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Auburn earns place in four star safety Zaquan Patterson’s top five

Patterson is the No. 3 safety for the 2024 recruiting cycle according to 247Sports.

One of the country’s top safeties is considering Auburn.

[autotag]Zaquan Patterson[/autotag], a four-star safety from Miami Gardens, Florida, recently dropped his top-five list and has included Auburn.

Auburn has had success at recruiting for the defensive side of the ball for the 2024 cycle, as they have added two four-star cornerbacks to their list in [autotag]A’Mon Lane[/autotag] and [autotag]Jayden Lewis[/autotag]. Adding a talented safety such as Patterson, who is the No. 3 overall safety for the 2024 class, would be incredible for [autotag]Hugh Freeze[/autotag] and his staff.

Patterson shared why he has included Auburn in his top schools list with On3’s Hayes Fawcett.

“Auburn is just filled with genuine people who just want the best for their players. I’ve been around the program since about 12 and they’re really a family up there.”

According to On3’s Recruiting Prediction Machine, Auburn has work to do in order to haul in Patterson, as Miami is the overwhelming favorite to land him with a 90.9% chance to earn his signature. However, on 247Sports, he has not received a crystal ball projection.

Patterson is also considering Michigan, Ohio State, Miami, and Florida State.

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Michigan football makes top 5 for elite safety in SEC territory

Fighting southern schools and the chief rival for this one. #GoBlue

Michigan football has had some success in reeling in top-flight players from the talent-rich state of Florida, but one particular safety would really be something of a coup.

The Wolverines have long been in on 2024 Hollywood (Fla.) Chaminade-Madonna Prep four-star safety Zaquan Patterson, who is ranked No. 73 overall according to the 247Sports Composite, and is 247Sports’ third-best safety in the entire class. But the competition for his services have been stiff, to say the least.

However, Patterson released his top five on Sunday evening, and Michigan football made the cut. But so, too, did rival Ohio State, Florida State, Auburn, and Miami.

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247Sports’ Andrew Ivins’ scouting report:

A hard-hitting defender that has played mostly safety on Friday nights, but could eventually grow into a three-down linebacker. Made a name for himself as a youngster in the local parks for the Miami Garden Ravens before getting varsity snaps as a freshman at TRU Prep and then winning a pair of state titles as a sophomore and junior at Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna Prep. At his best when he’s asked to come downhill and make stops near the line of scrimmage as he’s a natural body striker that is quick to sift through traffic and meet the football. Has gotten more and more comfortable in both man and zone coverage over the years and has shown on the 7-on-7 circuit that he can hang with most large wide receivers and tight ends. Has assembled some of the best special teams highlights we have seen in recent years as he has blocked multiple punts and kicks at the prep level and flies down the field like a heat-seeking missile in both punt and kick coverage. Limited testing data makes it hard to paint the full picture, but should be viewed as a versatile back-seven defender with tweener measurables that could do a variety of different things and serve as a potential chess piece for a defensive coordinator. NFL upside in an era where so many teams want to spread it out.

If Michigan football is able to woo him, it would be another recruiting win over Ohio State. The Wolverines have had solid success in recent years acquiring top-notch safeties, from former five-star Daxton Hill to former four-stars Makari Paige, RJ Moten, Zeke Berry, and Keon Sabb — the latter of whom was a five-star for quite a long period in his recruitment.

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Florida 2024 four-star safety has Ohio State in his top five

The Buckeyes are included in his final group #GoBucks

It’s widely known that in [autotag]Ohio State[/autotag]’s defensive scheme under [autotag]Jim Knowles[/autotag], safeties make the calls and are the focal point of the strategy.

The Buckeyes are trying to find the best prospects that fit the scheme and 2024 Florida safety [autotag]Zaquan Patterson[/autotag] does that. The 6-foot, 1-inch, 195-pound defender has narrowed his list to five schools: Florida State, Miami, Auburn, Michigan and Ohio State.

Patterson is the No. 5 best safety and 73rd overall prospect in the 2024 recruiting cycle on the 247Sports composite.

