List of Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball recruiting history
This page contains a list of recruiting classes for the [[Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball|Kentucky Wildcats]]. Since the turn of the millennium in 2000, several publications and websites have devoted their focus towards the analysis, projection, and ranking of college prospects in various sports. Sites such as [[Rivals.com]], [[Scouts Inc.]], and [[247Sports.com]] have primarily focused on basketball and football prospects. Kentucky has had a lot of success in recruiting due to its rich tradition, excellent facilities, and rabid fan support.
== Key ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| F
| [[Basketball position#Frontcourt (forwards and center)|Forward]]
| style="text-align:center;"| C
| [[Center (basketball)|Center]]
| style="text-align:center;"| G
| [[Basketball position#Backcourt (guards)|Guard]]
|}
{| class="wikitable"
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" align="center" | <sup>*</sup>
| colspan="5" | Selected to an all-star game ([[Jordan Brand Classic]], [[McDonald's All-American Game]])
|-
| style="background-color:#DDFFDD" align="center" | <sup>{{dagger}}</sup>
| colspan="5" | Selected to a postseason team (All-American, All-SEC)
|-
| style="background-color:#D0E7FF" align="center" | <sup>{{double-dagger}}</sup>
| colspan="5" | Selected in the [[NBA Draft]]
|}
== Classes ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Player
! scope="col" | Position
! scope="col" | Hometown
! scope="col" | Prep
! scope="col" | ESPN
! scope="col" | Rivals
! scope="col" | Scout
! scope="col" | 24/7
! scope="col" | Tenure
! scope="col" | Notes
|-
|rowspan=6|[[2010–11 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|2010]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| '''{{sortname|Terrence|Jones}}'''*{{dagger}}{{double-dagger}}
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| F
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| [[Portland, Oregon]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| [[Jefferson High School (Portland, Oregon)|Jefferson]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF|
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF|
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF|
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| –
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| 2011–12
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| 1st round NBA draft pick ([[2012 NBA Draft|2012]]) <br> First-team All-SEC (2011) <br> McDonald's All-American ([[2010 McDonald's All-American Boys Game|2010]])
|-
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| '''{{sortname|Enes|Kanter}}'''{{double-dagger}}
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| F
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| [[Istanbul, Turkey|Istanbul, TUR]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| Stoneridge Prep
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF|
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF|
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF|
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| –
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| 2011
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| 1st round NBA draft pick ([[2011 NBA Draft|2011]])
|-
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| '''{{sortname|Brandon|Knight|Brandon Knight (basketball)}}'''*{{dagger}}{{double-dagger}}
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| G
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| [[Ft. Lauderdale, Florida|Ft. Lauderdale, FL]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| [[Pine Crest School|Pine Crest]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF|
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF|
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF|
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| –
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| 2011
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| 1st round NBA Draft ([[2011 NBA Draft|2011]]) <br> First-team All-SEC (2011) <br> McDonald's All-American ([[2010 McDonald's All-American Boys Game|2010]])
|-
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| '''{{sortname|Doron|Lamb}}'''*{{double-dagger}}
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| G
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| [[Queens, New York|Queens, NY]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| [[Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Virginia)|Oak Hill]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF|
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF|
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF|
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| –
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| 2011–12
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| 2nd round NBA Draft ([[2012 NBA Draft|2012]]) <br> McDonald's All-American ([[2011 McDonald's All-American Boys Game|2011]])
|-
! {{sortname|Stacey|Poole|nolink=1}}
| align="center"| G
| align="center"| [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville, FL]]
| align="center"| [[Providence School|Providence]]
| align="center"|
| align="center"|
| align="center"|
| align="center"|
| align="center"| 2011
| align="center"| —
|-
! {{sortname|Eloy|Vargas}}
| align="center"| F
| align="center"| [[Moca, Dominican Republic|Moca, DR]]
| align="center"| [[Miami Dade College]]
| align="center"|
| align="center"|
| align="center"|
| align="center"|
| align="center"| 2011−12
| align="center"| —
|-
|rowspan=4|[[2011–12 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|2011]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| '''{{sortname|Anthony|Davis|Anthony Davis (basketball)}}'''*{{dagger}}{{double-dagger}}
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| F
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago, IL]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| [[Perspectives Charter Schools|Perspectives Charter]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF|
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF|
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF|
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| 1
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| 2012
