Checking in on UK’s football commitments for 2018 (and the Cats’ top remaining targets)

With training camp for UK’s 2017 football season beginning this week and official scholarship offers for the class of 2018 going out Tuesday morning, now seems a good time for a refresher on who the Wildcats are expecting (and hoping) to sign next.

Three-star running back Chris Rodriguez’s commitment to Kentucky on Sunday put the Cats’ 2018 commitment list at 16 players, and that group is ranked No. 19 nationally and No. 6 in the Southeastern Conference, according to Rivals.com.

In the SEC, only Louisiana State, Tennessee, Florida, Texas A&M and Mississippi State have better 2018 recruiting classes than Kentucky so far in this cycle.

The Herald-Leader’s Next Cats page dedicated to UK’s football commitments has been updated with the latest info on all 16 of the Wildcats’ pledges for next year. The page includes links to the best video highlights for each recruit, as well as links to each player’s profile page on the top national recruiting websites.

The Next Cats page that tracks UK’s top remaining targets in the 2018 class has also been updated this week with bio information, star rankings and national links to more info on dozens of prospective Wildcats, including four-star running back Shaun Shivers, three-star wide receiver Shocky Jacques-Louis and three-star cornerback Jamari Brown, three UK targets who received official scholarship offers from Coach Mark Stoops on Tuesday.

Be sure to check out the 2018 commitments page here and the 2018 targets page here, and check back throughout the rest of the recruiting cycle, as both pages will be updated periodically over the next few months.

This story was originally published August 1, 2017 at 7:09 PM with the headline "Checking in on UK’s football commitments for 2018 (and the Cats’ top remaining targets)."