Kordell Looney, Defensive Tackle, 6-3, 285, Fr.-HS, Springfield, Ohio (Springfield) … A three-star recruit who was rated the No. 57 defensive tackle nationally and No. 42 player in Ohio by 247sports … Rated No. 36 by Rivals … Totaled 93 tackles and seven sacks in just two seasons of varsity football … Didn’t start playing varsity football until his junior year of high school … Two-time first-team All-Greater Western Ohio Conference honoree …  Second-team AP Southwest All-District as a senior … Blue-Grey All-American Bowl Watch List … Two-sport athlete at Springfield as he also played basketball … Coached by Maurice Douglass … Chose UK over Louisville, Illinois and Pittsburgh.

Coach Stoops on Looney: “Kordell has great size and quickness to be an impact interior defensive lineman. He comes from a high school program that is coached by UK alum Maurice Douglass and he will be a great fit in our system.”