Kentucky football started building a pipeline to Oak Park with the signing of 2018 4-star recruit Marquan McCall, the No. 3-ranked player in Michigan at the time.
On Monday, the Wildcats picked up another blue-chip prospect from Oak Park.
Offensive lineman Justin Rogers (6-foot-2, 311 pounds), a 4-star recruit in the 2020 cycle, made a verbal commitment to Kentucky during a ceremony at his school. He’s the top-ranked player in Michigan and No. 1 offensive guard in the nation, per the 247Sports Composite.
Though it’s not a shock Rogers picked Kentucky — the school offered him as an eighth grader and was considered the favorite by 247Sports — his top colleges included perennial powers Michigan, Alabama, Ohio State, Georgia, LSU and Tennessee.