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Florida still hanging on for 5-star quarterback Arch Manning

Florida and head coach Billy Napier are still barely in the race for 5-star quarterback Arch Manning.

Florida is still hanging on by a few lonely threads for five-star quarterback [autotag]Arch Manning[/autotag]. On3’s Chad Simmons reported that head coach [autotag]Billy Napier[/autotag] is trying to get Manning to the Swamp for a visit. Manning is the top prospect in the country regardless of position, according to the 247Sports composite rankings. Manning is the son of Cooper Manning, the elder brother to Peyton and Eli Manning, and the oldest grandson of Archie Manning.

Simmons also reported that Alabama, Georgia and Texas are generating the most buzz in his recruitment so far with the Longhorns and Bulldogs garnering the most out of the three.

Outside of those three, he believes Florida has the best chance to host Manning for a visit. Simmons said Napier and his coaching staff are still in touch with Manning and that Napier’s success at Louisiana Lafayette is intriguing to him.

Gators Online reported that stability is the most important factor to Manning. If that’s the case, it doesn’t make any sense why he would consider Florida and Texas. The Gators have cycled through four head coaches since they last hoisted the national championship trophy in 2008. The Longhorns have been mediocre except for the 2019 season when they went to the Sugar Bowl and defeated Georgia.

The Gators won’t be a legitimate threat in Manning’s recruitment until they get him on campus, so fans shouldn’t get their hopes up until something materializes on that front.

Corey Bender of Gators Online also reported that four-star quarterback [autotag]Dylan Lonergan[/autotag] hasn’t heard from Florida since he visited last month. The Gators have also hosted four-star [autotag]Eli Holstein[/autotag] last month, but Alabama is viewed as the heavy favorite for his pledge.

It’s perplexing what Florida and Napier are doing at the quarterback position this cycle. Most top quarterbacks have already committed elsewhere while the Gators have struck out for a few already and losing ground for others.

Bender said to look for the Gators to offer more quarterbacks this week and don’t rule out the possibility of them using the transfer portal for one again.

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This big-name 4-star QB named Florida one of his top 5 programs

Have the Gators finally locked in on a quarterback prospect? Dylan Lonergan has the Gators in his top 5.

After missing out on a couple of elite quarterbacks in the class of 2023, Florida has made four-star [autotag]Dylan Lonergan[/autotag]’s top five.

The Snellville, Georgia, recruit released the list on social media Friday and spoke to On3’s Hayes Fawcett about each program left in his recruitment. Alabama, Ohio State, Stanford and South Carolina are Florida’s competitors.

“Florida is going to get a lot better the next few years and Coach Napier has a great record with QBs,” Lonergan said. “Great baseball program as well.”

Lonergan wants to be a dual-sport athlete in college, and the Gators’ baseball program is one of the nation’s best. Safety [autotag]Miguel Mitchell[/autotag] will be spending time with both teams, so it’s at least something [autotag]Billy Napier[/autotag] is open to. Lonergan features a fastball in the low 90s with room to pick up speed and a hard slider that’s used as a strikeout pitch.

If baseball is what gets him to Florida, so be it. The Gators need to add a quarterback with [autotag]Emory Jones[/autotag] and [autotag]Carlos Del Rio-Wilson[/autotag] in the transfer portal, and Lonergan is a top-10 player at the position. Unless [autotag]Arch Manning[/autotag] or [autotag]Dante Moore[/autotag] suddenly names Florida as a top contender, Lonergan or [autotag]Eli Holstein[/autotag] remain the best available options.

He’s the No. 82 overall recruit in the class of 2023 and the No. 9 ranked quarterback, according to the On3 consensus.

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Florida fails to make top 6 for one of its top QB targets

Four-star quarterback Christopher Vizzina didn’t include Florida among his top six schools on Sunday.

Florida and head coach [autotag]Billy Napier[/autotag] are about to smash the reset button on their quarterback board for 2023 after a tough weekend. Four-star quarterback [autotag]Marcus Stokes[/autotag] announced his commitment to Penn State on Friday and then four-star quarterback [autotag]Christopher Vizzina[/autotag] shared his list of top six schools that didn’t include the Gators. Vizzina’s decision to leave Florida off his list is significant because he was one of Napier’s top targets at the position next to five-star quarterback Arch Manning.

