John Calipari, staff putting on full-court press in recruitment of Reed Sheppard
By Keith Farner
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The latest big-time recruit in the state of Kentucky is drawing a lot of attention these days, and lately it’s coming from the UK staff led by John Calipari.
Reed Sheppard is a well-known legacy recruit in the Commonwealth in part because his parents are UK legend Jeff Sheppard and Stacey Reed Sheppard, a top scorer herself for the women’s program. Of course, other coaches are also on hand to recruit the younger Sheppard at the Adidas event in Birmingham this weekend, such as Louisville’s Chris Mack. But it was notable that UK had its entire staff, including Orlando Antigua, Chin Coleman and Jai Lucas.
Sheppard is rated the No. 2 player in the state of Kentucky, and the No. 12 combo guard in the country, according to 247Sports.
Sheppard will be arguably the most-watched recruit in Kentucky the next two years, and his list of nine reported offers will surely grow by the week for a while.
Here’s Cal, all three UK assistants and Reed Sheppard all in one frame. The BBN dream is alive. https://t.co/6q3Aak7NSf pic.twitter.com/APm74sCqd2
— Kyle Tucker (@KyleTucker_ATH) July 8, 2021
Assume this is a thing Kentucky fans dream about at night. pic.twitter.com/QfOOk60rXd
— Kyle Tucker (@KyleTucker_ATH) July 8, 2021
John Calipari is courtside for Reed Sheppard’s July evaluation period debut. Chris Mack and Mark Pope among the other head coaches here.
— Ben Roberts (@BenRobertsHL) July 8, 2021
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
