4-star WR Micah Gilbert sets commitment date
Charlotte (N.C) Charlotte Christian four-star wide receiver Micah Gilbert announced his top seven schools on April 8. Now Gilbert has a date on when he’ll make his college decision.
Gilbert has set a commitment date of May 2. He’ll pick between Duke, Michigan, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, South Carolina and Virginia Tech.
Gilbert is the No. 223 overall prospect and No. 38 wide receiver in the 2024 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He is also the No. 4 player in North Carolina.
According to the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine currently has Notre Dame has a commanding lead in Gilbert’s recruitment. The Fighting Irish sit with a 92% chance to land Gilbert’s commitment.
The recent change in the RPM comes after Gilbert visited Notre Dame for the first time. He was in South Bend on April 22 for the Fighting Irish’s spring game.
Notre Dame wide receivers coach Chansi Stuckey extended an offer to Gilbert on Feb. 13 and he said he’s been high on the Irish since.
“The offer from Notre Dame was very exciting,” Gilbert told Mike Singer of Blue and Gold on Feb. 23. “I was in touch with them for a while, and they’ve visited my school a few times.”
“I know Notre Dame is independent and plays all over. They have a very respectable program.”
In addition to Notre Dame, Gilbert has visited Michigan, North Carolina and South Carolina among others this spring.
“It was a really good visit, good first day of spring practice,” Gilbert told Gamecock Central following the South Carolina visit. “It was good to see how things operated. And I really liked the feeling at practice. Very Competitive and really looked like dudes were still having fun.”
Gilbert currently has an On3 NIL Valuation of $66K. The On3 NIL Valuation is the industry’s leading index that sets high school and college athletes’ projected annual value (PAV). The NIL valuation does not act as a tracker of the value of NIL deals an athlete has completed to date. It rather signifies an athlete’s value at a certain moment in time.