Top five athlete Lynn Bowden spurns Penn State, WVU in surprising commitment

A pretty incredible pickup.

Kentucky might have landed its most explosive athlete in a long time —- since Randall Cobb perhaps —- in No. 5 athlete Lynn Bowden. According to 247Sports, he's the No. 5 recruit in the state of Ohio and No. 160 recruit overall in the class of 2017.

Bowden also had offers from Tennessee, Michigan, Michigan State and Wisconsin to go with his top three of UK, West Virginia and Penn State. The 247 crystal ball had Bowden at 84 percent likelihood to go to Kentucky with MSU at 12 percent and Penn State at four percent.

Here are some of his highlights:

[h/t Saturday Down South]