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| #1 NBA draft pick ([[2012 NBA Draft|2012]]) <br> [[List of U.S. men's college basketball national player of the year awards|Consensus national player of the year]] ([[2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2012]]) <br> Consensus First Team All-American ([[2012 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|2012]]) <br> NCAA Tournament MOP ([[2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|2012]]) <br> [[NABC Defensive Player of the Year]] (2012) <br> First-team All-SEC (2012) <br> McDonald's All-American ([[2011 McDonald's All-American Boys Game|2011]])
|-
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| '''{{sortname|Michael|Kidd-Gilchrist}}'''*{{dagger}}{{double-dagger}}
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| F
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| [[Elizabeth, New Jersey|Elizabeth, NJ]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| [[St. Patrick High School (New Jersey)|St. Patrick]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF|
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF|
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF|
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| 2
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| 2012
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| #2 NBA draft pick ([[2012 NBA Draft|2012]]) <br> Consensus Second Team All-American ([[2012 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|2012]]) <br> First-team All-SEC (2012) <br> McDonald's All-American ([[2011 McDonald's All-American Boys Game|2011]])
|-
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| '''{{sortname|Marquis|Teague}}'''*{{double-dagger}}
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| G
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| [[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis, IN]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| [[Pike High School|Pike]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF|
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF|
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF|
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| 6
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| 2012
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| 1st round NBA Draft ([[2012 NBA Draft|2012]]) <br> McDonald's All-American ([[2011 McDonald's All-American Boys Game|2011]])
|-
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| '''{{sortname|Kyle|Wiltjer}}'''*
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| F
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| [[Portland, Oregon|Portland, OR]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| [[Jesuit High School (Beaverton, Oregon)|Jesuit]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| 21
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| 2012–13
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| McDonald's All-American ([[2011 McDonald's All-American Boys Game|2011]])
|-
|rowspan=4|[[2012–13 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|2012]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD| '''{{sortname|Willie|Cauley-Stein}}'''{{dagger}}
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD| F
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD| [[Olathe, Kansas|Olathe, KS]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD| [[Olathe Northwest High School|Olathe Northwest]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD| 47
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD| 2013–15
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD| Consensus First Team All-American ([[2015 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|2015]]) <br> [[NABC Defensive Player of the Year]] (2015) <br> First-team All-SEC (2015)
|-
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| '''{{sortname|Archie|Goodwin|Archie Goodwin (basketball)}}'''*{{double-dagger}}
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| G
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock, AR]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| [[Sylvan Hills High School|Sylvan Hills High]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF|
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF|
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF|
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| 18
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| 2013
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| 1st round NBA Draft ([[2013 NBA Draft|2013]]) <br> McDonald's All-American ([[2012 McDonald's All-American Boys Game|2012]])
|-
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| '''{{sortname|Nerlens|Noel}}'''{{double-dagger}}
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| F
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| [[Everett, Massachusetts|Everett, MA]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| [[Tilton School]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF|
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF|
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF|
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| 1
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| 2013
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| 1st round NBA Draft ([[2013 NBA Draft|2013]]) <br> First-team All-SEC (2013)
|-
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| '''{{sortname|Alex|Poythress}}'''*
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| F
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| [[Clarksville, Tennessee|Clarksville, TN]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| [[Clarksville-Montgomery County School System|Northeast]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| 7
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| 2013–
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| McDonald's All-American ([[2012 McDonald's All-American Boys Game|2012]])
|-
|rowspan=8|[[2013–14 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|2013]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD| '''{{sortname|Aaron|Harrison}}'''*{{dagger}}
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD| G
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD| [[Richmond, Texas|Richmond, TX]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD| [[Travis High School (Fort Bend County, Texas)|Travis]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD| 5
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD| 2014–15
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD| Second-team All-SEC (2015) <br> McDonald's All-American ([[2013 McDonald's All-American Boys Game|2013]])
|-
