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Andy Britt OL 6-4 240 Russellville High School Environmental Engineering il
jeff Cipp LB 6-2 215 Bellport H.S., Brookhaven, NY Business/ Management   hr
Scott Crosley OL 6-4 250 Carmel (Ind.) High School *** j Cr
Steve Hall DB 6-2 185 New Haven (Ind.) High School *** I al
Dan Hicks RB 5-8 175 Tates Creek H.S., Lexington Communications L wi
Damon Hood RB 6-2 205 Warren Central H.S., Bowling Green Engineering l to
D’Andrejenkins DB 5-11 160 Murphy H.S., Mobile, AL Engineering  
Barryjones OL 6-5 275 Covington Catholic, Ft. Mitchell Biology , hz
Donte Key TE 6-3 210 Franklin-Simpson H.S., Franklin *** il Kt
Steve Langenkamp TE 6-4 225 Moeller H.S., Cincinnati, OH *** (
Tony Miller DB 5-10 175 Coatesville (PA) High School Business , fix
Matt Neuss LB 6-2 215 Bellport (NY) High School Business/ Management ., St
jeremy Niece QB 6-4 200 Estill County H.S., Irvine ***   M
Antonio O’Ferral DB 5-10 180 Bellport H.S., Brookhaven, NY Accounting   frt
Chris Page OL 6-7 275 Roswell (GA) High School Natural Resouces Mgt. E Fr
Corey Reeves TE 6-3 235 Corbin High School Physical Therapy
Mike Schlegel DE 6-4 220 jesuit H.S., Harahan, LA Pre-Med/ Pre-Dent. A mt
Leon Smith WR 5-10 180 Trinity High School, Louisville Marketing 1 Sn
David Snardon LB 6-2 205 Male High School, Louisville Pre-Medicine l Sc
james Tucker WR 6-2 195 Lamar High School, Arlington, TX *** li Te;
Emerson Wells LB 6-3 225 Tilghman High School, Paducah *** Ta
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MN. ”'|'|¤¥¤ FS ¤ Football coach Bill Curry described na- All-American.” de
%;°:I:::;:°J;':_°;x tional football letter ofintent day as an Of Kentucky’s recruits, half of them ad
gh., , ,,,,,;,;,,9 event somewhat like Christmas morn- are from the state. “There are good sig
¢|¤¤$ ¤* NWS 'YP° ing and standing by in the delivery football players in Kentucky. We feel ty
w°°:I:a;°::”°°°:t Q room. As of press time, the Wildcats about half of the team should come de
· l had "delivered" 21 recruits which had from the state and be the heart of the
  the recruiting guru’s who evaluate team with the arms and legs coming n wh
  such things rating this Kentucky class from out of state. Actually, we treat , gr:
( among the top 15 in the country. north to Dayton, Ohio, as ifit were in   kn
(Zurry said speed is the common at- state. We didn’t do as well as we wanted ing
tribute that all of the recruits share. to in areas like Chicago, Cleveland and tes
"Everyone, even the big guys, can Detroit, but we are in the door and ex-   ces
, run well. You cannot play football if pect results next year.   We
  you cannot move. I don’t care if you Actually gettingaplayer helps most, l ify.
j weigh 8,000 pounds. lfthe guy can run however, Curry says, because "when ‘ thc
( around you, you're not going to win that player goes back home his high thc
· the game. Movement, agility and speed school coach is going to check things tin
come first, before size and strength. out with him and ask him ifwhat we’ve , firs
And we needed it (speed) at every posi- said about being a family and treating
tion," (Zurry said. each other with respect and stressing _
l (Zurry, who always prefers that per- championship performance in the   LI
  lormance rather than high school stats classroom and on the field is like we   "
  speak for a recruit, would only say that said it was. Then the coach will know.” g Fel
  he expects some of these recruits to \/Vhile the Cats didn’t sign a defensive i Un
( play as freshmen. lineman, they did get a premier player j oft
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