Four star safety Malik Hartford gave his Top 7 programs and the Bearcats made the list. The others who made the lists were: Ohio State, Michigan State, Michigan, Notre Dame, West Virginia and Kentucky. Hartford attends Lakota West High School, which is in West Chester, Ohio (suburb of Cincinnati). The 6-foot-3, 175 pounds member of the 2023 class is the second best player in Ohio and 110th best player in the nation per 247 Sports. If the Bearcats could keep this #HometownHero home it would be huge.
Once Hartford trims his list down to three we will update the TFON readers.
Check out our interview with Hartford last year (link embedded).