A little over a week ago, we introduced our readers to Jalen Thompson, a four-star class of 2023 defensive lineman who hails from the same high school as DeAndre Square and Deone Walker. Clocking in at 6-foot-3, 245 pounds, the junior of out Cass Tech (MI) said that he’s been hearing from Kentucky for nearly a whole year now.
Well, on Friday afternoon, that still-growing relationship paid off for the first time. Thompson dropped his top 10 list of preferred schools and the Wildcats were one of the teams to make the cut.