Alabama now appears to be the favorite to land five-star OT Kadyn Proctor

Nick Saban and Alabama appear to be in good shape for five-star OT Kadyn Proctor.

Early signing day is just around the corner and it’s not signing day season without a little late-night drama.

Late Sunday night three-star offensive lineman Raymond Pulido announced that he was withdrawing his commitment from the Crimson Tide. Then, not long after, predictions began to fly in for [autotag]Nick Saban[/autotag] and Alabama to land one of the nation’s top offensive linemen in five-star Kadyn Proctor.

Rumbles of a potential flip from Iowa to Alabama started late last week when it became known that Proctor would be in Tuscaloosa over the weekend just days before early signing day.

Over the last few hours, several predictions for the flip have begun to roll in. Let’s take a look!

Gators earn a pair of recruiting predictions for this in-state 4-star WR

The experts feel fairly confident that Florida will be the pick on July 4 for four-star wide receiver Daquayvious Sorey.

Monday, July 4, is commitment day for Chipley High four-star wide receiver [autotag]Daquayvious Sorey[/autotag], and the experts like Florida’s chances to land the in-state recruit.

247Sports’ Blake Alderman and Corey Bender of On3’s Gators Online both projected Sorey to pick Florida over Alabama, Auburn and Miami on Saturday. The Tigers sound like the Gators’ only true competitor at this point in the race and Bender says they are expecting Florida to be the pick.

Sorey was committed to Georgia for a year before backing off that pledge in February. A family connection to quality control coach [autotag]Lamar Sorey[/autotag] on Billy Napier‘s staff made it easy to reach out to him, and UF quickly took the lead. Florida State was the only other school to host him on unofficial visits, but Sorey left the Seminoles out of his top four.

His most recent trip to the Swamp came in late May and he’s been slowly narrowing things down since then.

The 247Sports composite ranks Sorey No. 179 overall in the class of 2023 and No. 26 among wide receivers. The On3 consensus is slightly less bullish on him at No. 205 overall and No. 31 receiver because of a three-star grade from the service’s individual rankings. 247Sports, on the other hand, has Sorey listed as a top-100 talent in the class in its individual Top 247.

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