The newest blue-chip defensive back on Florida’s 2025 recruiting board is Westgate (New Iberia, Louisiana) cornerback [autotag]Jaboree Antoine[/autotag].
The Gators offered the rising junior a scholarship over the weekend, according to Corey Bender of Gators Online, and he has quickly set a tentative date for his first-ever visit to the Swamp. Antoine is high on UF and plans to be at the season finale against Florida State.
“Florida is one of those offers I had been waiting for,” Antoine said to Gators Online. “It’s a great program that I know for sure would develop me for the next level and get me to that next level.”
Like most defensive backs interested in the University of Florida, Antoine is developing a connection with Corey Raymond, who will coach both corners and safeties this season for Billy Napier. The two have only met twice, but Antoine’s coach is a friend of Raymond’s, which helped facilitate the offer.
Antoine is a consensus four-star talent right now that’s ranked anywhere from No. 23 to No. 56 overall in the class of 2023. The On3 industry ranking, which uses a weighted average of all four major services, puts him at No. 25 overall and No. 3 among cornerbacks in his class.
He’s also the second-best recruit out of the state of Louisiana, which means the LSU Tigers will be the team to beat. At publishing time, the Tigers lead the On3 recruiting prediction machine with a 38.9% chance to land him, but Texas A&M is also in this race with 24.1% in second place.
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