USC recruiting: Trojans are high on four-star safety Hylton Stubbs

Florida leads this recruitment, but USC is in the mix.

Hylton Drake Stubbs is a 6-foot-2, 180-pound, four-star safety from Jacksonville, Florida, where he plays for Mandarin High School.

His offer list also includes Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, Florida, Miami, Florida State, Penn State, Oklahoma and Michigan among other Power Five schools.

The Gators have the early lead for Hylton as his recruitment begins to heat up. On3’s RPM gives the Gators a 53.6% chance to land Stubbs, with the second team being FSU at 10.1%.

The Jacksonville native is the No. 80 player in the class of 2025 and the No. 14 recruit in Florida. Stubbs is the seventh-ranked safety in the nation, per 247Sports.

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