Kelly's comments on all his recruits

Here are Brian Kelly's comments on each of UC's 24 football signees:

Isaiah Pead, RB, 5-11, 185, Columbus – “He was heavily recruited by all of the major schools and at the end of the day we thought we had a great opportunity because of our situation being in the spread. He likes to catch the football. He’s a guy who sees he has an opportunity to play right away. It came down to us, Pittsburgh, West Virginia and Indiana.”

Dominique Battle, DB, 6-0, 175, Boca Raton, Fla. – “Very athletic, physical, the kind of safety that we’re looking for and has the versatility to play on the back end. He’s as good as any player that we’ve recruited at that position.”

Camerron Cheaetham, DB, 5-8, 165, Kalamazoo, Mich. – “He comes in with sub-4.4 speed. He had the fastest time in our (summer) camp. His speed cannot be duplicated.”

Evan Davis, C, 6-4, 250, Colerain High School – “Gives us exactly what we’re looking for. He keeps his feet and plays up. He’s not on the ground. We love his agility.”

Dan Giordano, DL, 6-4, 240, Frankford, Ill. – “A very explosive player. A strong, physical player. He uses his hands very well. He’s an explosive player who goes from sideline to sideline.”

Sean Hooey, OL, 6-8, 260, Litchfield, Mich. – “We’re projecting him as an offensive tackle. A young man who can move his feet at such great size. He may be closer to 6-9 right now. He also played defensive end. He gets great penetration. Those are the kind of guys we’re looking for.”

Bruce Horner, DB, 6-1, 175, Farmington Hills, Mich. – “Will enroll here in March. An athletic player that can come off the edge and be extremely disruptive. He’s a corner, safety, nickel player for us.”

Ike Iloegbu, DB, 6-1, 185, Harmony Prep – “A quarterback who we see as an athlete. He’s not going to play the quarterback position. We’re going to bring him in as an athlete. He can play corner, safety, wide receiver, a little bit of everything.”

Brendon Kay, QB, 6-4, 220, Ira, Mich. – “Won a state championship at the quarterback position. He played defensive end as well. He’s very physical, with a strong arm.”

Travis Kelce, QB, 6-5, 235, Cleveland Heights, Ohio – “His brother, Jason, is in our program. At the quarterback position, he’s extremely athletic. He’s a three-sport athlete, another great fit into the type of offense that we run.”

Patrick Lambert, DB, 6-1, 190, St. Cloud, Fla. – “He’s got the potential to be a great player here. Probably one of the most consistent players for a school that turns out a number of BCS players.”

Danny Milligan, WR, 5-9, 170, St. Xavier High School – “All he does is make plays. You can talk about his size and speed but he played at the highest level of competition and made plays. He’s not too bad making plays at the kicking position and he’ll have an opportunity to compete there as well.”

Brandon Mills, DL, 5-11, 255, Colerain High School – “Very explosive. Very physical. Runs extremely well. Obviously comparisons to Terrill Byrd are inevitable because of his size. He really dominated against very good high school competition. He loves to play the game. He’s only going to get better and better.”

Lynell Payne, WR, 6-3, 205, Marlton, NJ – “We won a tough battle against Clemson to get his services. A big, physical wide receiver. Great ball skills. He can adjust to the football. Just gives us more weapons at a position that is very important to us. A pretty special player.”

Quincy Quetant, DB, 6-0, 190, Orlando, Fla. – “Wake Forest made a bid to take him away. Great character, great kid. A young man who’s very versatile and can play on both sides of the ball. Adds more speed to our defense.”

Jared Rains, DB, 5-10, 180, Aliquippa, Pa. – “Can play running back, safety, corner. Gives us another gifted, skilled athlete. His dad (Dan) played for Tony Mason.”

J.K. Schaffer, LB, 6-1, 210, La Salle High School – “We’re really fortunate to have this young man. He’s a great character kid. He loves the University of Cincinnati. We could recruit guys like this all day. One of the things that separates J.K. from a lot of the players that we recruited, not only does he have the linebacker skills in terms of his size, but his ability to run is unmatched.”

Walter Stewart, DL, 6-5, 220, Ashville, Ohio – “We’re projecting him as a defensive end. He’s extremely athletic. We see him a lot as an Angelo Craig in developing, getting stronger and bigger and more physical. One thing he will do, he will track you down.”

Nick Truesdell, WR, 6-7, 215, Anderson High School – “He’s just starting to understand the game of football. He’s only played it a couple of years. One of the things we loved about him is his untapped potential at 6-7. He attacks the football with his hands. At 6-7, if you attack the ball with his hands you’re going to win a lot of those matchups.”

Darrin Williams, RB, 5-7, 175, Detroit – “Explosive and powerful as a back. Has that speed that you need. He’s got the kind of speed to run the corner. Posted the third highest running total in Michigan history.”

George Winn, RB, 5-10, 175, Southfield, Mich. – “A complete running back. He’ll block you. He’ll run. He’s a physical player. He lined up at the wide receiver position for a lot of the year. He gives us that back that has all those traits. He can run it. He can catch it and he can block.”

Derek Wolfe, DL, 6-5, 270, Lisbon, Ohio – “A big, physically dominating football player. A young man who has just started to get bigger and stronger. He’s also an accomplished wrestler.”

D.J. Woods, WR, 6-0, 170, Strongsville, Ohio – “Arguably the most sought after recruit in our class. A physically gifted wide receiver. It came down to us and Michigan. Just a great speed player. Catches it in stride. He can take it the distance. Once he gets out on the perimeter, nobody’s going to catch him. He’s got that kind of speed.”