Kentucky Football Offers Scholarship to Dozens of Underclassmen

The Kentucky football coaches are spending the early days of May on the road recruiting. A bevy of offers has been issued to underclassmen. Let’s go through some of the more noteworthy players who are on Kentucky’s radar.

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Early Kentucky Scholarship Offers

Kaiden Hall

Ray Cottrell was a Milton, FL product who had a cup of coffee in Lexington this spring. Kentucky is now recruiting from the talent hotbed by offering Hall, who’s the fourth-ranked safety and No. 27 overall player in the 2026 class according to On3.

Zion Grady

Most players you’ll see on here are underclassmen. Grady is entering his senior season as the No. 65 player in the 2025 class. He was a one-time Alabama commit, but now the door is open for other schools like Kentucky to make a move.

Ja’Hyde Brown

Brown made headlines when Vince Marrow issued him an offer as a seventh grader. That gesture was mostly symbolic in nature. After catching touchdowns for the 3A State Champs as a freshman, Marrow reassured the CAL wide receiver that Kentucky is very much interested in keeping the Aspirations Athlete in the Commonwealth for his college football playing career.

Jordan Haskins

Similar to Brown, Haskins played at a high level as a freshman in the state of Kentucky. He started in 15 games at cornerback last fall for Bryan Station. Kentucky is his first Power Five offer.

Joshua Sims

Eric Wolford has been recruiting in Middle Tennessee and earlier this week he offered a cornerback who plays for Barion Brown‘s alma mater, Pearl-Cohn. Sims is a three-star talent in 2026 who plays 7-on-7 and trains with NPA, one of the biggest talent developers in the region.

Craig Tutt

Another talented defensive back from Middle Tennessee, the Oakland safety is a four-star prospect and a top 300 talent in the 2026 class.

Jasen Lopez

Kentucky has not spent a ton of time in South Florida, but the Cats are trying to wedge their foot in the door. They offered a scholarship to the 2026 wide receiver who’s considered a top 300 talent by Rivals. Kentucky also offered another Miami wide receiver, Jade Card of the 2025 recruiting class.

Larry Moon III

He’s only a member of the 2027 recruiting class, but offers are beginning to pile up for the talented cornerback. Penn State, Michigan State, and Miami are already involved. Frank Buffano was in Aliquippa, PA this week to extend a scholarship offer in person.

Michael Ionata

Eric Wolford made Kentucky the first SEC offer for Ionata, a 6-foot-6 2026 offensive tackle from Clearwater, FL.

Brad White hits the Pavement in Virginia and the DMV

Hakim Satterwhite is a Top 200 cornerback in the 2026 recruiting class from Washington D.C. Zion Elee is just across the Maryland border and the 6-foot-3, 215-pound EDGE is already considered a Top 20 overall player in the 2026 recruiting class.

Sean Johnson, a 2026 cornerback in Maryland, also received a Kentucky offer this week. Elijah Hutcheson is not yet ranked by the major recruiting services, but the 6-foot-6 offensive tackle from Roanoke has been piling up Power Five offers this month. The Kentucky defensive coordinator started his travels in Richmond where he offered Andre Clarke, a 2026 safety who is a consensus top 300 talent. Clarke spoke with KSR+ shortly after receiving his offer.

“I just know they put DBs in the league,” he said. “They were telling me that they had a third-rounder this year, Andru Phillips, in the draft.”

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