Kenneth Major said he and his cousin Keyron Catlett had never had any specific talks about playing football together at the next level.

“We hadn’t had a conversation like that,” Major told the Daily News on Friday. “We just wanted to play college football.”

But the cousins both earned scholarship offers from Western Kentucky – Catlett at a camp in Bowling Green on June 4 and Major the day after a camp in Paducah on Tuesday.

Catlett accepted his hours after being offered. Major then said he accepted his as soon as coach Jeff Brohm called Wednesday to offer.

Now Catlett and Major, cousins and teammates at Christian County High School, will indeed play college football together for the Hilltoppers.

Major, who’ll play cornerback for WKU, joined his cousin as the first two commits in the Tops’ Class of 2017. Georgia running back Caleb Huntley and Florida linebacker Titus Curry joined them Friday, announcing their commitments on Twitter.

Major has “been working so hard and everybody’s been sleeping on him the last three, four years,” Catlett said. “Now that he’s blowing up everybody’s knowing his name, so I’m proud of him.”

Major has split his time as a high school player between wide receiver and cornerback. As a junior cornerback at Christian County last season, Major recorded 42 tackles (29 solo) with two interceptions. He returned both for touchdowns.

On offense, Major made nine catches for 183 yards with three touchdowns.

Major, whose primary recruiter has been defensive backs coach Mike Cassity, will focus on the defensive side of the ball at WKU. He earned his scholarship after impressing at the Hilltoppers’ Paducah satellite camp, something Catlett said didn’t come as a surprise.

“The man is very competitive,” Catlett said. “He’ll compete with anybody. He don’t care if you’re a five-star, the No. 1 player in the nation or none of that.

“He’s going to compete with you and he’s a tough guy, man. He gets the job done and he’s very competitive.”

Major said his defensive specialty is playing man-on-man coverage, locking down receivers on the outside.

“It gives me the opportunity to worry about my man, think less,” Major said.

Catlett, a wide receiver, faces Major every day in practice and praised his technique at the cornerback position.

“Press, man-to-man coverage, that’s what he’s really good at,” Catlett said. “He’s really good at getting his hands on a receiver because he’s very strong. That’s how he plays.”

Catlett and Major play for a Colonels team that lost to Bowling Green last season in the second round of the Class 5A playoffs.

Catlett said upon committing that he wanted to get his decision out of the way so he could focus on his goal of winning a state title. Major echoed his cousin, saying now that he’s committed to WKU, a state championship is his ultimate goal.

“I just wanted to get it off my mind going into the season so I can just play football,” Major said.

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