Highest-rated Class of 2026 football recruits from Kentucky

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- National rank: #1,328 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #195
- College: not committed
- Offers: Austin Peay, Eastern Kentucky, Gardner-Webb, Miami (OH), Troy
- High school: Bowling Green (Bowling Green, KY)
#15. Trevy Barber (WR)
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- National rank: #1,270 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #62
- College: not committed
- Offers: Appalachian State, Eastern Kentucky, Kentucky, Marshall
- High school: Corbin (Corbin, KY)
#14. Eli Pietrowski (TE)
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- National rank: #1,205 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #100
- College: Louisville
- Offers: Louisville, Eastern Kentucky, Kent State, Marshall, Toledo
- High school: Highlands (Fort Thomas, KY)
#13. Max Merz (IOL)
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- National rank: #1,156 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #176
- College: not committed
- Offers: Kentucky, Miami (OH), Western Kentucky
- High school: North Hardin (Radcliff, KY)
#12. Ronald Lunz (WR)
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- National rank: #1,103 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #112
- College: Louisville
- Offers: Louisville, Eastern Kentucky
- High school: South Oldham (Crestwood, KY)
#11. Sam Dawson (DL)
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- National rank: #1,078 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #88
- College: Indiana
- Offers: Indiana, Akron, Charlotte, Dartmouth, Eastern Kentucky
- High school: Ryle (Union, KY)
#10. Jacob Savage (LB)
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- National rank: #1,064 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #84
- College: Louisville
- Offers: Louisville, Ohio, Colgate, East Carolina, Eastern Kentucky
- High school: Taylor County (Campbellsville, KY)
#9. Bryten Close (OT)
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- National rank: #983 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #84
- College: not committed
- Offers: East Carolina, Eastern Kentucky, Florida, Kent State, Kentucky
- High school: Dupont Manual (Louisville, KY)
#8. David Pellman (IOL)
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- National rank: #928 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #61
- College: not committed
- Offers: Bowling Green, Eastern Kentucky, Kent State, Louisville, Minnesota
- High school: Louisville Male (Louisville, KY)
#7. Chayce Burton (RB)
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- National rank: #817 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #47
- College: Western Kentucky
- Offers: Western Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky, Kent State, Western Kentucky, Akron
- High school: Cooper (Union, KY)
#6. Cam O'Hara (QB)
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- National rank: #763 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #50
- College: Louisville
- Offers: Louisville, Eastern Kentucky, Kentucky, Miami (OH), Missouri State
- High school: St. Xavier (Louisville, KY)
#5. Marlon Harbin (ATH)
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- National rank: #579 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #68
- College: not committed
- Offers: Kentucky, Purdue, Louisville, Arkansas, Auburn
- High school: North Hardin (Radcliff, KY)
#4. Josiah Hope (DL)
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- National rank: #572 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #42
- College: Louisville
- Offers: Louisville, Bucknell, Cincinnati, Eastern Kentucky, Georgia Tech
- High school: St. Xavier (Louisville, KY)
#3. Karsten Busch (LB)
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- National rank: #401 (4 stars)
- Position rank: #36
- College: Kentucky
- Offers: Kentucky, Alabama A&M, Austin Peay, Charlotte, Eastern Kentucky
- High school: Paducah Tilghman (Paducah, KY)
#2. Jarvis Strickland (OT)
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- National rank: #335 (4 stars)
- Position rank: #23
- College: Louisville
- Offers: Louisville, Vanderbilt, Arkansas, Boston College, Buffalo
- High school: Owensboro (Owensboro, KY)
#1. Evan Hampton (RB)
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