The Kentucky Wildcats extended an offer to Palm Beach (FL) Benjamin School four-star linebacker Adam Balogoun-Ali earlier this year, in the Spring. Now, they are the favorites to potentially land the Sunshine state native.
Balogoun-Ali had 64 tackles and 12 tackles for loss a sack, and one interception on the season as a Sophomore. On offense, at the tight end position, he caught seven passes for 83 yards and scored two touchdowns.
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The 6 foot 2, 215 pound linebacker is rated as the number 174 overall player in his class. He’s the ninth ranked player at outside linebacker and is number 29 overall in the state of Florida in the 2026 national rankings per Rivals.
Mark Stoops and Kentucky currently have 17 commits for the 2025 class and their class ranking is 26th overall. They have zero commits currently for the 2026 class, but would like to change that soon. Balogoun-Ali would be a very nice start that that class.