Kentucky trending to land a pair of 2025 football recruits

Kentucky football already has a Top 25 recruiting class on the way to Lexington next year, but Mark Stoops, Vince Marrow, and Co. aren’t done yet building out the next batch of future Wildcats.

On Tuesday afternoon, two RPM (Recruiting Prediction Machine) picks were placed by On3’s Steve Wiltfong in favor of Kentucky landing a pair of ranked 2025 prospects. One is four-star Cincinnati tight end commit Mikkel Skinner and the other is three-star offensive lineman Jayden Clark.

Skinner, who has been committed to the Bearcats since June, received an offer from Kentucky on July 10 and took an unofficial visit to Lexington later that month to meet with Marrow. UK then extended the 6-foot-4, 220-pound high school senior an official scholarship offer on August 1. Skinner is expected to return to campus for the Wildcats’ second game of the season against South Carolina, which will be an official visit.

On3’s @SWiltfong_ has logged an expert prediction for Kentucky to flip Cincinnati 4-star TE commit Mikkel Skinner😼

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— On3 Recruits (@On3Recruits) August 27, 2024

Skinner is considered the No. 386 overall recruit in the 2025 class, per the On3 Industry Ranking. Along with Kentucky, the trio of Cincinnati, South Carolina, and West Virginia also reached out with official offers. Notably, last week, KSR’s Nick Roush logged a pick for Skinner to land at Kentucky while KSR’s Adam Luckett did the same on Tuesday.

As for Clark, he’s not as highly rated as Skinner, but he’s someone Kentucky has kept a very close on since offering him back in January. Once again, Marrow is leading this recruitment. Clark plays at the same high school in Ohio (Northmont) that current Kentucky commit Cedric Works previously attended before transferring to Frederick Douglass in Lexington earlier this summer.

Per the On3 Industry Ranking, Clark is rated No. 1,107 in the 2025 class as a 6-foot-5, 25-pound offensive tackle. Similar to Skinner, he was also on campus in July for an unofficial visit and is scheduled to return this weekend for the season-opener against Southern Miss. West Virginia and Boston College are two other schools in the mix for Clark. Roush and Luckett have also submitted RPM picks for Clark to choose the ‘Cats.

Kentucky currently has 17 commits from the 2025 class locked in — two more could soon be on the way.