Florida football received a visit last week from four-star quarterback Carter Smith out of Fort Myers (Florida) Bishop Verot, who got a gander at the Gators’ final spring practices before checking out the annual Orange and Blue game on Thursday. It was his second visit of the year following his January stop in the Swamp when he was offered a scholarship by the program.
Offensive analyst Ryan O’Hara has ostensibly spearheaded the efforts to bring the in-state signal-caller into the fold and was among the members of staff to spend the most time with the high school sophomore last week. The 6-foot-4-inch, 180-pound passer had some warm words for O’Hara following the visit.
“Coach O’Hara is awesome, and I absolutely love that dude,” Smith told Swamp247. “Sitting in the meeting with him and getting to see him in the meeting too. He’s someone I would want to be around, and even as a player, I would want to go out and play for him. Back when I visited in January, he said I have good footwork and arm strength.”
Florida currently has four-star [autotag]Austin Simmons[/autotag] out of Panhokee (Florida) in the class of 2025 committed at quarterback, but with the amount of time between now and their senior seasons, the Gators will be looking to add more talent to that cycle.
The blue-chip quarterback plans to stop in with the LSU Tigers, Ole Miss Rebels and Miami Hurricanes this summer and suggested a return visit to Gainesville as well — which represents the four schools mainly in the mix for the coveted young prospect.
Smith is unrated and unranked according to 247Sports and the 247Sports composite while the On3 industry ranking has him rated at four stars, and ranked at No. 34 overall and No. 4 at his position nationally. The Gators have the early edge in On3’s Recruiting Prediction Machine with a 58.2% chance of landing, followed by Miami (18.1%), the Florida State Seminoles (15.5%) and Florida Atlantic Owls (1.2%), respectively.
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