Reese Phillips from Signal Mountain High SchoolSignal Mountain High School quarterback Reese Phillips has ended his college search, opting to commit to the University of Kentucky.
He made the commitment Wednesday to UK coach Joker Phillips during an unofficial visit to Lexington.
"It's pretty awesome up here. I was here 15 minutes and it was so home-like, so much like Chattanooga. It was just the people in Lexington in general. Everybody seems so nice and down to earth," he said.
As a first-year starter at quarterback last season and playing in a Wing-T offense, Phillips threw for 1,895 yards and 21 TDs while completing 71 percent of his passes.
Phillips had offers from Memphis and MTSU and was scheduled to attend camps later this summer at Mississippi State, Alabama and Vanderbilt.
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