There are many reasons, including the school's proximity to home, a relationship with a recruiter, the system the staff runs or maybe a new coach. Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia have not had a lot of success recently - absent from bowls the past two years and going a combined 9-27 last season - but enter Wednesday's national Signing Day having landed some of the schools' best recruiting classes ever. Kentucky's class, ranked 13th by Rivals.com., includes 6-foot-5, 380-pound defensive tackle of Matt Elam of Elizabethtown, Ky., a top prospect who turned down Alabama and Notre Dame to play for a Wildcats program that hasn't won a Southeastern Conference game since 2011 and is 4-20 the last two years. Second-year Kentucky coach Mark Stoops said prospects don't just look directly at the wins and losses. More...