Twenty-fourWildcats-in-waitingtake the field over the next two nights, scattered across nine states and every level of high school competition. But the story of the week doesn't need a map—it's happening in one stadium in southeastern Kentucky,where Will Stein's staff will have more commits on the field at once than most SEC programs get in a full weekend.
Three things to know: Week 3 | Sept. 10-11, 2026
- Corbin-Pulaski is a three-commit collision—and both teams are still perfect.
- Ohio is doing the heavy lifting this week, sending five different commits into action.
- Two commits get a breather. Everybody else kicks off Thursday or Friday.
The Marquee Matchup: Pulaski County @ CorbinFri., Sept. 11 — 7:30 PM ET
This is the rare recruiting-roundup game where the box score matters as much as the letter of intent. Corbin's Malachi Brown (DL) and Larron Westmoreland (S) host Pulaski County's Brady Hull (IOL) in a game that pits two unbeaten programs—and two sides of the same Kentucky signing class—directly against each other.
Corbin
arrives at 3-0 after knocking off a bigger Bryan Station squad, 26-18, weathering a second-quarter push before pulling away. Pulaski County counters with the more lopsided résumé: a 51-7 blowout of North Hardin that kept its own unbeaten streak alive. Neither team has lost, which means Friday's winner walks away with bragging rights over the region's other contender—not just a line in the standings.
The individual matchup to watch sits in the trenches. Brown is coming off a junior season with double-digit tackles for loss and has already added four more behind the line of scrimmage this fall—production that tends to draw a game plan built specifically around slowing him down. That job likely falls, at least partly, to Hull up front for Pulaski. Add Westmoreland roaming the secondary for Corbin, and this is as close as high school football gets to an in-state scout-team scrimmage with real stakes attached.Thursday: First KickoffsThe slate opens a day early for four commits:Jake Nawrot (QB, Hersey, IL) opens against Barrington in the Chicago suburbs.Kelsey Gerald (RB, Santaluces Community, FL) squares off with Palm Beach Lakes, 6:30 PM ET.Austin Coles (WR, St. Thomas Aquinas, FL) hits the road with a national-power roster to face Dillard.Griff Galloway (EDGE, Providence Day, NC) heads to Butler at 7 PM ET.Friday: The Full BoardKentucky's other two. It's not just Corbin and Pulaski flying the Commonwealth's flag—Ty Ashley (LB, Owensboro) takes on crosstown rival Owensboro Catholic, and Conrad Hart (TE, Lexington Christian Academy) hosts Franklin County.
Ohio sends a five-man wave. No state has more commits playing this week. Dominic Black (IOL, Tri-Village) hosts Belmont, Jaylen Mercer (DL, Princeton) squares off with Sycamore, Antwoine Higgins Jr. (EDGE, Anderson) hits the road at Lebanon, Matthias Burrell (IOL, Gahanna Lincoln) hosts Olentangy Orange, and Reed Gerken (IOL, Perrysburg) takes on Springfield.
Around the map. Sean Fox (LB, Warren Central, IN) hosts Lawrence Central. Tristin Hughes (S, Rocky River, OH) welcomes Lakewood. Drew Williams (LB, Sequoyah, GA) is home against River Ridge at 7:30 PM ET. Miles Brown (CB, Westview, TN) hosts Obion County. Mason Ball (RB, Jacksonville, AR) travels to Lake Hamilton. Miguel Wilson (CB, Vigor, AL) hosts Citronelle.
Toughest road tests of the week. Elijah Brown (DL, Prattville) draws a trip to Hoover—as stiff a Friday-night environment as Alabama has to offer. Tank Proctor (TE, American Heritage, FL) is also on the road, facing Trinity Christian Academy.
On bye. Marquis Bryant (S, Rolesville, NC) and Ian Walker (OT, The Pennington School, NJ) have nothing on the calendar this week.
Whatever the scoreboard reads out of Corbin on Friday night, the bigger story writes itself: this class doesn't take a snap off. Nine states. Twenty-four programs. Three future teammates settling their own unbeaten records on the same field, months before any of them ever line up together in blue and white. That's not just depth on a recruiting board—it's a signing class that's already proving it knows how to win, one Friday night at a time. Big Blue Nation, get used to nights like this one.
Schedule current as of Sept. 10, 2026, and subject to change with weather or district adjustments.
This article originally appeared on UK Wildcats Wire: Kentucky commits in action: Where they play this week
