GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jon Sumrall made his first official hire as Florida’s football coach Thursday, bringing aboard Kentucky's Brad White as defensive coordinator.

The 43-year-old White spent the last eight years in Lexington, including seven of those in charge of the Wildcats' defense. Sumrall and White overlapped on that side of the ball between 2019 and 2021, including working their final year together as co-DCs. Sumrall left Kentucky to become Troy's coach in 2022 and spent the last two years at Tulane.

Under White's direction, Kentucky fielded defenses that ranked in the top 25 nationally in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022. His unit ranked sixth nationally in 2018 thanks in part to edge rusher Josh Hines-Allen. Hines-Allen recorded 17 sacks and five forced fumbles as a redshirt junior

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