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Status: UK signee

Position: Point guard

Number: 11

Class: Senior

Height: 6-3

Weight: 185

Hometown: Coral Springs, Fla.

High school: Pine Crest

Rivals ranking: No. 6 overall, No. 3 PG

Scout ranking: No. 6 overall, No. 3 PG

ESPN ranking: No. 4 overall, No. 1 PG

MaxPreps ranking: No. 3 overall

HIGHLIGHTS

April 9, 2009: Knight becomes just the fourth junior to win the Florida Mr. Basketball award. He averaged 31.2 points, 8.2 rebounds and 5.6 assists and shot 81 percent from the free-throw line in leading Pine Crest to its second consecutive state championship.

June 21, 2009: Knight averaged 15.3 points per game at the NBA Players Association Elite 100 High School Basketball Camp in Virginia and was the leading vote-getter among his peers for the camp's all-star game. The Miami Herald said Knight "dominated" fellow top point guard recruit Kyrie Irving, who has since signed with Duke. Knight also won the camp's hardest-working player award.

December 2009: Knight is one of 10 high school seniors named to the Naismith Boys' High School Player of the Year Award watch list honoring the nation's best high school player. The list will be cut to five in February.

Feb. 11, 2010: Knight is one of 24 high school seniors named a McDonald's All-American. He will play with several other UK recruits in the nation's premier high school all-star game March 31 in Columbus.

March 23, 2010: Florida drops its recruitment of Knight, leading most to believe he will end up signing with Kentucky. See story.

March 23, 2010: Knight becomes only the third men's basketball player to repeat as the national Gatorade Player of the Year, joining LeBron James and Greg Oden. See story.

March 24, 2010: The honors continue for Knight, who is named Florida's Mr. Basketball for the second consecutive season. See story.

March 31, 2010: Knight scores nine points and hits the game-winning three-pointer in the McDonald's All-American Game. See story.

April 14 , 2010: Knight signs with Kentucky. See story.

NEWS ARCHIVES

March 7, 2009: Knight scores 27 points and leads Pine Crest to its second straight state championship. See story.

March 31, 2009: Knight is named the Gatorade National Player of the Year, a rare feat for a junior. See story.

Nov. 19, 2009: The Miami Herald profiles Knight before he begins his senior season at Pine Crest. See story.

Feb. 10, 2010: The South Florida Sun-Sentinel has a nice feature story summing up Brandon Knight's high school career. See story.

April 7, 2010: An in-depth ESPN profile of Knight and his athletic and academic accomplishments. See story.

QUOTEWORTHY

CBSSports.com college basketball writer Gary Parrish on where Knight will go to college:

"As for Knight, the smart money (and even the dumb money) is on Kentucky. Knight is a dominant point guard, you see, and nobody has coached more dominant point guards in recent years than new Kentucky coach John Calipari. Assuming things go as planned, John Wall will soon become Calipari's third consecutive point guard to be selected in the top five of the NBA Draft. That's a stretch that'll be difficult for Knight to ignore. And even if it wasn't, did you know that Knight happens to have family in the Lexington area?"

Knight has a GPA over 4.0 and his father told USA Today the player once cried over getting a B on a test in elementary school. Knight said his school work makes him better on the court:

"If you work hard in the classroom, it will definitely transfer over to the basketball court. Intelligence goes hand-and-hand in sports. If you have intelligence, you can remember plays and other details you need."