Florida once again rises in 2023 On3 Consensus Team Rankings
Despite not reeling in a commitment, the University of Florida climbed a spot in the 2023 Consensus Football Team Recruiting Rankings on Friday.
That is because the average number of Power Five commits increased to 17, meaning more commits are factoring into the class-ranking score. As for the Gators, 20 prospects currently make up their class, including 16 with a four-star ranking.
Miami, which was previously ahead of UF, has 17 commitments and only eight of them are four-star prospects. The Hurricanes do hold a commitment from five-star offensive lineman Francis Mauigoa; however, the remaining eight prospects have a three-star ranking, which affects their overall score.
With today’s update, the Gators are now equipped with the ninth-ranked recruiting class. They previously checked in at No. 10.
According to the rankings, All-American defensive lineman Kelby Collins is the highest-ranked prospect in UF’s class. The Alabama native ranks as the No. 7 defensive lineman and No. 62 player overall.
Additional Gators commits inside the top 300 include wide receivers Eugene Wilson III and Aidan Mizell, defensive linemen T.J. Searcy, Will Norman, Kamran James and Gavin Hill, safety Jordan Castell, running back Treyaun Webb, EDGE Isaiah Nixon, and cornerbacks Sharif Denson and Ja’Keem Jackson.
The Gators also rank fourth in the SEC, with 80 percent of their commits being blue-chip prospects. Eighty percent of them hail from the Sunshine State as well.
Alabama, Georgia and LSU are the schools currently ranked ahead of the Gators.
Background on the On3 Consensus Team Recruiting Rankings
It’s the only ranking that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies: On3, 247Sports, Rivals.com and ESPN. It’s the only ranking that equally weights the four major media companies at 25 percent. Other industry composite ratings disproportionately weight their own rating.
It also solves the problem of varying class sizes during the recruiting cycle. It compiles the highest-rated commits for each team up to a total based on a rolling average of current total commitments among Power Five schools.
With this model, there are no bonus points for having more commitments than other teams and only small deductions occur when a team has fewer commitments than the rolling average. Unlike distribution (bell) curves, this model doesn’t disproportionately weight a team’s top three or four highest-rated commits and is a more accurate representation of an entire class.
