Kentucky football notebook: Cobb's NFL Draft stock on the rise

It's become clear in the past month that Randall Cobb made the right decision in skipping his senior season at Kentucky to enter the NFL Draft.

Cobb has been one of the fastest-rising players in draft projections since the deadline for underclassmen to apply passed on Jan. 15. During the season, Cobb was viewed as a middle-round prospect, and the NFL Draft evaluation that he used in helping to make his decision viewed him as a third-rounder.

But in his latest mock draft, ESPN and Scouts Inc. draft analyst Todd McShay has Cobb going in the first round to the Baltimore Ravens as the 26th overall pick.

Just because Cobb's decision appears to have been validated doesn't mean it has been easy, however. Cobb, who signed with agent Jimmy Sexton, has been working out at the Athletes Performance Institute in Phoenix and admitted that he missed Lexington.

"That's been the hardest part, leaving my friends and family that I've been around the past three years," he said. "It was tough leaving. I was thinking the other day, that right now me and all the guys we'd be working with (UK strength) Coach Rock (Oliver) getting ready for the season. I had so many great times at Kentucky, and I'll always be a Wildcat. But I've also got to realize that I've moved on and it's time to take care of business."

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