Recruiting has gone national, which means the challenge of signing the best in-state talent is exponentially more difficult than, say, 30 years ago.

With that in mind, we’re building a six-man all-star in-state team of sorts for each program in the SEC, looking for more recent recruits with more options who chose to stay home.

Here are the best, by position, Kentucky kids who became Wildcats.

Quarterback — Andre Woodson

Let the debate begin. Two of the greatest Wildcats in program history both played quarterback and both were homegrown.

Tim Couch, from Leslie County High, set national records in high school, and became Kentucky’s answer to Steve Spurrier’s “Fun-‘N’-Gun” in Gainesville, Fla.

He still holds the SEC’s single-season record for passing yards, throwing for 4,275 in 1998.

Before becoming the No. 1 overall pick in the 1999 NFL Draft, Couch, in two-plus seasons in Lexington, threw 74 career touchdown passes. It was a school record … until Woodson broke it.

Woodson, from North Hardin High near Fort Knox, threw an SEC-record 40 touchdown passes as a senior in 2007. That, too, broke Couch’s Kentucky record. He finished with 79 career TD tosses, also a Kentucky record.

Kentucky has had five eight-win seasons since Bear Bryant left after the 1953 season.

Woodson was the quarterback on two of them.

Running back — Sonny Collins

Collins starred at Madisonville High in southwestern Kentucky, where they still talk about some of his exploits.

Collins’ last run for the Wildcats came in 1975, but nobody since has broken his school-record 3,835 rushing yards.

Wide receiver — Craig Yeast

One reason Couch was so successful in 1997 and 1998 is he was throwing to Yeast, who was first-team All-SEC both seasons.

Yeast, who arrived from Harrodsburg, about 30 miles southwest of Lexington.

Yeast still holds Kentucky’s single-season (1,311 in 1998) and career records (2,899) for receiving yards.

His son, Craig “Russ” Yeast, joined the Wildcats in 2015.

Defensive lineman — Corey Peters

Peters didn’t have a composite ranking in the 2006 class, but Rivals gave the Louisville product four stars and considered him the third-best recruit in Kentucky.

Peters was a first-team All-SEC defensive lineman in 2009 and Atlanta’s third-round pick a few months later in the 2010 NFL Draft.

Linebacker — Micah Johnson

Johnson was Kentucky’s Mr. Football in 2005, a five-star recruit and No. 2-ranked inside linebacker in the 2006 class.

He and Peters were teammates who helped the Wildcats win three consecutive bowl games from 1996-98, the longest winning streak in program history.

Coaches named Johnson to the all-freshman team in 2006 and first-team All-SEC in 2008.

Defensive back — Winston Guy

Guy was a four-star prospect out of Lexington, the No. 16-ranked safety in America who chose to essentially walk to college.

Always versatile, he lined up in Kentucky’s secondary early in his career before morphing into a hybrid safety/linebacker spot as a senior.

He was a sixth-round pick in the 2012 NFL Draft and spent last season with the Indianapolis Colts.