as well as 2015 Owensboro Forward Aric Holman. Harper was most likely there to see Holman, who they're recruiting.

- Butler watched 2015 Holmes Point Guard James Bolden last night. Bolden has an offer from the Boilermakers.




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The University of Tennessee at Martin has been on the recruiting tail and that tail went right through Louisville this week. The Skyhawks have been hard on recruiting athletes from the Greater Metro Area in the last few days.

Butler ATH Ta'Vaughn Morton, Central LB Philip Francis, Central SS JuJuan Hailey, Male LB Malik Malone, Male SS Mike Malone and Male OT Marcus Butler have all been invited on official visits in the month of January and are seeing a vast amount of interest from the school.

All of those athletes have yet to receive an offer from the school.

Tennessee Martin had an in-home visit with 2014 Butler (Louisville, Ky.) ATH Ta'Vaughn Morton Tuesday. Morton, who had a stellar senior season really excelled in the KHSAA playoffs and is garnering a lot of interest now that the season has ended for him.

From his accounts, the in-home visit went well. As mentioned earlier they have invited the senior on an official visit in January and he plans to take them up on that. Nothing was said about an offer during the in-home visit, but Morton believes it could come on that visit.

According to the (Louisville) Butler coaching staff, Belmont took in practice yesterday to get a better look at 2015 point guard Jeremiah Bell.

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According to PRP assistant coach Larry Kihnley, Lamar will be at school today to check out forwards LaMontray Harris and D'Angelo Hunter.

2016 McCracken Co. QB Zy'aire Hughes received his first scholarship offer the University of Kentucky Tuesday.

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2015 Mason Wolfe of Henderson County received an offer from Kentucky last night after their game against Tennessee.

Kentucky also is the first to offer 2016 Woodford County center Drake Jackson.

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Pleasure Ridge Park high school didn't have the greatest season after coming off their only championship appearance in history.

Junior Delvon Dunn, however, showed glimpses of a Division I athlete and is now hearing from schools. He is receiving a high amount of interest from Kentucky and Indiana right now. Dunn, who's older brother plays nose guard for the Louisville Cardinals, is also getting some mail from Georgia.

Kentuckypreps.com will continue to bring updates on Delvon's recruitment.
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2014 Valley QB Robert Jones tells Kentuckypreps.com that he is hearing from UMASS and believes they could be on the verge of extending an offer.

2015 WR Jordan Hatton will visit his hometown school Kentucky when they take on Tennessee, he tells Kentuckypreps.com.

What do you all think about the Tigers chances this upcoming season?

I'll be adding articles here as they post on the front page.

The No. 31 prospect in the Rivals150, Quentin Snider is said to be rethinking his commitment to Illinois and remains unsigned at the moment.



Snider has de-committed once before from one of the schools he is said to be reconsidering now, Louisville. After the de-commitment of JaQuan Lyle it make sense that the Cardinals would pursue the Ballard High School guard.



It's no secret that Snider was/is a life-long Card fan. Committing after his sophomore season says a lot about how he feels about Louisville.



They are not alone, UCLA reportedly has a voice in the talks. Snider almost picked the Bruins when he committed to Illinois.



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Kelan Martin (Ballard) - will sign with Butler Wednesday in the Fine Arts Center at Ballard.
Jackson Davis (Lafayette) - will not sign with Rice during early signing period

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2015s Skyler Hunter, Tanner Johnson and Jarod Griffin all visited Lipscomb for ther rivalry game against Belmont. You can read the short write-up here: Link

Skyler Hunter Quotes:

"The facilities were extremely nice. I was really impressed with the arena. The coaches were great. They had just taken a hard loss from their rivals, and it was a close game. But they hung around afterwards and talked with us, which I thought was really cool."

"The thing that stood out the most to me was the atmosphere. They gym was packed and the student section was awesome."

"They told me that they hoped I could make it to more games. They also told me they would be up to see my team play when our season started. All in all it was a good game and good trip."

Tanner Johnson Quotes:

"The team as a whole shot a lot of threes throughout the game, which would be a good fit for me."

"The coaches told me they were happy that I came down and that I'm free to come to any of their home game that I want and they'll save me tickets. They also said they will be in contact and that they will watch me throughout the season."

"The thing that stood out to me most was the atmosphere and the big student section. I went to the Belmont game, which is their biggest rival, and the atmosphere was really hyped up and load in the gym."




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2015 Tyler Addesa of Meade Co.is visiting Cincinnati, his father tells Kentuckypreps.com.

Addesa is the No. 13 prospect in Kentucky Preps' 2015 rankings. He's a hybrid type pass rusher, can play down or up on the line and is beginning to hone in on getting in the best possible physical shape.

Feel free to discuss any Henderson County players, articles, team expectations, etc. in this thread.

I'll be updating it when articles are posted as well.

Please share any and all constructive thoughts.