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Four-star safety Brandon Jacob commits to other Big Ten program over Ohio State

It wasn’t trending Ohio State’s way anyhow. #GoBucks

It’s no secret the secondary at Ohio State has fallen off in recent years. There’s help on the way, but the recruiting, selection and development needs to get back to the level it was a few years ago. So far, that’s happening to some regard, but OSU wants to continue to stack defensive backs to have a full cupboard.

On Thursday, the Buckeyes missed on one of those players. Four-star safety Brandon Jacob announced his decision to commit to Maryland over Ohio State, UCF, Miami (Ohio) and Texas A&M. It wasn’t looking like the Buckeyes were the lean anyhow, but it would have been nice to continue replenishing the talent pool on the back end.

Out of Orlando, Florida, Jacob is ranked the 13th safety and 164th prospect overall in the country on the 247Sports composite. He should get an immediate look for playing time with the Terps, but he will not be going against the best receiving corps in the nation every day in practice.

But, hey, there’s more than one way to make a name for yourself and make it to the next level.

Ohio State is counting the days until the state’s top overall recruit, defensive back Aaron Scott, plans to announce. That decision is scheduled for July 30. If OSU can land him, it’ll make everyone feel a lot better about the group it is building in the defensive backfield.

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Here are the 2024 football prospects visiting Texas A&M the weekend of June 9

The summer of official visits continues to roll along as Texas A&M will welcome a handful of high-profile prospects from the 2024 cycle this weekend.

With the summer season having officially kicked off it can only mean one thing: the top prospects of the 2024 cycle will descend upon various campuses for official visits. As we officially turn the page to the second weekend of June, the 2024 recruiting cycle will only continue to heat up from here.

Texas A&M and head coach Jimbo Fisher’s busy month of June continues to move along as the Maroon and White welcome close to double-digit visits from a handful of top football prospects. The coming weekend of June 9 will see some of the best recruits on both sides of the ball get a preview of Aggieland, with the hope that they see College Station as their next home for the future.

While a handful of this weekend’s visitors are still taking their time through the decision process, there are at least two current commits making their way to Aggieland.

Here’s the list of the top 2024 football prospects visiting Texas A&M this weekend, June 9:

Blue-chip safety plans return visit with Gators this weekend

Here’s one of the many names making a stop in Gainesville this weekend.

Florida football’s recruiting staff has a big weekend ahead of it as they dig deeper into the month of March with a myriad of high school prospects paying a visit to the Swamp. Among those making a stop in Gainesville to get a gander at what the Gators have cooking is four-star safety [autotag]Brandon Jacob[/autotag] out of Orlando (Florida) Evans.

The 6-foot-2-inch, 170-pound defensive back in the 2024 cycle dropped in to see [autotag]Billy Napier[/autotag] and Co. back in late January and came away with a scholarship offer.

“I feel like with their fits and schemes, I can be an all-around DB on the field here,” he told Gators Online following that visit. “I feel as if I dropped a top 10 soon, they would be in it.”

The high school junior is currently embarked on a college bus tour that also saw him visit the Kentucky Wildcats before Florida, as well as stops with the Florida State Seminoles, Tennessee Volunteers and Louisville Cardinals this week. The list of other suitors includes the Alabama Crimson Tide, Texas A&M Aggies, Auburn Tigers, South Carolina Gamecocks, Penn State Nittany Lions, West Virginia Mountaineers and Nebraska Cornhuskers, among others.

Jacob is ranked No. 240 overall and No. 19 at his position nationally according to the 247Sports composite while the On3 industry ranking has him at Nos. 193  and 15, respectively. On3’s Recruiting Prediction Machine currently has the Seminoles on top with a 35.9% chance of signing him, while the Central Florida Knights, Gators and Miami Hurricanes trail behind at 21.3%, 9.6% and 8%, respectively.

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2024 safety Brandon Jacob lands offer from Alabama

2024 safety Brandon Jacob recently added an offer from Alabama. The Florida native has tallied 20-plus offers up to this point.

The Alabama coaching staff has offered 17 safeties in the 2024 recruiting cycle. Recently, 2024 safety Brandon Jacob was added to the list.

Jacob plays for Evans High School in Orlando, Florida. As a junior, he tallied 69 tackles and five interceptions. He was also a member of a Evans defense that also had Miami signee Markeith Williams.

He has taken seven unofficial visits to various programs so far. Four of which were to UCF and Florida State. The possibility of remaining in state will be something to monitor as his recruitment unfolds. It will also be intriguing to see if Jacob makes a trip to Tuscaloosa before the start of his senior season.

Roll Tide Wire breaks down Brandon Jacob’s recruiting profile.

Florida offered this Orlando 4-star safety on a Junior Day visit

One of the recruits that visited and received an offer on Florida’s final Junior Day before the dead period was four-star safety Brandon Jacob.

The Florida Gators offered four-star safety [autotag]Brandon Jacob[/autotag] during the final Junior Day of the January recruiting period, according to 247Sports.

Jacob isn’t a stranger to the program, having been to a few games in the past, but this was his first real tour of what the school had to offer. As most unofficial visits to Florida over the last month or so have gone, Jacob got to spend a lot of time with players and coaches while inspecting the facilities, and things ended with a meeting in [autotag]Billy Napier[/autotag]’s offer where an offer was extended.

He got to sit in on meetings and talk with players from his area, such as freshmen defensive backs [autotag]Ja’Keem Jackson[/autotag] and [autotag]Jordan Castell[/autotag]. The coaches that spent the most time with him were safeties coach [autotag]Patrick Toney[/autotag] and coach [autotag]Larry Williams[/autotag].

Napier offered Jacob personally, which meant a great deal to him, and the Gators appear to be sitting in a good spot with him as the spring approaches.

“I can say Florida is going to be a top school for me,” Jacob said. “Out of all my offers, even though they just now offered me, I feel like it’s huge and a big impact.”

Colorado, Maryland and Florida State are some of the other schools that are recruiting Jacob well. The heat should be turned up in March once visits are permitted again. Jacob doesn’t have any dates locked in yet, but he has some ideas of where he wants to stop by.

“I want to see Florida, Miami, Florida State, and Maryland in March,” he said. “I want to visit Colorado too, that is a goal of mine for the spring. Take some official visits in the summer and then commit maybe like August hopefully.”

The 247Sports composite ranks Jacob No. 291 overall in the class of 2024 and No. 24 among safeties. The On3 consensus is a bit more bearish on him at No. 305 nationally and No. 24 among those at his position.

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