The good news for Florida is that it didn’t invest many resources into Vizzina. The Gators attempted to get him on campus, but they never accomplished that. However, the 247Sports composite ranked Vizzina as the 52nd overall player and as the seventh-best player at his position.

Napier’s quarterback board has become quite foggy after this weekend. Manning is Florida’s top target but once again it has not gotten him to the Swamp after it was reported that the Gators were added to his top list of schools that he is considering.

Stokes was most likely the backup option if Manning and Vizzina fell through because he hailed from nearby Jacksonville, Florida, and played at the same high school as [autotag]Tim Tebow[/autotag]. But the Gators and Napier never extended an offer despite how much they communicated with him.

Looking ahead, Florida will likely ramp up its efforts on five-star [autotag]Dante Moore[/autotag] and four-star [autotag]Dylan Lonergan[/autotag]. Both prospects have visited campus, even though Moore came with a group of other top recruits apart of the Football Hotbed tour. Lonergan looks like the most intriguing option because he wants to play baseball along with football at his future school, and Florida has a top program in each sport.

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Florida is rising up this 4-star quarterback’s leaderboard

Four-star quarterback Dylan Lonergan said Florida is now among his top five or six schools due to its success in baseball and football.

Four-star quarterback [autotag]Dylan Lonergan[/autotag] enjoyed meeting Florida football head coach [autotag]Billy Napier[/autotag] and Gators baseball head coach [autotag]Kevin O’Sullivan[/autotag] this weekend on his visit to the Swamp. It was important for him to meet both coaches because he wants to play football and baseball in college.

After his visit, the Snellville, Georgia, native spoke to 247Sports about how it went. The recruiting service currently ranks Lonergan nationally as 95th best overall prospect and the ninth-best signal-caller, according to the 247Sports composite.

This wasn’t Lonergan’s first trek to see the Gators, making a prior visit back during his freshman year. Lonergan said it was good getting refamiliarized with the University of Florida campus since it’s been so long. One of his favorite parts of the visit was seeing the new standalone facility Florida is building that is set to be finished this summer.

He enjoyed sitting in on the quarterback room to see how Napier and off-the-analyst Ryan O’Hara works with them. Lonergan likes the idea of playing for a head coach that predominantly works with quarterbacks.

Lonergan also relished the time he spent watching practice. He said he could tell the defense was a little ahead of the offense right now but added that’s usually the case early on in spring ball.

Napier and O’Hara are already pushing him to come back for another visit in the future. They told him they will keep recruiting him hard.

Florida stands out to Lonergan because of the success it has had on the gridiron and the baseball field but said the Gators still trail Stanford and South Carolina at this point.

However, he added that Florida has jumped into his top fix or schools because of its excellence in both sports and Napier’s track record of developing quarterbacks.

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Coveted 4-star quarterback plans to visit Florida this weekend

Four-star quarterback Dylan Lonergan’s father tells 247Sports that he plans to visit Florida this weekend.

Four-star quarterback Dylan Lonergan’s father told 247Sports that they plan to visit Florida this upcoming weekend. The Gators are one of many trips lined up this spring, with stops set at Alabama, Ohio State and South Carolina next month. He has also seen Georgia, Georgia Tech and Stanford so far.

247Sports has the Snellville, Georgia, native as the 95th-best player overall and the ninth-best signal-caller, according to their composite rankings.

During his junior season, he threw for 3,392 yards and 32 touchdowns with only three interceptions. Lonergan also tacked on 645 yards rushing and seven more scores.

He is also a standout baseball player and plans to play on the diamond at his future school as well as the gridiron. 247Sports reported he touched 90 mph on the mound as a freshman.

His family is no stranger to big-time college football. His father Dan Lonergan was a quarterback in the 1980s for Penn State and backed up Todd Blackledge on the 1982 national championship team.

