{"id":5638,"date":"2017-02-01T10:05:38","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T15:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordoncollegefootball.com\/?p=5638"},"modified":"2017-02-28T15:50:32","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T20:50:32","slug":"kentucky-recruiting-profiles-lynn-bowden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2017\/02\/01\/kentucky-recruiting-profiles-lynn-bowden\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky Recruiting Profile- Lynn Bowden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With National Signing Day upon us it is time to take a look at the top incoming players for 2017 for Mark Stoops and the Wildcats. Up first in the Kentucky Recruiting Profiles is <strong>Lynn Bowden.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Kentucky Recruiting Profile- Lynn Bowden<\/h3>\n<p>Bowden, a 6-1, 180 pound athlete out of Stoops&#8217; hometown of Youngstown, Ohio, played quarterback in high school. He is listed as a four-star player ranked number 60 in the country by Scout and 197 by <a href=\"https:\/\/n.rivals.com\/content\/prospects\/1909\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rivals<\/a>. As a senior, Bowden ran for 2,277 yards, threw for 1,366 yards and accounted for 57 touchdowns. He draws comparisons to former Wildcat Randall Cobb.<\/p>\n<p>While he can play a number of positions Bowden will most likely play wide receiver for the Cats. Following <strong>Jeff Badet&#8217;s<\/strong> transfer, many think he could step in from day one and play.<\/p>\n<p>In fact coaches who have played against him say he is the real deal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Coaches who faced Kentucky commit Lynn Bowden say he\u2019s the best they\u2019ve seen <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xB7gfh0DQj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/xB7gfh0DQj<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BBN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#BBN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JBrPQ7w2jw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/JBrPQ7w2jw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SEC Country Kentucky (@SECCountryUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SECCountryUK\/status\/825751610383069184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 29, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bowden provides an intriguing weapon to the Wildcats, as they look to get increased offensive production over the next few years.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5677\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosoncfb.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/C3WotmwXAAI6t6B.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"606\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/C3WotmwXAAI6t6B.jpg 606w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/C3WotmwXAAI6t6B-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With National Signing Day upon us it is time to take a look at the top incoming players for 2017 for Mark Stoops and the Wildcats. Up first in the Kentucky Recruiting Profiles is Lynn Bowden. Kentucky Recruiting Profile- Lynn Bowden Bowden, a 6-1, 180 pound athlete out of Stoops&#8217; hometown of Youngstown, Ohio, played [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":877,"featured_media":5677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[1413],"class_list":["post-5638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-sec","tag-national-signing-day"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/877"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}