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| '''{{sortname|Andrew|Harrison|Andrew Harrison (basketball)}}'''*
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| G
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| [[Richmond, Texas|Richmond, TX]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| [[Travis High School (Fort Bend County, Texas)|Travis]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| 3
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| 2014–15
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| McDonald's All-American ([[2013 McDonald's All-American Boys Game|2013]])
|-
! {{sortname|Dominique|Hawkins|nolink=1}}
| align="center"| G
| align="center"| [[Richmond, Kentucky|Richmond, KY]]
| align="center"| [[Madison Central High School (Kentucky)|Madison Central]]
| align="center"|
| align="center"|
| align="center"|
| align="center"| 153
| align="center"| 2014–
| align="center"| —
|-
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| '''{{sortname|Dakari|Johnson}}'''*
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| G
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| [[Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn, NY]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| [[Montverde Academy|Montverde]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| 8
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| 2014–15
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| McDonald's All-American ([[2013 McDonald's All-American Boys Game|2013]])
|-
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| '''{{sortname|Marcus|Lee}}'''*
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| G
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| [[Antioch, California|Antioch, CA]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| [[Deer Valley High School (California)|Deer Valley]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| 14
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| 2014–
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| McDonald's All-American ([[2013 McDonald's All-American Boys Game|2013]])
|-
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| '''{{sortname|Julius|Randle}}'''*{{dagger}}{{double-dagger}}
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| F
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas, TX]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| [[Prestonwood Christian Academy|Prestonwood Christian]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF|
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF|
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF|
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| 2
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| 2014
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| 1st round NBA Draft ([[2014 NBA Draft|2014]]) <br> First-team All-SEC (2014) <br> McDonald's All-American ([[2013 McDonald's All-American Boys Game|2013]])
|-
! {{sortname|Derek|Willis|nolink=1}}
| align="center"| F
| align="center"| [[Mt. Washington, Kentucky|Mt. Washington, KY]]
| align="center"| [[Bullitt East High School|Bullitt East]]
| align="center"|
| align="center"|
| align="center"|
| align="center"| 59
| align="center"| 2014–
| align="center"| —
|-
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| '''{{sortname|James|Young|James Young (basketball)}}'''*{{dagger}}{{double-dagger}}
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| F
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| [[Rochester, Michigan|Rochester, MI]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| [[Rochester High School (Michigan)|Rochester]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF|
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF|
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF|
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| 10
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| 2014
| align="center" bgcolor=#D0E7FF| 1st round NBA Draft ([[2014 NBA Draft|2014]]) <br>Second-team All-SEC (2014) <br> McDonald's All-American ([[2013 McDonald's All-American Boys Game|2013]])
|-
|rowspan=4|[[2014–15 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|2014]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD| '''{{sortname|Devin|Booker}}'''*{{dagger}}
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD| G
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD| [[Moss Point, Mississippi|Moss Point, MS]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD| [[Moss Point School District|Moss Point]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD| 2015
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD| Second-team All-SEC (2015) <br> McDonald's All-American ([[2014 McDonald's All-American Boys Game|2014]])
|-
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| '''{{sortname|Trey|Lyles}}'''*
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| G
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| [[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis, IN]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| [[Arsenal Technical High School|Arsenal Tech]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| 2015
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| McDonald's All-American ([[2014 McDonald's All-American Boys Game|2014]])
|-
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD| '''{{sortname|Karl-Anthony|Towns}}'''*{{dagger}}
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD| F/C
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD| [[Piscataway, New Jersey|Piscataway, NJ]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD| [[St. Joseph High School (Metuchen, New Jersey)|St. Joseph]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD| 2015
| align="center" bgcolor=#DDFFDD| Consensus Second Team All-American ([[2015 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|2015]]) <br> First-team All-SEC (2015) <br> McDonald's All-American ([[2014 McDonald's All-American Boys Game|2014]])
|-
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| '''{{sortname|Tyler|Ulis}}'''*
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| G
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| [[Lima, Ohio|Lima, OH]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| [[Marian Catholic High School|Marian Catholic]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD|
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| 2015–
| align="center" bgcolor=#FFE6BD| McDonald's All-American ([[2014 McDonald's All-American Boys Game|2014]])
|}
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