While college football bowl season officially kicked off Friday, the University of Cincinnati's new coaching staff was pounding the recruiting trail. On Ezzard Charles Drive, a road named for a heavyweight champion boxer, new Bearcats defensive coordinator Bryan Brown made an important visit to Taft High School.
Although previously offered by the Luke Fickell staff, the Scott Satterfield-led Bearcats offered Ohio's No. 3-rated junior according to 247Sports.com, Elias Rudolph. The No. 11-ranked edge rusher is listed at 6-foot-6 on the Taft basketball roster and weighs 220 pounds. He has many big-name suitors including Ohio State, Arkansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue, Tennessee and West Virginia.