Following this past season the Wildcats lost one of their all-time best players in Lynn Bowden. <\/a>The\u00a0Paul Hornung award <\/a>winner set many school records in his time in Lexington. However\u00a0Mark Stoops <\/a>thinks they have a player who can help fill the void left by Bowden as Kentucky signs four star Michael Drennen II.<\/p>\n The 5-11 Drennen comes to the Wildcats from Coffman High School in Dublin, Ohio. Rivals ranks him as the 210th best player <\/a>in the country and tenth best all purpose back. However his 247 Sports ranking is even better. According to that service Drennen is the sixth best all purpose back <\/a>in America.<\/p>\n He chose Kentucky over USC and a major selling point was the Cats’ ace recruiter Vince Marrow. However recently the UK assistant thought about leaving for a head coaching job at Youngstown State<\/strong>. Drennen wanted reassurance from Marrow and the staff he wasn’t leaving which is indeed what happened.<\/p>\n Another thing working in Kentucky’s favor is they recruited him since eighth grade and were the first to offer a scholarship.<\/p>\n Drennan’s coming into a loaded backfield at Kentucky. The Cats have\u00a0A. J. Rose<\/a> returning for his senior season. In addition the Cats have\u00a0Kavosiey Smoke, <\/a>Christopher Rodriguez and <\/a>Travis Tisdale <\/a>all returning for their sophomore years. Between the three they ran for over 1,000 yards.<\/p>\n As far as this year’s class goes the Cats signed two running backs.\u00a0Juthan McClain <\/a>from Fairfield, Ohio and another player from the Buckeye State\u00a0Torrance Davis. <\/a>However Davis hasn’t signed his letter of intent. Even with the returning players it’s going to be tough to keep Drennan off the field.<\/p>\nAnother In The Ohio To Kentucky Pipeline<\/h4>\n
How He Fits In<\/h4>\n