It appears the battle for the services of an SEC wide receiver may very well come down to a pair of Big 12 schools.
According to WVMetroNews.com, Jeff Badet visited West Virginia late last month. This weekend, the same website is reporting, the receiver is scheduled to visit conference rival Oklahoma.
OU, of course, is coached by Bob Stoops. Stoops’ younger brother, Mark Stoops, coached Badet for the past four seasons at Kentucky.
In mid-January, the Wildcats announced that Badet had decided to transfer out of the UK football program. Badet is on schedule to graduate in May, meaning he’d be eligible to play immediately in 2017 regardless of where he lands at the FBS level.
A three-star member of the Wildcats’ 2013 recruiting class, Badet was third on the team in receptions and receiving yards as a true freshman. A leg injury in spring practice the following year — a tennis ball to the eye didn’t help either — led Badet to miss the 2014 season. Returning in 2015, he was third in receiving (29-430); in 2016, he led the team in receiving yards (670) and yards per catch (21.6).
That latter number was tops in the SEC and sixth nationally.