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Jody Demling - Recruiting

Louisville has missed out on some top in-state football prospects this recruiting season, but this morning coach Steve Kragthorpe landed a major in-state prize.

Bowling Green High School tight end Ryan Wallace just confirmed to me that he called the U of L coaches this morning and committed.

"It's always been a place that I wanted to go," Wallace said. "The distance and just the comfort level up there. Once I thought about everything, it just matched up. I liked it there, I know a lot of people up there and some of my friends from high school are going there. Plus, I've known coach (Greg) Nord for a little bit. Everything just fit into place."

The 6-foot-5, 230-pound tight end picked the Cardinals over Rutgers, Wake Forest, Colorado and Stanford. He had just visited Rutgers last weekend.

"We flew into Louisville after my visit to Rutgers," Wallace said. "We drove over to see the campus and I really liked it a lot. It was a lot better than I thought it would be. Louisville is the place where I feel I will excel the best."