One of the best wide receivers in the 2024 class has expressed an interest in visiting the Florida Gators, despite being committed to the LSU Tigers since July 2022.
Joseph Stone has been on the Gators’ radar since [autotag]Dan Mullen[/autotag] was in charge of the football program. When [autotag]Billy Napier[/autotag] took over, Stone’s offer from the Orange and Blue was rescinded, but not for long. Napier reoffered the Fairburn, Georgia, native and has been recruiting him relentlessly ever since.
Stone, a 5-foot-11-inch, 180-pound, four-star prospect recently told 247Sports that multiple Florida coaches have been building a relationship with him, something that Mullen’s staff did not do. Wide receivers coach [autotag]Keary Colbert[/autotag] and assistant wide receivers coach [autotag]David Doeker[/autotag] have been Stone’s primary points of contact throughout the recruitment process. Both coaches have shown how much attention to detail they pay, telling Stone exactly the things they like in his game such as his twitch and the discipline he shows in his game.
Despite having conversations with the Gators’ staff, Stone has been committed to LSU for over six months. He is currently one of eight members of LSU’s 2024 class, with 247Sports listing him as the second-highest recruit in the class. Not only will Florida have to convince Stone to flip, but they will also have to fight off programs such as Miami, Texas A&M, Penn State, Oklahoma, and Florida State, just to name a few schools that Stone has expressed interest in visiting.
With no official date in sight for Stone’s visit to Gainesville, he did mention March or April as possible dates to make his first visit to The Swamp since Napier took over.
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