Andre Clarke has signed with Kentucky, he tells KSR+. The 2026 four-star safety was granted a release from his signing at Michigan on Monday morning.
The 6-foot, 165-pound safety from Hermitage (Richmond, VA) told KSR+ that Kentucky defensive coordinator Jay Bateman has been recruiting him since Bateman was at Florida during Clarke’s eighth-grade year. He kept that going at Texas A&M, and now at Kentucky.
“The bond has always been there,” Clarke said. “He’s a Richmond guy. We come from the same area. The bond was always there.”
Clarke had previously visited Kentucky, but that was under the old staff.