At this moment, Ohio State could have athlete commitment [autotag]Garrett Stover[/autotag] play the position, but he could also end up at linebacker. There is a need for top-end talent at safety, and Patterson is one of the top targets for Knowles and head coach [autotag]Ryan Day[/autotag].

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LSU offers 2024 four-star safety from Florida

The Tigers extended an offer to one of the top defensive backs in the country.

Zaquan Patterson is a 6-foot, 185-pound, four-star safety in the 2024 class from Miami Gardens, Florida, where he plays for Chaminade-Madonna Prep.

The Lions are one of the best prep teams in the country. Last season they finished 12-1 and won the FHSAA 3A state championship game along with a win in the Geico State Champions Bowl Series over the Highland Hawks. So far this season, the Lions are 3-0 and look like they are poised to repeat as champions.

Film Analysis: Patterson is a safety who isn’t afraid to come up and lay the wood on anyone. If he catches you on a slant or any kind of pattern across the middle of the field, you best watch out.

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Oklahoma offers four-star 2024 wide receiver Jeremiah Smith out of Florida

Oklahoma offered four-star class of 2024 wide receiver Jeremiah Smith out of Chaminade-Madonna Prep in Hollywood, Fla.

Oklahoma extended an offer to four-star wide receiver Jeremiah Smith. The 6-foot-2, 185 pound prospect is ranked by 247Sports as the nation’s No. 39 player nationally, the No. 9 wide receiver and the eighth-best player from the state of Florida in the 2024 class.

In the On3 consensus rankings, Smith checks in as the No. 11 player overall, the No. 3 wide receiver and the No. 2 player from the state of Florida in the 2024 class.

Smith is from Chaminade-Madonna Prep in Hollywood, Fla. He’s the cousin of former West Virginia quarterback and Seattle Seahawks backup quarterback Geno Smith.

Smith is also teammates with Zaquan Patterson, one of Oklahoma’s other recent targets in the 2024 class. According to 247Sports, Patterson is the No. 12 player nationally in the 2024 class, the No. 2 athlete and second-best player from Florida. OU offered Patterson on Feb. 11.

The Oklahoma offer for Smith continues a recent surge in high-profile offers. Over the past month, Smith has received offers from Texas A&M on Jan. 20, Utah on Jan. 22, LSU on Jan. 24, USC on Jan. 27 and Alabama on Feb. 4.

Smith also holds offers from Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Miami, Ohio State, Ole Miss, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, South Carolina, Syracuse, Temple, UCF, West Virginia, Indiana and Toledo.

It continues a recent trend on wide receiver offers for the Sooners.

Upon his arrival as the Sooners’ new OC, Lebby offered wide receiver, Jayden Gibson. Gibson was at the time a Florida commit, and, eventually, he flipped from Florida to Oklahoma. Gibson stands at 6-foot-4. He’s enrolled and working out as an early enrollee.

That started a significant and noticeable trend of offers being shipped to other wide receivers of the 2023 and 2024 classes. Lebby primarily likes his receivers big with long frames.

Here’s where we can draw this conclusion: Jaden Greathouse (6-foot-2), Jalen Hale (6-foot-2) and Aidan Mizell (6-foot-3) have taken precedent over guys like DeAndre Moore Jr, who recently decommitted from the Sooners. – Bryant Crews, Sooners Wire.

It’s very early in the 2024 cycle, but it’s nice to see Oklahoma in on talented playmakers like Smith and Patterson this quickly. Offering both early gives the Sooners a chance to sell the idea of the pair continuing their playing careers in the Crimson and Cream.

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Catch up with a flurry of February offers for Oklahoma Sooners Football

Oklahoma has sent out plenty of offers over the past several weeks. Here’s a look at who the Sooners have targeted.

With national signing day officially in the rearview, Oklahoma has turned its focus to the 2023 and 2024 classes for the most part.

OU has four commits in the 2023 recruiting class, good for No. 15 nationally and third in the Big 12 conference according to 247Sports. That list includes quarterback Jackson Arnold, wide receiver Ashton Cozart, offensive lineman Joshua Bates and athlete Erik McCarty.

Here’s a look at who the Sooners have sent out offers to over the past several weeks.