Highest-rated Class of 2026 football recruits from Kentucky

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- National rank: #1,849 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #137
- College: Ball State
- Offers: Ball State, Eastern Kentucky, Illinois State, Miami (OH), Southern Miss
- High school: Christian Academy of Louisville (Louisville, KY)
#14 (tie). Stone Perkins (ATH)
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- National rank: #1,849 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #137
- College: Colgate
- Offers: Colgate, Pennsylvania
- High school: Ryle (Union, KY)
#14 (tie). Dylan Lee (ATH)
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- National rank: #1,849 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #172
- College: not committed
- Offers: Eastern Kentucky, Toledo
- High school: Martha Layne Collins (Shelbyville, KY)
#14 (tie). A'Davion Dale (CB)
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- National rank: #1,849 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #167
- College: Troy
- Offers: Troy, Arkansas State, Kentucky, Louisiana Tech, Louisville
- High school: Paducah Tilghman (Paducah, KY)
#14 (tie). Hank James (S)
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- National rank: #1,849 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #99
- College: not committed
- Offers: Appalachian State, Eastern Kentucky, Kentucky, Marshall
- High school: Corbin (Corbin, KY)
#14 (tie). Eli Pietrowski (TE)
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- National rank: #1,849 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #114
- College: not committed
- Offers: Eastern Kentucky, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Toledo
- High school: Franklin County (Frankfort, KY)
#14 (tie). Jay'Quan Crawford (RB)
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- National rank: #1,849 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #267
- College: not committed
- Offers: Kentucky, Miami (OH), Western Kentucky
- High school: North Hardin (Radcliff, KY)
#14 (tie). Ronald Lunz (WR)
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- National rank: #1,805 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #145
- 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: #1,697 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #163
- College: UMass
- Offers: UMass, Akron, Bowling Green, Eastern Kentucky, Eastern Michigan
- High school: Dupont Manual (Louisville, KY)
#12. Corey Warner (CB)
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- National rank: #1,276 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #141
- College: Louisville
- Offers: Louisville, Eastern Kentucky
- High school: South Oldham (Crestwood, KY)
#11. Sam Dawson (DL)
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- National rank: #1,252 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #75
- College: not committed
- Offers: Bowling Green, Eastern Kentucky, Kent State, Louisville, Minnesota
- High school: Louisville Male (Louisville, KY)
#9 (tie). Chayce Burton (RB)
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- National rank: #1,252 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #100
- College: Eastern Kentucky
- Offers: Eastern Kentucky, East Carolina, Florida, Kent State, Kentucky
- High school: Dupont Manual (Louisville, KY)
#9 (tie). David Pellman (IOL)
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- National rank: #1,229 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #65
- College: Western Kentucky
- Offers: Western Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky, Kent State, Akron, Austin Peay
- High school: Cooper (Union, KY)
#8. Cam O'Hara (QB)
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- National rank: #1,121 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #93
- College: Louisville
- Offers: Louisville, Ohio, Colgate, East Carolina, Eastern Kentucky
- High school: Taylor County (Campbellsville, KY)
#7. Bryten Close (OT)
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- National rank: #1,013 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #75
- College: Louisville
- Offers: Louisville, Eastern Kentucky, Kentucky, Miami (OH), Missouri State
- High school: St. Xavier (Louisville, KY)
#6. Marlon Harbin (ATH)
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- National rank: #848 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #65
- College: Indiana
- Offers: Indiana, Akron, Charlotte, Dartmouth, Eastern Kentucky
- High school: Ryle (Union, KY)
#5. Jacob Savage (LB)
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- National rank: #445 (3 stars)
- Position rank: #30
- College: Louisville
- Offers: Louisville, Bucknell, Cincinnati, Eastern Kentucky, Georgia Tech
- High school: St. Xavier (Louisville, KY)
#4. Karsten Busch (LB)
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- National rank: #415 (4 stars)
- Position rank: #26
- College: Vanderbilt
- Offers: Vanderbilt, Louisville, Arkansas, Boston College, Buffalo
- High school: Owensboro (Owensboro, KY)
#3. Evan Hampton (RB)
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- National rank: #391 (4 stars)
- Position rank: #45
- College: Louisville
- Offers: Louisville, Purdue, Arkansas, Auburn, Eastern Kentucky
- High school: North Hardin (Radcliff, KY)
#2. Josiah Hope (DL)
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- National rank: #313 (4 stars)
- Position rank: #30
- College: Louisville
- Offers: Louisville, Kentucky, Alabama A&M, Austin Peay, Charlotte
- High school: Paducah Tilghman (Paducah, KY)
#1. Jarvis Strickland (OT)
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