When Mark Stoops arrived on campus in 2012 he made locking up local kids in his first class a priority. Ryan Timmons was the first Kentuckian to commit to Mark Stoops and on signing day Jason Hatcher joined him when he flipped his commitment from Southern Cal. The consensus top 20 Defensive End prospect was one of the crown jewels of Stoops first class but he enters his junior season as almost an afterthought. In fact in ESPN’s article today “Why Kentucky will or won’t make a bowl game” cited the lack of Bud Dupree and Za’Darius as a reason why they wouldn’t.
Jason Hatcher: The Defensive X Factor
