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Arkansas Football lands two commitments over weekend

Arkansas’ impressive 2023 recruiting class receives a boost thanks to receiving two commits.

This weekend has been a busy one for recruiting, as many of Arkansas’ top targets, as well as commits, visited Fayetteville.

As the weekend drew closer to an end, head coach Sam Pittman received great news in the form of landing two commits for the defensive side of the football.

Three-star defensive back [autotag]RJ Johnson[/autotag], as well as three-star linebacker [autotag]Alex Sanford[/autotag] announced their commitment while on their visit to Arkansas, which adds value to an already impressive 2023 commitment list for the Razorbacks.

Arkansas’ first commitment of the weekend is three-star defensive back RJ Johnson from McDonough, Ga.

Johnson becomes the second prospect from the state of Georgia to commit to Arkansas in a week, following Ian Geffrard’s commitment last Monday.

Johnson is the state of Georgia’s No. 65 ranked prospect, and is the fourth recruit from the state to pledge to Arkansas from the metro Atlanta area, joining Geffrard, quarterback [autotag]Malachi Singleton[/autotag], and linebacker [autotag]Everett Roussaw[/autotag].

Arkansas received more good news on Sunday morning, as linebacker Alex Sanford declared his commitment.

Sanford becomes the first commit from the state of Mississippi to choose Arkansas, and the second linebacker from the cycle to commit to Arkansas. Sanford is a three-star linebacker from Oxford, Miss., standing at 6-3, 240 pounds. He is the No. 63 ranked linebacker in the nation, and the No. 14 overall prospect from Mississippi.

Currently, Arkansas ranks No. 8 in the nation for the 2023 recruiting cycle by 247sports with 17 commitments.

Highly-coveted 2023 ATH recruit sets Florida official visit date

Billy Napier’s staff has worked their magic on yet another highly-sought prep recruit.

The recruiting front is in full gear for Florida football as June continues to roll along, with [autotag]Billy Napier[/autotag] and his staff pushing as hard as they can to impress the best prep prospects in the nation. A flurry of blue-chip recruits have made their way to Gainesville over the first couple weeks of the month with plenty more to come in the days ahead.

While the four- and five-star prospects are the ones who make the most headlines, three-star athlete recruit [autotag]RJ Johnson[/autotag] out of McDonough (Georgia) Eagles Landing Christian Academy also made some waves recently when he set his official visit date with the Gators from June 24-26, according to Swamp247.

The 6-foot-2-inch, 165-pounder has already made three unofficial visits with his most recent coming last Wednesday, from which he came away quite impressed after attending Florida’s one-day camp.

“I’m really happy I came down here and decided to do the camp,” Johnson told Gators Online. “Coach Toney and coach Raymond got in some great work today. They showed me some maintenance things I need to do to become a better DB. I got to work through some of their drills, see how they coach, and just getting the chance to be around them and getting a great feel for their vibe.”

Viewed as a prospect with a remarkable physical makeup and athleticism, he is capable of playing at all positions in the secondary but projects to land at cornerback with the Orange and Blue. His connection with Florida’s coaches is what compelled him to schedule an official visit.

Johnson is currently ranked No. 693 overall and No. 62 nationally at the athlete position according to the 247Sports composite, while the On3 consensus him at No. 816 overall and 77 nationally at corner back. Florida is currently out front in his recruiting with a 44.9% chance of signing him per On3’s Recruiting Prediction Machine with the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in second at 26.4%.

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Report: Peach State cornerback plans 3rd trip to the Swamp

Cornerbacks coach Corey Raymond has his eyes on this three-star recruit out of Georgia and is getting him on campus again Tuesday.

Florida’s cornerbacks coach [autotag]Corey Raymond[/autotag] has an eye for talent and three-star cornerback [autotag]RJ Johnson[/autotag] is one of the names on his list. Johnson visited last year for the Florida-Alabama game and returned to meet the new staff in March of 2022. He’ll make his third visit to the Swamp Tuesday, June 14, according to Gators Online. It’s another unofficial visit with plans to take an official one down the road.

“I’m loving everything about Gainesville,” Johnson said. “I love the coaches. I’m getting great vibes from there and building great relationships with all of the coaching staff and even some of the players.”

Johnson will play his senior year at Eagle’s Landing Christian in McDonough, Georgia this year and has yet to pick up an offer from the Bulldogs. Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State and Ole Miss are interested, though. Rutgers is the current leader on the On3 recruiting prediction machine with 53.2%, but Florida is in second with 23.9% and could surge with at least two more visits in the works.

The relationship with Raymond could be crucial in his decision. Johnson says that the two are a good match because of their laid-back personalities. They met for the first time in person back in March but have been speaking since Raymond was with LSU. He’ll get to revisit that relationship and get to know some of the other coaches and players better on these two trips.

The On3 consensus ranks Johnson at No. 76 among cornerbacks in the class of 2023 and at No. 813 overall. Stars do carry some weight in this industry, but so does the interest of Raymond who has a fairly strong track record of producing quality defensive backs.

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