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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 04-20-2021, 01:34 PM:

Mark Stoops and his staff have been killing it on the recruiting trail, as the Kentucky Wildcats picked up commitments from three top-300 recruits over the weekend.

The Wade twins, Keaton and Destin, picked Kentucky over rival Tennessee, and Kiyaunta Goodwin, a top 60 player in his class, picked the Cats over Alabama, Michigan State, Ohio State, and Clemson.

Those additions moved Kentucky’s 2022 recruiting class to No. 10 in the country and they are not close to being done yet.

The hot streak continued today, as 2022 three-star tight end Josh Kattus has committed to Kentucky. He made the announcement live on Kentucky Sports Radio.

Kattus is a 6-4, 245-pound tight end from Cincinnati Moeller High School. He picked the Cats over Louisville, Cincinnati, Maryland and Michigan.

Despite his father, Eric Kattus, playing for Michigan during his college career, Vince Marrow was able to bring his son to Lexington.

247 Sports has Kattus ranked 32nd in the state of Ohio and 64th among tight ends. Rivals has him ranked 26th in Ohio. Among the other schools to offer include Pittsburgh, Kansas, Georgia Tech and Northwestern.

This is another big get for Kentucky as Liam Coen’s offense is expected to utilize tight ends more than we have seen in the past, and Kattus’ physicality will fit in nicely at Kentucky.

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Posted by rlt4uk (Member # 3194) on 04-20-2021, 02:21 PM:

I just read his story on KSR, I don't know how to link it but you should check it out. His dad being an ex college TE who played at Michigan and has coached him his whole life will have him ready to play as a freshman. He already looks like an SEC tight end.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 04-22-2021, 11:45 AM:

I bet this is this the story:

3-star TE Josh Kattus explains what led to his Kentucky commitment:

The newest addition to Kentucky’s class of 2022 recruiting class has plenty of ties to the program.

Josh Kattus, a 6-foot-4, 235-pound tight end prospect out of Moeller High School in Cincinnati, OH, pledged his commitment to join the Wildcats earlier Tuesday on Kentucky Sports Radio. Rated as a three-star player by both 247 Sports and Rivals, Kattus chose Kentucky over the likes of Cincinnati, Northwestern, Pittsburgh, Illinois, and Michigan. He becomes the ninth commitment for UK from the class of 2022 and the fourth since this past Friday.

Before making his decision live on the air, Kattus spoke with KSR prior to his commitment to discuss what went into landing with the ‘Cats. He’s very familiar with former Moeller graduates and current Kentucky players, tight end Brenden Bates and defensive back Carrington Valentine, and those two played a significant role in convincing Kattus to pick UK.

But it wasn’t just the efforts from Bates and Valentine that brought Kattus to Lexington. Kentucky was the school that met his needs more than any other institute.

“That’s one of the schools I’ve always been interested in and always wanted an offer from,” Kattus said of Kentucky on Monday. “It checked off all my boxes. I really like the coaching staff. I got to meet them, the whole offensive side, and [head] coach [Mark] Stoops this past week. I’ve been talking to Coach [Vince] Marrow a lot and that connection is there. I’ve also talked to [graduate assistant] CJ Conrad and he gave me a lot of good advice. I got to see the campus, it’s obviously beautiful. I’m really happy with my decision.”

But what exactly were those boxes for Kattus that needed checking?

“First off, I want to go to a school that I can see myself at and I like the offense,” Kattus said. “I got a chance to go on a Zoom and watch the new offense there and I really liked it. I want to have a good connection with my position coach because that’s someone you’re going to spend a lot of time with. That definitely checked the box there. The campus is really nice and I wanted to get a little bit away from home but I still wanted to be close so my parents could go to the games. I really like the fact that my freshman year, Brenden Bates will be a senior and he’ll be able to take me under his wing, and that means a lot to me too.”

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