Jordan Crutchfield with UK assistant Chris Collins. (X Photo)
By LARRY VAUGHT
While the silence continues from the University of Kentucky football staff on possible coaching changes, the Cats did pick up another 2026 verbal commitment Wednesday when 6-3, 200-pound Jordan Crutchfield of Vero Beach, Fla., announced his college choice on social media.
He is a three-star prospect and a top 400 recruit nationally in the On3 recruiting rankings.
Crutchfield took his official visit to the UK last weekend and was scheduled to visit Louisville this weekend. He had visited Mississippi State in May. He also had offers from Miami, Auburn, Florida State, South Carolina, Penn State, and others.
Kentucky offered Crutchfield just over a year ago, with linebackers coach Mike Stoops and co-defensive coordinator/defensive backs coach Chris Collinsash his primary recruiters.
“I have a great relationship with Coach Collins at Kentucky,” Crutchfield told On3 in the spring. “He makes me feel like family. I had a great visit up there, it is a good atmosphere, and I like how everything is compact and close together around the campus.”
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Unless they start making contracts with the players it hard to retain players that aren’t college ready. It takes at a minimum 2-3 years for high school recruits to be ready for sec football. Unless you can get guys saying they will definitely stay for 2-3 years what’s the point. They will redshirt and then transfer after there redshirt year for more playing time which makes absolutely no sense. You basically trained this guy to go play for someone else. I think we have 2 recruits left from the 2023 class. The 2024 class mostly came back so that’s what we have to work with this year. Half the team is transfers and the other half have mostly one year of college experience. If we can’t retain the 2024 class at the end of this year we are literally doomed. You can’t have a team full of first year guys and transfers, and that’s why its good to fill all the backup roles with freshman otherwise your recruiting in circles and you never build.
Six back from 2023.