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UK’s Two New Assistants are Already Recruiting Top Talent in New Territories

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When Mark Stoops added Michael Smith and Brad White to the Kentucky football staff, they brought new recruiting territories to the table. The two have already reached out to four-star prospects after just two weeks.

White hails from Rhode Island, a state that produces few Division I football recruits. Stoops was hesitant to say how much UK would invest in the small Northeastern state. When White was asked if UK should expect to get every top recruit from the state, he responded:

“I wish. We’ll see,” White said. “There’s not many players that come out of the state, but I am really looking forward to getting there and into that mid-Atlantic area because we’ve had a lot of good players from New Jersey, Washington D.