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Kentucky football adds Florida prep linebacker Ashtan Pierre to 2018 recruiting class

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Kentucky football program picked up its sixth 2018 commitment from Florida with a pledge from three-star athlete Ashtan Pierre Tuesday.

Pierre, a senior at Deerfield Beach High School in southeastern Florida, picked UK over reported offers from Baylor, Iowa, Iowa State, Ole Miss, Oklahoma, Pittsburgh, South Carolina and others. He is expected to play linebacker at UK.

Pierre tweeted he would be enrolling at UK for the spring semester.

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