The recruiting grind continues for Billy Napier and the Florida football program as they work to convince the top prep prospects in the nation to come join the Gators in Gainesville.
The team has undergone some staff changes since the end of the regular season but Napier and Co. have remained on the ball throughout the process. The school re-offered a scholarship to four-star linebacker [autotag]Nasir Wyatt[/autotag] out of Santa Ana (California) Mater Dei following the shakeup and the blue-chip recruit set his visit date with the Orange and Blue this week.
The Golden State product is set to arrive in town on Friday, Feb. 2, and will remain for the program’s junior day on Saturday. He offered the following on the path of his with the Gators’ recruitment so far.
“I haven’t really been in touch with Florida since Jamar Chaney was there,” Wyatt told Gators Online. “He had left and went to Western Kentucky, so I’ve been building a relationship with (linebackers coach Ron) Roberts. We’ve been chopping it up for quite some time and he came to Mater Dei and saw how I played. He offered me at the beginning of my sophomore year, so I’ve been building a relationship with coach Roberts.”
Wyatt is ranked No. 27 overall and No. 2 at the edge rusher position nationally according to the 247Sports composite while the On3 industry ranking has him at No. 43 overall and 4 nationally at linebacker. On3’s Recruiting Prediction Machine favors the USC Trojans, giving them a 51.6% chance of landing him, followed by the Oregon Ducks (13.4%), UCLA Bruins (6.0%) and California Golden Bears (5.0%).
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