Kentucky's incoming transfer class ranked No. 4 in the country

On Thursday, Kentucky head coach Mark Pope added his ninth transfer portal player, BYU’s Jaxson Robinson, to the Wildcats’ roster ahead of the 2024-25 season. Pope was facing a full-on rebuild when he accepted the job nearly two months ago, and he’s done a tremendous job of quickly turning nothing into a possible Top 25 group.

Just how good of a job has he done? Well, according to our friend Evan Miyakawa of EvanMiya.com, Pope has crafted the fourth-best incoming transfer portal class in the country. Miyakawa ranks four of UK’s nine transfers as five-star prospects, four as four-stars, and one as a two-star.

The only schools ahead of Kentucky are (in order) St. John’s, Louisville, and Vanderbilt. Additionally, only one other school has brought in four five-stars this offseason, the Michigan Wolverines. Seven of Kentucky’s nine incoming transfers rank among the Top 100 portal prospects.

Not a bad start for Pope…

5-star transfers

• No. 36 | PF Andrew Carr (Wake Forest)
• No. 40 | SG Otega Oweh (Oklahoma)
• No. 62 | PG Kerr Kriisa (West Virginia)
• No. 65 | PG Lamont Butler (San Diego State)

4-star transfers

• No. 78 | C Brandon Garrison (Oklahoma State)
• No. 84 | SG Koby Brea (Dayton)
• No. 88 | SG Jaxson Robinson (BYU)
• No. 126 | PF Amari Williams (Drexel)

2-star transfer

• No. 1,113 | PF Ansley Almonor (Fairleigh Dickinson)

EvanMiya.com Top 10 incoming transfer classes (May 31)

1. St. John’s
2. Louisville
3. Vanderbilt
4. Kentucky
5. Michigan
6. Arkansas
7. Indiana
8. Missouri
9. Texas Tech
10. Memphis