Kendall Jackson, 4-star edge, to announce commitment decision Wednesday
Kendall Jackson, the 4-star edge from Gainesville (Fla.) Buchholz, first planned to announce his commitment decision the first week in August. Then, he moved it to July 21.
Now, he has a new date.
It will be Wednesday.
“It’s just because of the whole process,” he told Gators Online. “I want to solidify my spot.”
Jackson will announce his decision at 4:30 p.m. ET via instagram (@_iamhollywood). He is down to four schools: Florida, Arkansas, Kentucky and Miami.
What stands out with those programs?
“It would be the same thing for all of them,” Jackson said. “I really appreciated how they all valued me.”
The Gators are the overwhelming favorites in the ON3 Recruiting Prediction Machine with a projection rate of 92.5 percent. Miami is next at 2.6 percent.
Jackson, listed at 6-foot-3 and 245 pounds, is the No. 41 recruit in the state of Florida for On3. 247Sports and Rivals each have him as a 3-star. He is a 4-star in the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.
The No. 1 factor for Jackson in his recruitment?
“Relationships, really,” he said. “That and the education part — and I have a great relationship with all the schools. It was a difficult choice.”
Kendall Jackson is close with his UF position coach
Gators assistant Mike Peterson, has been one of Florida’s point men in Jackson’s recruitment. Peterson played at Florida attended high school 20 minutes from campus.s
“Coach Mike P — that’s a great guy,” Jackson told Gators Online in June. “Great dude. Great coach. He keeps it real. Me being a local and him being a former local kid, that’s our connection right there. He can help me as far as if I were to come here. With me being a local. How to do the ins and outs of being a Gator and being a student-athlete. Coach is friendly. But he’s going to keep it real with you. That’s what I like and respect about coach. He’s not going to sugarcoat anything. Some people don’t like that, but I love it. I prefer a coach to keep it real with me over everything.”
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How significant of a factor is Peterson in this recruitment?
“A big factor,” Jackson said. “That’s going to be my position coach. I know I’d be playing under someone I can trust and he can develop me the right away.”
Jackson will be an early enrollee.
