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Kentucky football lands four-star 2025 safety Martels Carter

Top 200 safety Martels Carter committed to Kentucky football on Saturday.

Kentucky football and head coach Mark Stoops have gotten some good news on the recruiting front that began with being listed in offensive lineman Issac Sewells’ final five schools. Then, on Saturday afternoon, they got a commitment from four-star safety Martels Carter.

Carter is 6’0″, 195 lbs and is a top 200 player in the 2025 class according to 247sports composite rankings. He’s one of the top 20 safeties and the number two player in the state of Kentucky.

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The Paducah, Kentucky product played on both sides of the ball last year and also ran track. Carter was a highly sought after recruit, with offers from schools like Alabama, Auburn, and USC among others.

Carter is a big catch for Stoops and the Kentucky Wildcats. To win his services, they had to beat out some top programs, which is generally tough to do. He has the skillset to compete for playing time in a variety of ways, and has the talent to be very good. Chalk up a huge win for Kentucky football.

Kentucky’s top 2025 recruit is considering Auburn ahead of commitment date

Four-star safety Martels Carter will choose between Auburn and three other programs later this month.

Auburn is in the mix to land Kentucky’s top 2025 recruit ahead of this month’s commitment date.

[autotag]Martels Carter[/autotag], a four-star safety from Paducah, Kentucky, is set to announce his commitment on May 25 with Auburn being one of four programs remaining in the hunt with just over a week remaining. Carter will choose between Auburn, Colorado, and in-state programs in Louisville and Kentucky.

Ahead of his commitment, Carter tells On3 that “any school can sneak in” but he is focused on the aforementioned programs ahead of next week’s commitment date. Regarding Auburn, he says that safeties coach [autotag]Charles Kelly[/autotag] and Auburn’s atmosphere keep them in the mix.

“I was his first stop,” Carter said of his March visit to Auburn. “(Kelly) spent the whole day with me, and that meant a lot to me. Coach Kelly, as a human being, I love him. As a coach, I respect him. I look up to him and see why people want to be coached by him. I also talk to Coach (Hugh) Freeze. He texts me and I talked to him. I definitely feel like a high priority for Auburn.”

If Carter were to choose another program other than Auburn, it does not mean that the Tigers are out of the race. Carter plans to visit the Plains twice in the coming months, once for Big Cat Weekend in July and once more for an official visit during the season.

Carter is the top recruit from Kentucky by all major recruiting outlets and is a top-25 overall safety, ranking as high as No. 8 by Rivals. Kentucky is the leader at this point but with two upcoming scheduled visits to Auburn, it is not too early to count Hugh Freeze and his staff out.

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