**New Commit on Signing Day Eve***

[justacatsfan]

Collins Ukwu
Weakside DE
LaVergne (TN) Lavergne

Ht: 6-foot-4
Wt: 207 lbs
Forty: 4.79 secs

On the eve of National Signing Day, Ukwu decommitted to Middle Tennessee State and accepted a football scholarship to Kentucky, fulfilling his dream of playing in the Southeastern Conference.

“Kentucky has always been that school that I always wanted to go to,” Ukwu said. “It’s just two hours away. It’s just perfect. I think they are on the rise.”

http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080205/SPORTS0708/80205136/1002/SPORTS

[ImForKy]

Collins Ukwu
Weakside DE
LaVergne (TN) Lavergne

Ht: 6-foot-4
Wt: 207 lbs
Forty: 4.79 secs

On the eve of National Signing Day, Ukwu decommitted to Middle Tennessee State and accepted a football scholarship to Kentucky, fulfilling his dream of playing in the Southeastern Conference.

“Kentucky has always been that school that I always wanted to go to,” Ukwu said. “It’s just two hours away. It’s just perfect. I think they are on the rise.”

http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080205/SPORTS0708/80205136/1002/SPORTS

The article says he's 6'5" and 222 lbs. :icon_question:

[justacatsfan]

I'm sure the stats I got from his database were taken from the summer camps. But your right, all the other articles I've seen on him list as 222. Some have 6'4", some have 6'5".

But he is a 5.3 on Rivals which is .2 from a 3 star and the news articles I;ve read said he could easily add good weight. So I see a redshirt year then by his soph year easily be 250-265 ish.

[Gunsmoke]

Good size and speed for an incoming DE who will surely be redshirted. Sounds like a good pickup. We know how to hone these young men into fighting machines.:thumbup:

[wizard]

why wouldn't UK be the place for him, it is in his name.

[UedK]

I just checked out his recruiting video on Rivals, he will be a good one after he beefs up. He sheds blocks like a much bigger man. With his height and timming he swatted down a ton of passes.

[poodoo]

I'm sure the stats I got from his database were taken from the summer camps. But your right, all the other articles I've seen on him list as 222. Some have 6'4", some have 6'5".

But he is a 5.3 on Rivals which is .2 from a 3 star and the news articles I;ve read said he could easily add good weight. So I see a redshirt year then by his soph year easily be 250-265 ish.

That sound good to me! :) Too, thanks for the info, justacatsfan, as always! :)

[UK78ALUM]

Do I read this correctly? His name starts with UK ???? :icon_mrgreen:

[Poetax]

On a KSR recruiting blog, someone came on and said he signed elsewhere.

[UKATFAN]

All I could find out he signed LOI with Middle Tenn. State today. He had a verbal with MTSU earlier and then gave UK a verbal yesterday.

[catman4life]

but the UKAthletics.com list just updated as having received his LOI.

[Poetax]

A fan from Middle Tennesse, said that RIVALS had him signed at both schools. But somewhere in the middle a change was made and those close to UK say that he is signed with us now and that Middle may have jumped the gun.

[UKATFAN]

I'm baffled. ESPN had him listed around 2pm signing with UK but the CATS had not listed him until 2:30. Rivals showed him signing LOI with MTSU earlier today. Well one thing for sure now. HE IS A WILDCAT!!!!. GO CATS!!!

[BowlingGreenUKGrad]

“Kentucky has always been that school that I always wanted to go to,” Ukwu said. “It’s just two hours away. It’s just perfect. I think they are on the rise.”



Lavergne is just two hours from Lexington?

[justacatsfan]

Yea, we may want to get him a map when he comes up to visit.

[gerntz]

Lavergne is just two hours from Lexington?

I think it depends on whether you're walkin, drivin, or flyin.

[bleedbluelady]

I think it depends on whether you're walkin, drivin, or flyin.

:icon_mrgreen:

[Terry L. Wildcat]

How do you pronounce his last name?...thanks.

[jwade]

How do you pronounce his last name?...thanks.

OOK-woo.


Jim

[gerntz]

So we're now OOK instead of UK?