2024-star S Brandon Jacob visiting UCF for season-opener

2024 Orlando (Fla.) Evans four-star safety Brandon Jacob will be taking a visit to UCF for the Knights’ season-opener against South Carolina State on Thursday. He announced the news on social media.

A 6-foot-2, 170 pound prospect, Evans is the No. 295 overall prospect and No. 25 safety in the 2024 On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He is also the No. 49 player in Florida.

On3 rates him higher than other recruiting services, according to the Industry Comparison. Per the 2024 On300, Jacob is the No. 253 overall prospect, No. 24 safety and No. 45 player in Florida.

I’ll be at UCF vs SC State this Thursday!! @CoachWilliams_7 @CoachDavidGibbs @CoachGusMalzahn @Coach_Martin95 #GoKnights #GKCO pic.twitter.com/1ovDjDeCOZ

— Brandon Jacob 4⭐️ DB (@Thereallkingbj_) August 30, 2022

Jacob has received 16 offers. According to the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine, UCF leads for Jacob’s commitment at 29.7%. However, Florida State isn’t far behind at 26%. Meanwhile, Kentucky has the third-best odds at 22.3%.

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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.

Jacob has an On3 NIL Valuation of $5.6K. 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.