On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine: Florida leading for top-25 recruit Kamran James

On3 imageby:Peter Warren08/08/22

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Orlando (Fla.) Olympia four-star defensive lineman Kamran James has decided on a commitment date.

It will be this upcoming Sunday, August 14. With the decision less than a week away, one school is clearly ahead in the race, according to the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine.

That team is Florida as the Gators have a 97.2% chance of landing James. Florida was already a favorite heading into the week but received a big boost in the form of a prediction from On3 Director of Recruiting Chad Simmons.

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.

Kamran James is On3’s No. 3 defensive lineman recruit

Kamran James is the No. 213 overall recruit in the 2023 cycle, according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.

He is the No. 23 prospect in the 2023 On300 ranking, as well as the No. 3 defensive lineman and No. 5 player from Florida in the class.

On3 is by far the highest on James in the industry. On3 Director of Scouting and Rankings Charles Power said James has a combination of skills that make him one of the top lineman recruits out there.

“We view Kamran James as one of the top defensive line prospects in the 2023 cycle heading into the season,” Power said. “The Orlando Olympia product sticks out due to his combination of size, athleticism and disruptive pass rush ability. James checks in at 6-foot-5, 265 pounds with 34.5-inch arms and ran an electronically-timed 4.98 second 40-yard dash on the camp circuit. He’s a twitchy pass rusher at the high school level, often lining up as a big defensive end. James’ junior season production also stacks up well among the top defensive linemen with 21 tackles for loss and 13 sacks. He also doubles as a basketball player and is one of the younger top defensive linemen, having turned 17 years-old in April.”

He currently has an On3 NIL Valuation of $18.1k. The On3 NIL Valuation is an index that looks to set the standard market value for both high school and college-level athletes. 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.