Offensive lineman from Florida flips his commitment to UK after visit

Three-star offensive lineman Sebastien Dolcine committed to Kentucky on Monday morning, one day after returning home from his official visit to Lexington.

Dolcine — a 6-foot-4, 285-pound prospect from Hollywood, Fla. — originally committed to Central Florida in June, but he flipped that pledge to the Wildcats following this past weekend’s official visit. UK extended a scholarship offer to Dolcine in October.

Wake Forest was the only other power-five program that had offered Dolcine, but he’s a player that UK’s coaches see as a talented addition to their offensive line of the future.

Dolcine — the No. 78 offensive guard in the class of 2017 and a three-star recruit, according to the 247Sports composite rankings — joins Belfry High School’s Austin Dotson and Maryland standout Naasir Watkins as the third offensive lineman in UK’s 2017 class. Dotson and Watkins are both tackles.

Mark Stoops is still targeting other O-linemen from the 2017 class, including four-star tackle Thayer Munford, who took an official visit to UK last weekend, and three-star tackle Zalontae Hillery, A Miami commitment who was on UK’s campus this past weekend.

Lafayette High standout Jedrick Wills — a five-star offensive tackle — was also at UK on Saturday despite his commitment to Alabama.

UK now has six commitments from the state Florida, and Dolcine is the third high school senior from Hollywood, Fla., to commit to the Wildcats for next year (joining wide receiver Josh Ali and defensive lineman Chris Whittaker).

Whittaker, like Dolcine, was committed to UCF until switching to UK last week.

Stoops wasn’t shy about UK’s recruiting plan when he was asked Saturday about targeting players committed to other schools.

“You know we never stop. We’re never gonna stop,” he said during his press conference. “We’re going to make it very difficult for somebody to tell us no.”

Dolcine is Kentucky’s 17th commitment for the class of 2017.

This story was originally published December 12, 2016 at 9:36 AM with the headline "Offensive lineman from Florida flips his commitment to UK after visit."