{"id":432813,"date":"2024-10-23T21:38:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T01:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=432813"},"modified":"2024-10-23T21:38:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T01:38:52","slug":"kentucky-lands-commitment-from-talented-4-star-te-in-class-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/kentucky-football\/kentucky-lands-commitment-from-talented-4-star-te-in-class-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky lands commitment from talented 4-star TE in class of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kentucky Wildcats have landed a big commitment for their 2025 class.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday night, 4-star tight end Mikkel Skinner officially committed to the Wildcats. The 6-foot-3, 220-pound TE stars for Riverside High School in Greer, SC and was previously committed to Cincinnati.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s video of his announcement:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"> BREAKING: Riverside 4-star WR\/TE Mikkel Skinner has committed to Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p>Skinner \u2014 who held over 20 Division 1 offers \u2014 chose the Wildcats over Ohio State, Georgia, and South Carolina. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jnNiyTR8IO\">pic.twitter.com\/jnNiyTR8IO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greer Sports Star (@GreerSportsStar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GreerSportsStar\/status\/1849242494233391226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Skinner is rated as the No. 20 TE in the country and the No. 8 prospect out of South Carolina according to the 247Sports Composite ranking.<\/p>\n<p>The talented prospect is a multi-sport athlete who also stars in basketball and runs track. Skinner got snaps at TE, running back, and wide receiver in 2023 and caught 44 passes for 651 yards and 10 touchdowns. The athlete also rushed 68 times for 588 yards and 5 TDs while helping his team make the South Carolina AAAA playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Before committing to Kentucky, Skinner was committed to Cincinnati. The 4-star committed to the Bearcats back in June but continued to go on visits. Skinner was heavily recruited by Clemson, South Carolina, and West Virginia, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Kentucky&#8217;s 2025 class is now ranked as the No. 20 class in the nation. The school has 7 4-star and 14 3-star prospects committed for 2025. Skinner is the first TE to commit to Kentucky for 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some highlights from his junior season:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hudl.com\/embed\/video\/3\/16942809\/653ee5af32e74d09142d14c4\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Attention Kentucky residents! Interested in joining a new sportsbook? Check out the SDS guide to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/sports-betting\/kentucky\/\">KY sports betting promos<\/a>\u00a0to get in on the action with the Wildcats!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kentucky landed a talented 4-star prospect for 2025 class. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367784,"featured_media":396436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","tags":[],"class_list":["post-432813","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_types-news","teams-kentucky-football"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/432813"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367784"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}