Four-star safety Joenel Aguero will visit the University of Florida over the weekend of March 18, according to 247Sports.
It won’t be the first time the top-50 recruit makes it to Gainesville, but it will be his first visit with the new staff. Aguero got a chance to see the campus last June on his first visit to the school. He was impressed with Florida and named the Gators in his top 10 before deleting the post on social media.
Nearly every major player in the Southeastern Conference is interested in Aguero. He’s taken trips to Alabama and Georgia and plans to visit LSU after stopping by Florida. The Bulldogs are the favorites right now to land him, but he says Florida has always been on his radar.
Meeting Billy Napier and the rest of the coaching staff will give Aguero a chance to see how well he fits in with the new personnel at UF. There will also be at least one familiar face on the team in freshman safety Kamari Wilson, who played with Aguero at IMG Academy last year.
Now at St. John’s Prep in Massachusetts, Aguero is the top-ranked player in his state and the No. 2 safety in the country, according to 247Sports. He’s also ranked No. 22 overall in the class of 2023.
Beating out Georgia for one of the nation’s top defensive backs is exactly what Napier was hired to do. If everything goes well on this next visit, he’ll be one step closer to making that a reality for the Gators. Aguero already feels like a priority target for Florida, but there’s still a long road to travel before reaching the end of his recruitment.
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