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- Louisville is putting together one of the best recruiting classes in the country for 2023.
- The Cardinals added a crown jewel to that class on Monday with 5-star running back Reuben Owens.
- Owens officially visited the university over the weekend and it was one of the craziest official visits you’ll ever seen.
Safe to the University of Louisville has this name, image and likeness stuff down pat.
The Cardinals are just 18-19 in their first three seasons under head coach Scott Satterfield, but that hasn’t seemed to matter when it comes to recruiting. Louisville entered Monday with one of the best recruiting classes in the nation in 2023, and it got better from there.
Louisville gained a commitment for five-star running back Rueben Owens on Monday night.
https://twitter.com/ii_rueben/status/1539012874491858946?s=21&t=rcJtOx_D7DhnjE7EGEYDGA
The Texas native is the top running back in the nation according to 247Sports and No. 18 overall player regardless of position.
He had previously been committed to Texas before reopening his recruitment a little over a year ago. His commitment to Louisville comes just one day after returning home from an insane official visit.
Louisville Hosts Unreal Official Visit Weekend
Everything is bigger and better in the era of NIL. But Louisville may have just taken things to an entirely different level. The Cards hosted one of the most insane official visits you’ll ever see this past weekend for some of their top recruits, Owens included.
Louisville football is hosting its biggest recruiting weekend ever and it has gone all-in on impressing recruits.
Thread:The visits began Friday with a deep-dive into UofL, followed by a trip to Bowman Field where players ate dinner with private jets and insane cars pic.twitter.com/XYW5PGkn0b
— State of Louisville (@thestateoflou) June 18, 2022
Elite four-star quarterback commit Pierce Clarkson seemed to lead the way for most of the visit.
Louisville commit Pierce Clarkson shows off the set-up at Bowman Field pic.twitter.com/BUdnwVtnb3
— State of Louisville (@thestateoflou) June 18, 2022
Did we mention there were private jets?
Louisville commit Adonijah Green checks in from a private jet pic.twitter.com/Y09tofRmNm
— State of Louisville (@thestateoflou) June 18, 2022
Louisville commit Jahlil McClain checking in from Bowman Field ✈️ pic.twitter.com/ErBu56GDKF
— State of Louisville (@thestateoflou) June 18, 2022
Louisville commit Jamari Johnson soaking it in pic.twitter.com/4GK3wXBk13
— State of Louisville (@thestateoflou) June 18, 2022
Oh, and billboards too!
Louisville commits are featured on a billboard downtown. The digital billboard flashes individual graphics for each commit pic.twitter.com/6gyBMaj6Nx
— State of Louisville (@thestateoflou) June 18, 2022
Pierce and Steve Clarkson appear to have paid to put up another billboard downtown. Unreal recruiting effort from UofL’s second-highest rated recruit atm https://t.co/UMvROcrePp
— State of Louisville (@thestateoflou) June 18, 2022
You can’t forget the luxury cars.
4-star WR commit Jahlil McClain from St. John Bosco not on a typical OV pic.twitter.com/uojqH8NVon
— State of Louisville (@thestateoflou) June 18, 2022
Louisville might be in the drivers seat for Rueben Owens, the No. 1 RB in the country pic.twitter.com/Za6y6SqKjr
— State of Louisville (@thestateoflou) June 18, 2022
Aaron Williams and Cedrick Williams take in the sites during their visit pic.twitter.com/Iy32ygZhRl
— State of Louisville (@thestateoflou) June 18, 2022
Of course photo shoots are a must these days.
Visitors prep for a photo shoot at the stadium. The equipment staff puts together uniform combos for each guy. Pierce Clarkson requests a red helmet with a black visor. pic.twitter.com/duJEKAzpDo
— State of Louisville (@thestateoflou) June 18, 2022
Just how great can this class be? We dove into this recently. https://t.co/YygtzhyMqz
— State of Louisville (@thestateoflou) June 18, 2022
What would a trip to Louisville be without a visit to Churchill Downs?
Fan at Churchill Downs “My 15-year-old son is OBSESSED with you” pic.twitter.com/hecXn5TLE6
— State of Louisville (@thestateoflou) June 19, 2022
Some of the visitors take on the paddock (via @RealHenrysadlo) pic.twitter.com/yH6nCTzNi0
— State of Louisville (@thestateoflou) June 19, 2022
The Cards are killing it right now in recruiting, and it’s not difficult to see why.