Kentucky Wildcats: Positive news on Jalen Duren and Dare Rosenthal

UPDATE

Now that Jalen Duren’s formal check out with the Wildcats has concluded, we have obtained pictures of the No. 1 all round recruit rocking Kentucky blue, and it is stunning.

Now, we wait.

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It is been a busy few of weeks in Lexington now that recruiting visits are taking put while NIL gets sorted out.

For the football Wildcats, items carry on to move in a favourable direction with LSU Tigers transfer Dare Rosenthal.

Not lengthy right after the large-time offensive tackle entered the portal, it grew to become clear Kentucky was likely to be a key participant in his recruitment.

Now, it appears Mark Stoops’ program is the favored for Rosenthal heading into the property extend.

Rivals football recruiting guru Mike Farrell just did a Fact or Fiction piece on the leading players in the transfer portal. When it came to Rosenthal, he manufactured a prediction that sounds great to the Huge Blue Nation.

“Baylor is included below, and I have heard Miami likes him as perfectly, but I’d be amazed if he didn’t stop up at Kentucky and maybe drive the Wildcats to the best of the nation’s offensive line rankings,” Farrell wrote.

Incorporating Rosenthal would probable clear up one particular of Kentucky’s position battles at proper tackle just after Darrian Kinnard moved to still left deal with. It would also make certain Kentucky’s offensive line remains among the ideal in the SEC, and possibly all of college or university football.

You read extra on Farrell’s transfer predictions below.

On the basketball facet of issues, the BBN has its eyes on two people today and the conclusions still to be made.

One is Davion Mintz, who has until eventually July 7^th to pull his title out of the NBA Draft and return to Kentucky.

The other is 2022 No. 1 over-all recruit Jalen Duren, who is anticipated to make the jump to the 2021 course.

Duren just finished up his official stop by to Lexington, and from all indications, that check out went quite well.

The subsequent thing to retain an eye out for is Duren is established to trim his record of 11 choices to five on Friday.

Rivals basketball recruiting analyst Rob Cassidy talked about Duren’s recruitment and what we could see in his current list on Friday, which included a good nugget on Kentucky.

“Three programs look like locks to make the checklist, dependent on interviews with Duren and the visits he’s taken so significantly. Count on Miami and Duren’s previous grassroots coach, D.J. Irving, to make the slice. Kentucky, which seems like the current college or university favored, is a secure wager to be still left standing as properly. Duren has extended been higher on Michigan, so Juwan Howard’s system will possible be in the blend as effectively.”

A ton of individuals have believed that Memphis is right there as one particular of the top college or university alternatives, but Cassidy thinks they are just a “filler” suitable now.

Even with all of the the latest faculty momentum, Cassidy does see the qualified route as the favourite. Having said that, he notes that the new NIL rules set to acquire place July 1^st could adjust that belief.

The huge takeaway and the positive news for Kentucky is that not only will they most probable be on the new list Friday, but Cassidy believes they are the university most loved if Duren decides to choose the school route.

You can see every thing Rob Cassidy experienced to say listed here.

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