It’s down to Florida, Auburn and LSU for four-star Parkview (Lilburn, Georgia) cornerback [autotag]Jalyn Crawford[/autotag].
According to a social media post sent out on Monday, the top-200 recruit is committing on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. EDT. Both 247Sports and the On3 recruiting prediction machine consider him a heavy Auburn lean, but Florida has done enough to be called a “top school,” by Crawford in the recent past.
Crawford stopped by all three programs over consecutive weekends in June for official visits. Florida was the opening stop on the trip and LSU got to close things out. He’s only been to Gainesville twice compared to five visits to each of the other schools, according to On3.
The biggest reason Florida still thinks it has a chance is the relationship Crawford is developing with defensive backs coach Corey Raymond. Crawford recently told 247Sports’ Chad Simmons that Raymond’s track record of developing players and getting them to the NFL stood out.
“It’s a lot of good things about Florida but one main thing that stuck out to me was the cornerbacks coach, Coach Corey Raymond,” Crawford said to Simmons. “All those (defensive backs) he put out of LSU in the league, it’s crazy. Him just wanting me and pushing so hard to get me to eventually push me to the league, that really stood out.”
Crawford is a four-star recruit everywhere but On3. The industry ranking, which uses a weighted average of all four major recruiting services, still has him at No. 192 overall and no. 22 among cornerbacks in the class of 2024.
Rivals.com is the most bullish on him at No. 118 nationally and No. 9 at his position.
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