Florida football currently holds 22 commitments in the 2023 recruiting class — good for a ninth-best ranking in the nation according to 247Sports — but not all of those signees are completely locked into the Swamp experience.
According to Gators Online, four-star defensive lineman [autotag]Will Norman[/autotag] out of Camden (New Jersey) Eastside is scheduled to take a trip up to Lexington this weekend to watch the Kentucky Wildcats host the Vanderbilt Commodores. However, the former IMG Academy attendee has spent plenty of time in Gainesville during his tenure in the Sunshine State.
The 6-foot-5-inch, 290-pound lineman has had some encouraging words on Florida’s program in the recent past, offering the following commentary on what Billy Napier is building in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
“Coach Napier, his whole message I feel like is just powerful. Even though he was at Alabama for five years, Clemson for seven years, he just came from Louisiana, not a very big school, so that’s definitely someone like me who made it from hard work. I definitely feel like that’s eye-opening.”
Other schools in the running for the blue-chip defenseman include the Texas A&M Aggies, Tennessee Volunteers, LSU Tigers, Penn State Nittany Lions and Michigan Wolverines, among others.
Norman is ranked No. 197 overall and No. 30 at his position nationally according to the 247Sports composite while the On3 consensus has him at Nos. 210 and 27, respectively.
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