UK picks up commitment from another talented Florida cornerback, and ‘he plays mean’

For the second consecutive day, the University of Kentucky football program picked up a commitment from a talented high school cornerback out of Florida.

Jamari Brown — a 6-foot-3, 180-pound prospect from Pompano Beach — announced his commitment on Thursday, picking UK over Auburn and Temple.

Brown’s pledge came after four-star cornerback Stanley Garner announced his own commitment to UK on Wednesday, and the two Florida prep stars join junior-college defensive back Dom Williams in the Cats’ recruiting class of 2018.

UK now has five commitments for next year from Florida, a state the program has been recruiting hard lately. Offensive coordinator Eddie Gran has been a key to those efforts, and he was listed as Brown’s primary recruiter.

Rivals.com, Scout.com and 247Sports all rank Brown as a three-star recruit.

“What jumps out about him is he plays mean,” Rivals.com analyst Rob Cassidy told the Herald-Leader. “He doesn’t mind mixing it up. He doesn’t mind getting violent. That’s what’s stood out in games anyway.”

Cassidy added that Brown “looks a lot bigger” than he did at this time last year, and he’ll be another tall addition to UK’s cornerback group. Fellow commitment Garner is also 6-3. Current starters Derrick Baity and Chris Westry — both Florida natives — are 6-3 and 6-4, respectively.

247Sports ranks Brown as the No. 63 cornerback nationally in the class of 2018.

The commitments of Brown and Garner should move UK to the No. 14 spot in the Rivals.com class rankings for 2018. The Cats now have a total of 18 commitments.

This story was originally published August 17, 2017 at 1:05 PM with the headline "UK picks up commitment from another talented Florida cornerback, and ‘he plays mean’."