The Kentucky football team didn't get a landmark win over Tennessee last weekend, but that didn't stop the Wildcats from picking up a landmark recruit days later.
Fort Campbell star Micah Johnson orally committed to play for UK yesterday, according to his mother, Vicki.
Johnson is the highest-profile recruit of the Rich Brooks era and would rival Tim Couch and Dennis Johnson as the most significant Wildcat recruits of the past two decades. A 6-foot-2, 267-pounder who can play middle linebacker, defensive end and fullback, Johnson is a consensus Top 50 player nationally. Rivals.com lists him as the nation's No. 2 defensive end and 43rd-best player overall.
He selected Kentucky over Georgia, Virginia Tech and Notre Dame.
Johnson's brother, Christian, is a freshman offensive lineman at UK. The Johnson family was at Commonwealth Stadium for the Wildcats' 27-8 season-ending loss to Tennessee, and Johnson's mother said her son had his mind made up then.
"Micah knew where his heart was," the player's mother said. "He's had a lot of people tell him, 'Don't go to Kentucky; they're losing. You should be at a USC or a Miami.' But Micah has always accepted a challenge, and he wants to be a part of building something special at Kentucky."
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