Yahtzee! Cedric Dort commits to UK today

[Darrell KSR]

3* cornerback committed to Kentucky over Iowa State, USF, Wake Forest, Cincinnati and Rutgers. Had 22 verbal offers per 247sports.com.

Eddie Gran grabbed the guy out of south Florida. UK's 12th verbal commit of 2017.

[Darrell KSR]

Jon Hale story on him points out he's a 3* Scout.com recruit, and a 2* Rivals.com recruit. Still, the offer sheet looked pretty strong. Also included Syracuse and Wisconsin.

http://www.courier-journal.com/story...s-uk/87957212/

[KSRBEvans]

So if he decommits, do we do an anti-Yahtzee? Like "Eezthay!" or something?

I shouldn't be so cynical about decommits.

[Darrell KSR]

lol--I don't even know if we even do Yahtzee anymore. Was that copyrighted? Are we stealing the recruiting rally cry now?

I note that he says he's going to decide where he's going to take his official visits, so as usual, glad to get the commit, but as is the norm, gotta consider it always a bit tentative anyway.

[Darrell KSR]

The 247Sports Composite Team Rankings have Kentucky # 46 in the nation, and # 12 in the SEC at this point, for 2017. Not horrible, but would like it to be better. A good year and we may see an uptick. I'd like to see consistent top 25 recruiting rankings. I think we could do it year in and year out, and start stockpiling SEC talent, so we're not so dependent if one of them doesn't pan out, or there is attrition somewhere.

[UKFlounder]

It might end up a bit lie because we'll probably only sign18-20 guts, but we do need to be a bit higher. Maybe we can find a good lineman or two

[Darrell KSR]

It might end up a bit lie because we'll probably only sign18-20 guts, but we do need to be a bit higher. Maybe we can find a good lineman or two

Really good point. Our ceiling will be lower due to numbers, regardless.

[Terry Blue]

You would think Stoops would know about dbs if nothing else

[MickintheHam]

17 or 18 signees won't get you much more than top 50, but that assumes you don't have a lot of 2 and 3 stars. It won't impact next year, but after this year's junior class moves on we could be hurting.

[Edward100]

The 247Sports Composite Team Rankings have Kentucky # 46 in the nation, and # 12 in the SEC at this point, for 2017. Not horrible, but would like it to be better. A good year and we may see an uptick. I'd like to see consistent top 25 recruiting rankings. I think we could do it year in and year out, and start stockpiling SEC talent, so we're not so dependent if one of them doesn't pan out, or there is attrition somewhere.

This is why optimism is not as good as we would like. Kentucky is getting better but so are the other SEC teams we play every year. It is hard to win against any SEC team.

[ukblue]

I'll say it, sounds like a diamond in the rough.

[Terry Blue]

You can,t sign more than the 85 schlarship limit allows. I don,t think we have any, maybe one or two commits less than a three star in the services. And as always the rankings are far from perfect

[Darrell KSR]

I'll say it, sounds like a diamond in the rough.

I see him as underrated as well.

[suncat05]

I am very satisfied with our recruiting, it hasn't been this good in forever. Dort looks like a good catch out of Florida. What I am 100% dissatisfied with has been the lack of positive results. THAT is what needs to change this season. If that doesn't begin to change this season, then we will be back to Square One. We don't want to see that.