5-Star Plus+ CB Cormani McClain committing October 27
Lakeland (Fla.) Five-Star Plus+ cornerback Cormani McClain will be announcing his college decision October 27, his mother Kaishay McClain announced Tuesday night.
He is down to Alabama, Florida and Miami.
The Gators are the current favorites in the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine at 77.1%. There are three expert predictions in for Florida, including one from On3 Director of Recruiting Chad Simmons.
“Florida is in a good spot for Cormani,” Simmons said recently. “Florida is a school close to home, his high school has sent numerous players to Florida and he is very comfortable in Gainesville. Also, he and his family like cornerbacks coach Corey Raymond. But Alabama, they’re not going to go away. They’re still heavily involved and working to get him back on campus if not for an official, then definitely an unofficial.”
RPM was released to the public in December. The On3 engineering group teamed up with Spiny.ai to create the industry’s first algorithm and machine learning-based product to predict where athletes will attend college.
It factors in machine learning, social sentiment, visits and historical trends. However, expert predictions are still a big piece of the RPM equation.
The On3 Consensus — a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies — has McClain as the No. 2 overall recruit, No. 1 cornerback and No. 1 player from the state of Florida.
He is one of six Five-Star Plus+ players in the 2023 cycle along with New Orleans Isidore Newman Five-Star Plus+ quarterback Arch Manning, Los Alamitos (Calif.) Five-Star Plus+ quarterback Malachi Nelson, Las Vegas Bishop Gorman Five-Star Plus+ wide receiver Zachariah Branch, Bradenton (Fla.) IMG Academy Five-Star Plus+ offensive tackle Francis Mauigoa and Katy (Texas) Paetow Five-Star Plus+ defensive lineman David Hicks.