Kash Daniel earns four-star status from Rivals.com
Kentucky’s Mr. Football is now a four-star recruit, according to the latest update from Rivals.com.
The recruiting service bumped Paintsville linebacker — and University of Kentucky signee — Kash Daniel to four-star status Wednesday. Daniel has already enrolled in classes at UK and will be with the team for spring practice.
The 6-foot-1 prospect chose UK in July over finalists Louisville and South Carolina. He also received a scholarship offer from Michigan after an impressive performance at the Army All-American Bowl in Texas this month.
Daniel’s new star designation came two days after Rivals.com elevated UK commitment Landon Young to five-star status. The Cats also have commitments from four-star prospects Jordan Griffin, Drake Jackson and Tate Leavitt.
Kentucky has now successfully recruited 20 four-star players (according to the Rivals.com rankings) since Mark Stoops took over the program after the 2012 season. The Cats had a total of 14 four-star commitments in the 11 years before Stoops arrived.
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FOUR-STAR PLAYERS AT KENTUCKY SINCE 2002 (RIVALS.COM RANKINGS)
Class | Player | Position | Head coach | Home state |
2016 | Kash Daniel | LB | Mark Stoops | Kentucky |
Jordan Griffin | CB | Mark Stoops | Georgia | |
Drake Jackson | OL | Mark Stoops | Kentucky | |
Tate Leavitt | OL | Mark Stoops | Ohio | |
Landon Young* | OL | Mark Stoops | Kentucky | |
2015 | Eli Brown | LB | Mark Stoops | Kentucky |
C.J. Conrad | TE | Mark Stoops | Ohio | |
2014 | Dorian Baker | WR | Mark Stoops | Ohio |
Drew Barker | QB | Mark Stoops | Kentucky | |
Blake Bone | WR | Mark Stoops | South Carolina | |
Mike Edwards | S | Mark Stoops | Ohio | |
Mikel Horton | RB | Mark Stoops | Ohio | |
Cory Johnson | DT | Mark Stoops | Pennsylvania | |
Kendall Randolph | CB | Mark Stoops | Florida | |
Nick Richardson | OT | Mark Stoops | Ohio | |
Darius West | S | Mark Stoops | Ohio | |
Boom Williams | RB | Mark Stoops | Georgia | |
2013 | Jason Hatcher | DE | Mark Stoops | Kentucky |
Marcus McWilson | DB | Mark Stoops | Ohio | |
Za’Darius Smith | DE | Mark Stoops | Alabama | |
2012 | Patrick Towles | QB | Joker Phillips | Kentucky |
2011 | Glenn Faulkner | DB | Joker Phillips | Illinois |
2010 | Alex Smith | TE | Joker Phillips | Ohio |
2009 | DeQuin Evans | DE | Rich Brooks | California |
Chris Matthews | WR | Rich Brooks | California | |
Ryan Mossakowski | QB | Rich Brooks | Texas | |
2008 | Aaron Boyd | WR | Rich Brooks | Kentucky |
2007 | D.J. Stafford | DE | Rich Brooks | Georgia |
2006 | Demetrius Goode | RB | Rich Brooks | Georgia |
Micah Johnson | DE | Rich Brooks | Kentucky | |
Corey Peters | DT | Rich Brooks | Kentucky | |
2005 | None | |||
2004 | Micah Jones | OL | Rich Brooks | Kentucky |
2003 | Andre Woodson | QB | Guy Morriss | Kentucky |
2002 | Yancey Reynolds | OL | Guy Morriss | Georgia |
*-Five-star player
This story was originally published January 20, 2016 at 12:35 PM with the headline "Kash Daniel earns four-star status from Rivals.com."