With a week until spring football, the good news just keeps on coming. Braylon Heard, a sophomore running back at Nebraska, has decided to transfer, and it appears that Kentucky is very high on his list. Heard is from Cardinal Mooney High School in Youngstown, Ohio, which should sound very familiar to you by now since it's the alma mater of both Mark Stoops and Vince Marrow, who was on Nebraska's staff prior to leaving for UK. Coming out of high school, the four-star Heard was ranked the fifth best running back in the nation and the 57th overall player in the 2010 class. Last year, he averaged 6.69 yards per carry in 55 attempts and scored three touchdowns, but was unhappy with his reduced role in the Husker offense.
Heard will visit Kentucky in the coming weeks, along with West Virginia, Pitt, and potentially Louisville. He's been granted an unconditional release by Nebraska, and will be available for the 2014 season as a redshirt junior.
Mark Stoops and staff have already flipped one Nebraska commit in Marcus McWilson...is Heard next?
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With a week until spring football, the good news just keeps on coming. Braylon Heard, a sophomore running back at Nebraska, has decided to transfer, and it appears that Kentucky is very high on his list. Heard is from Cardinal Mooney High School in Youngstown, Ohio, which should sound very familiar to you by now since it's the alma mater of both Mark Stoops and Vince Marrow, who was on Nebraska's staff prior to leaving for UK. Coming out of high school, the four-star Heard was ranked the fifth best running back in the nation and the 57th overall player in the 2010 class. Last year, he averaged 6.69 yards per carry in 55 attempts and scored three touchdowns, but was unhappy with his reduced role in the Husker offense.
Heard will visit Kentucky in the coming weeks, along with West Virginia, Pitt, and potentially Louisville. He's been granted an unconditional release by Nebraska, and will be available for the 2014 season as a redshirt junior.
Mark Stoops and staff have already flipped one Nebraska commit in Marcus McWilson...is Heard next?
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