Top-ranked 2023 wide receiver looking to visit Florida in March

Despite committing to Ohio State University in December, the top-ranked wide receiver in the recruiting class of 2024, Jeremiah Smith, continues to be looking at different packages.

One of the colleges nonetheless retaining in contact with Smith is Florida, in accordance to Gators Online’s Corey Bender, and the five-star recruit is looking to get again to Gainesville over the spring.

“I’m trying to find a date. Yeah, next month,” Smith advised Bender when requested a couple of March visit. “I have a great relationship with Florida, especially with Coach KC (Keary Colbert) and (running backs quality control coach) Coach (Benedick) Hyppolite.”

Florida continues to be pushing very laborious for Smith. In truth, Smith says that Florida has solely picked up the tempo since he dedicated to one other program. The teaching employees’s continued consideration has been good, however maybe what’s serving to Florida keep in the race most is that five-star quarterback DJ Lagway is underneath dedication.

Getting Smith to again off his pledge to Ohio State will likely be almost not possible, although. He wished to commit as a sophomore virtually a 12 months in the past and was advised to wait and see what everybody else has to provide.

Now that he’s locked in with the Buckeyes, it’ll take a better-than-perfect official visit to the Swamp for Florida to flip him. A March unofficial visit is a step towards securing that official visit, so Florida continues to be in the combo for now.

Smith is ranked No. 2 total on the On3 consensus and No. 1 amongst wide receivers in the category of 2024. The 247Sports composite has him on the similar spots.

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