A small number of Kentucky’s top remaining targets have received official offers.
Kentucky football’s 2025 recruiting class is nearly complete, but there are still a few talented targets out there left on the staff’s Big Board.
As of August 1, schools were allowed to extend official scholarship offers to rising high school seniors. The majority of Kentucky’s 17 commits in the 2025 cycle posted graphics or videos indicating the they had received official offers, even if it’s mostly a formality for them at this point. However, there were at least four prospects of note (two committed elsewhere) who also received official offers from Mark Stoops‘ program.
Who is still hearing from the Wildcats as we near the end of the summer? Let’s quickly break them down:
Kentucky’s new wide receivers coach, Daikiel Shorts, is looking to land a homerun in his first season on the recruiting trail. The Wildcats have already landed three pass-catchers in this cycle, but none are as talented overall as Andrew Marsh. Along with UK, Marsh announced official offers from Michigan, Southern California, Texas, Washington, Colorado, and Penn State. Kentucky was able to get him on campus for an official visit in June, but the Wolverines appear to be carrying momentum going into a potential decision later this month.
Mikkel Skinner committed to Cincinnati in June, but his stock has been on the rise ever since. He was offered by associate head coach Vince Marrow in July and then unofficially visited Lexington a couple of weeks later. Along with UK, Skinner announced official offers from Cincinnati, West Virginia, and South Carolina. Although he’s still committed to the Bearcats, this recruitment is far from over. If he ultimately schedules an official visit to Kentucky for the fall, he’ll officially be on flip watch.
Dejerrian “DJ” Miller isn’t a new name for those who follow Kentucky football recruiting closely. He’s been on the staff’s Big Board since being offered a verbal scholarship in Dec. 2023. Miller even unofficially visited Lexington in April before taking his official visit in July. Fast forward to August and he announced official scholarship offers from UK, Ole Miss, and UCLA. It should be noted that Miller’s Top 8 from February included Kentucky, Michigan, Oregon, Tennessee, Missouri, Kansas State, Michigan State, and Miami (FL). The Wildcats have remained in the mix for a long time now.
There are certainly other 2025 recruits on the Kentucky staff’s mind, but these four receiving and announcing official scholarship offers tell us the Wildcats are serious about getting them to wear blue and white.
