5/13/2016 football Edit

UK is among CB Dort's first Power Five offers

Justin Rowland • CatsIllustrated

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Justin Rowland has been CatsIllustrated.com's publisher since 2015. He covered college football recruiting at programs nationwide for 15 years prior to that.

This week Kentucky became one of the first Power Five programs to verbally offer Florida cornerback Cedrick Dort.

The 6-foot, 165-pound defensive back from West Palm Beach (Fla.) Dwyer hails from an area that has come into heightened focus for the Kentucky coaching staff.

Prior to Kentucky's offer schools like Syracuse and Rutgers were the first Power Five offers for the two-star Class of 2017 prospect.

Wildcat offensive coordinator Eddie Gran is Dort's area recruiter but the player is also being followed on Twitter by defensive backs coach Steven Clinkscale.

Click here to read the latest inside scoop on how Kentucky plans to use its remaining allocation of scholarships for Class of 2017 prospects.

Dort told Cats Illustrated that he's "excited" following Kentucky's offer. He is familiar with other players from the area that have been offered by the Cats, including fellow 2017 prospect and receiver D'Jaundrae Edwards.