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Posted by eleem (Member # 884) on 02-01-2016, 08:20 PM:

Remember that “awesome story” Matt teased on this morning’s show? KSR is hearing that Louisville wide receivers coach Lamar Thomas is leaving the ‘Ville to become the new wide receivers coach at Kentucky.

Thomas has been with the Cardinals since 2014, before which he was the wide receivers coach under Bobby Petrino at Western Kentucky. He was one of the all-time great wide receivers at Miami before playing eight seasons in the NFL, three with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and five with the Miami Dolphins.

Thomas has a great reputation as a recruiter, recently bringing in four-star wide receiver Desmond Fitzpatrick. Some of his all-time commitments include dual-threat quarterback Lamar Jackson, who attended Boynton Beach Community High School, where Thomas coached from 2008-2010.

This is a huge, huge coup by Mark Stoops and staff, only a day and a half away from Signing Day.

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Posted by eleem (Member # 884) on 02-01-2016, 08:22 PM:

Sentient Third Eye February 1, 2016 at 2:34 pm | Permalink | Log in to reply.

If this doesn’t impress you at least a little, then you just aren’t impressable. It’s a really good hire by Stoops just on the merits, but when you take into account that Thomas is leaving Louisville and it’s two days til signing day, then wow! This will likely swing some kids our way that we would not have gotten. Perhaps more importantly, it steals the momentum that Louisville got from their win over us in November.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 02-02-2016, 02:10 PM:

We are fortunate to get him that's for sure.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 02-02-2016, 02:12 PM:

He will do a great job recruiting too with his ties in Florida.

Posted by boomdaddy (Member # 2644) on 02-02-2016, 02:39 PM:

Would like the 4 star receiver that just committed to UL. That would be a nice bonus.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 02-02-2016, 04:11 PM:

Boom, It sure doesn't hurt to hope.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 02-02-2016, 06:25 PM:

I just heard Thomas is officially a Kentucky football coach.