Florida football will host a group of eight 2023 recruits this weekend starting on Friday, June 3, as Billy Napier and his staff prepares to impress some of the best that the high school ranks have to offer. The Gators have seven blue-chip prospects heading to Gainesville — all four-star rated by both the 247Sports Composite and the On3 Consensus — plus a three-star commit who is also making the trip.
Additionally, in line with the new policy of focusing on recruits from within the state’s borders, six of the visitors hail from the Sunshine State while the other two are not much further away in Georgia and Alabama. There will be plenty more visits in the coming weekends this month and the Gators are looking to get off to a strong start with this first batch of preps.
Below is a look at all eight prospects heading to the Swamp from June 3 to 5 along with their respective rankings, a brief blurb on their recruitment, as well as a look at our previous coverage here at Gators Wire.
SDE Kelby Collins
Kelby Collins (5) wraps up Joe Bordelon (4). Melinda Martinez-USA TODAY NETWORK
The 6-foot-5-inch, 280-pounder out of Gardendale, Alabama, has included Florida in the race for his services, also including the South Carolina Gamecocks, Alabama Crimson Tide, Oklahoma Sooners and Georgia Bulldogs to round out his five finalists. On3’s recruiting prediction machine has ‘Bama out front in his recruitment with a 92.4% chance of signing him while the Gators are fourth with a 1.4% chance.
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The 6-foot-2-inch, 220-pound linebacker out of Fayetteville, Georgia, has already established a strong relationship with Napier and his coaching staff as well as a connection with current Gator Chief Borders. Defensive analyst Jamar Chaney, who he spent the most time around, is his primary point of…