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Big time quarterback prospect will be in Death Valley this weekend

This talented Peach State quarterback will be making his way back to Clemson this weekend. Brookwood (Snellville, Ga.) 2023 four-star Dylan Lonergan announced via social media Wednesday that he’ll be in attendance for Clemson’s game against UConn …

This talented Peach State quarterback will be making his way back to Clemson this weekend.

Brookwood (Snellville, Ga.) 2023 four-star Dylan Lonergan announced via social media Wednesday that he’ll be in attendance for Clemson’s game against UConn this weekend at Memorial Stadium on Saturday.

Lonergan (6-2, 215) is among the top quarterback prospects in the 2023 class. He ranks as the No. 6 signal-caller and No. 77 overall prospect in his respective class, per the 247Sports Composite.

This will be Lonergan’s first time back in Tiger Town after he participated in the Dabo Swinney Camp earlier this summer. Between quarterbacks coach Brandon Streeter and offensive analyst J.P. Losman, Clemson kept close attention to Lonergan while he camped.

Now, the Tigers will get to show him what a game-day experience is like in The Valley.

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Georgia football in top schools four-star QB

The Georgia Bulldogs are among the top schools for quarterback Dylan Lonergan, who is a talented baseball player as well.

The Georgia Bulldogs are among the top schools for quarterback Dylan Lonergan. Lonergan is a member of the class of 2023.

Lonergan is rated as a four-star recruit and the No. 6 quarterback prospect in his class. Lonergan plays high school football extremely close to Athens, Georgia, at Brookwood High School. In addition to football, Lonergan also plays high school baseball at an elite level. He has potential to play college or pro baseball.

In fact, Lonergan plays in the same town (Snellville, Georgia) as Georgia Bulldogs legends David Pollack and David Greene. Lonergan would love to have as successful of a college football career as David Greene, who is one of the winningest quarterbacks in college football history.

The four-star, 6-foot-1 quarterback has received scholarship offers from top schools across the country.

Dylan Lonergan announced his top-12 schools via his Twitter account:

Lonergan ranks Georgia, Florida, Ole Miss, Oregon, Georgia Tech, Alabama, Penn State, South Carolina, Ohio State, Auburn, LSU, and Mississippi State among his top schools. Lonergan states that his recruitment is still open.

Will Dylan Lonergan pick football or baseball? He may not have to decide if he wants to play both in college, but that would give him quite a busy schedule.

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Alabama recruiting: 2023 four-star QB has Tide in top 10

Alabama lands in the top 10 for the class of 2023 four-star QB!

Alabama is dominating the 2022 recruiting class, where they currently sit at number two in the country behind Penn State according to 247 Composite rankings.

Head coach Nick Saban and the rest of the staff in Tuscaloosa have also started on the class of 2023. Earlier today four-star QB Dylan Lonergan released his top 10 via Hayes Fawcett of On3.

Along with Alabama, the Snellville, GA native included Florida, Georgia, Ole Miss, Oregon, Georgia Tech, Penn State, South Carolina, Ohio State, Auburn, LSU, and Mississippi State.

Lonergan is also a coveted baseball prospect and wants to play both football and baseball at the next level.

Lonergan’s father Dan Lonergan played QB at Penn State in the early 1980s where he served as the backup to Todd Blackledge on the 1982 National Championship team.

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Georgia football offers scholarship to four-star QB

The Georgia Bulldogs football program has offered a scholarship to Brookwood quarterback Dylan Lonergan

The Georgia Bulldogs football program has offered a scholarship to quarterback Dylan Lonergan. Lonergan is a member of the class of 2023.

Lonergan is rated as a four-star recruit. Lonergan plays high school football extremely close to Athens, Georgia at Brookwood High School. In addition to football, Lonergan also plays high school baseball at an elite level.

In fact, Lonergan plays in the same town (Snellville, Georgia) as Georgia Bulldogs legends David Pollack and David Greene. Lonergan would love to have as successful of a career as David Greene, who is one of the winningest quarterbacks in college football history.

The four-star, 6-foot-1 quarterback has received scholarship offers from Auburn, Tennessee, South Carolina, Oregon, and more. We’ll keep you updated on Lonergan’s future.

Lonergan announced his scholarship offer via his Twitter account:

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