Rounding up this week's Kentucky football scholarship offers

Kentucky football coaches were back on the recruiting trail this week. One of the more notable storylines from the last several days was offensive coordinator Liam Coen paying a visit to four-star class of 2025 QB Ryan Montgomery up at his high school in Findlay, OH on Tuesday. Elsewhere, Kentucky coaches were traveling across the eastern United States handing out plenty of offers to the next hopeful batch of Wildcats.

Upwards of a dozen scholarships went out since last Friday from the UK coaching staff, including a trio of offers to nationally-ranked rising seniors and even one to an eighth grader. Who else did Kentucky take a look at this week? Let’s break them all down.

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Class of 2024 offers

Cameron Pruitt (LB) 6-2, 185 | Theodore (Theodore, AL)
3-star: No. 401 overall, No. 39 LB

• Offered by inside linebackers coach Mike Stoops, Cameron Pruitt received his Kentucky offer on Thursday, putting him at upwards of three dozen Divison I scholarships. The likes of Miami (FL), Alabama, Ole Miss, Florida, and Vanderbilt have all been on Pruitt, who is right on the fringes of being a consensus four-star prospect. Colorado and Deion Sanders are getting more involved, too. Pruitt holds offers from all the big-name schools.

Dominic Kirks (DL) 6-5, 250 | Villa Angela – St. Joseph (Cleveland, OH)
3-star: No. 579 overall, No. 52 DL

• Kentucky associate head coach Vince Marrow is a well-known figure in the world of Ohio recruiting. He dipped back into the area on Wednesday where he offered a pair of Villa Angela – St. Joseph prospects, the most notable being Dominic Kirks. Iowa and Temple have also offered Kirks this week, joining the likes of Washington, Wisconsin, Pittsburgh, Minnesota, and Indiana, among others that had already done so. He also visited Ohio State in March. Kirks is teammates with four-star ’25 running back Bo Jackson, who is hearing plenty from the Wildcats. Kirks is familiar with UK, as he visited in June 2022 for a camp with Jackson.

Steven Soles Jr. (LB) 6-2, 215 | Powell (Powell, TN)
3-star: No. 796 overall, No. 85 LB

• It was exactly one week ago that Steven Soles Jr. announced his offer from Kentucky, which he received from wide receivers coach Scott Woodward and inside linebackers coach Mike Stoops. His mid-three-star ranking doesn’t reflect his offer sheet, though. Alabama and Miami (FL) have both offered, as have South Carolina, Mississippi State, and Missouri. Soles visited Miami in early March and then went to Virginia Tech not long after.

Class of 2025 offers

Dayshaun Burnett (LB) 6-2, 200 | Imani Christian Academy (Pittsburgh, PA)
4-star: No. 259 overall, No. 25 LB

• Already considered a top 300 recruit in the ’25 class, Dayshaun Burnett picked up his Kentucky offer on Tuesday from safeties coach Frank Buffano, the same day that Michigan reached out with a scholarship of its own. Burnett holds additional offers from the likes of Michigan State, West Virginia, and Penn State. The Nittany Lions were his first-ever DI offer, which came in June 2022, and he took a gameday visit there back in the fall.

Jotavion Pierce (S) 6-2, 185 | Montgomery Catholic Preparatory (Montgomery, AL) –> KSR+ interview

• Offered on Thursday by Coach Buffano and offensive line coach Zach Yenser, Jotavion Pierce is already expecting to visit Kentucky in a “couple of weeks”, per KSR+ reporter Jacob Polacheck. Pierce has also earned offers from South Carolina and Auburn since March as his recruitment begins to pick up.

Mal Waldrep (OT) 6-4, 280 | Central (Phenix City, AL)

• Kentucky coaches are no strangers to the Phenix City, AL, area and went back this week to offer Mal Waldrep on Thursday. Coach Yenser extended the offer on the WIldcats’ behalf, joining the likes of Auburn and Georgia Tech as schools that have already done so. Alabama, Clemson, and Georgia have yet to offer, but all three programs have been keeping close tabs on Waldrep, getting him on campus for multiple visits already.

Nolan Davenport (TE) 6-6, 230 | Washington (Massillon, OH)

• Hailing from the same Ohio-based high school as incoming freshman tight end Tanner Lemaster (Washington), Nolan Davenport is an equally impressive tight end who earned his Kentucky offer on Thursday from Coach Marrow. His other offers include Marshall, Louisville, Miami (OH), Akron, and Pittsburgh.

Coleman Lewis (LB) 6-1, 205 | Lowndes (Valdosta, GA)

• Doubling as a star baseball player for Lowndes (GA) High School, Coleman Lewis received his offer from Kentucky on Tuesday, tagging a trio of Wildcat coaches in defensive line coach Anwar Stewart, inside linebackers coach Mike Stoops, and defensive coordinator Brad White. Lewis has visited Florida and Georgia Tech already this year. His recruitment has blown up since January with LSU, Georgia Tech, Central Florida, and Colorado all offering.

Class of 2026 offers

Naeem Burroughs (WR) 6-0, 155 | The Bolles School (Jacksonville, FL)

Simeon Caldwell (S) 6-3, 185 | The Bolles School (Jacksonville, FL)

Daniel Burns (IOL) 6-3, 280 | Montgomery Catholic Preparatory (Montgomery, AL)

Henry Perrymond (CB) 5-10, 150 | Cleveland Heights (Cleveland, OH)

David Davis (ATH) 5-10, 165 | Imani Christian Academy (Pittsburgh, PA)

Hudson Reed (OT) 6-5, 250 | Spain Park (Hoover, AL)

Camron Brooks (EDGE) 6-4, 220 | Thoams County Central (Thomasville, GA)

Maxwell Riley (OT) 6-5, 265 | Avon Lake (Avon Lake, OH)

Class of 2027 offers

D’Angelo White (TE) 6-4, 215 | Villa Angela – St. Joseph (Cleveland, OH) –> KSR+ interview

• The second Villa Angela – St. Joseph prospect to pick up a Kentucky offer is D’Angelo White, who has yet to actually play a down as a high schooler. Coach Marrow also extended this offer on Wednesday, the first from a DI school for White.

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