The last weekend of July is going to be a busy one at the University of Florida. The football team’s Friday Night Lights camp is set for Friday, July 29, and the recruiting cookout is the following day. IMG Academy four-star defensive lineman [autotag]Will Norman[/autotag] should be in attendance that weekend, according to 247Sports, but the plans aren’t set in stone just yet.
Norman told 247Sports that he would “probably” be there for the events after telling them a week ago that he was unsure if he could make it or not. The Gators have hosted him three times this year already, but the blue-chip recruit seems to be slowing things down to give him some time to think. He took an official to the Swamp on June 10 and then shut things down shortly after that.
That might not be great news for Florida.
“My whole plan was to come home and commit in the summer,” Norman said in an interview with the Varsity Podcast. “That was why I took my one OV and called it quits. I had to slow everything down. When I get back to school, I am just going to let the season take place. See where things goes and let God take the lead. I wouldn’t say I was rushing things, but I kind of was falling in love too quick.”
Billy Napier and Co. have been fairly aggressive in recruiting Norman since taking over at UF and that’s unlikely to change. Getting him to commit before the season starts is still the goal, but he’s clearly taking a step back from it all right now. Hopefully, UF doesn’t fall out of favor entirely with the blue-chipper.
Norman is ranked No. 116 overall on the 247Sports composite and No. 17 among defensive linemen in the class of 2023. Penn State is considered Florida’s biggest competition right now, but LSU, Michigan and Texas A&M are in the hunt among others.
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