{"id":413378,"date":"2024-07-23T01:42:19","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T01:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=413378"},"modified":"2024-07-23T02:04:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T02:04:59","slug":"florida-made-a-huge-jump-in-the-recruiting-rankings-after-vernell-brown-iii-committed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=413378","title":{"rendered":"Florida made a huge jump in the recruiting rankings after Vernell Brown III committed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the weekend commitment of Verbell Brown III, <a href=\"https:\/\/gatorswire.usatoday.com\/\">Florida<\/a> made a pretty seismic jump in the recruiting rankings.<\/p>\n<p>The jump in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/college\/florida-gators\/football\/2025\/industry-comparison-commits\/\">On3 Industry Rankings<\/a> underscores how big of a get Brown is for <a href=\"https:\/\/gatorswire.usatoday.com\/\">Florida<\/a>, but also how underwhelming the Gators have recruited so far this year.<\/p>\n<p>Brown is a 5-foot-11 wide receiver from Jones High School (Orlando, Florida). He picked Florida from a final four that also included <a href=\"https:\/\/fsuwire.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">Florida State<\/a>, Miami and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/buckeyeswire.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">Ohio State<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Florida moved up 19 spots in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/rankings\/industry-team\/football\/2025\/\">On3 Industry Rankings<\/a> following the Sunday commitment of Brown.<\/p>\n<p>A four-star wide receiver, Brown is a top-40 recruit in the nation according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/vernell-brown-iii-152985\/recruiting\/\">On3<\/a> as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/n.rivals.com\/content\/athletes\/vernell-brown-iii-295279?view=pv&amp;guccounter=1\">Rivals<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/player\/vernell-brown-iii-46134137\/\">247Sports<\/a>. He is the seventh-ranked wide receiver in the class of 2025 according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-sports\/football\/recruiting\/player\/_\/id\/256922\/vernell-brown-iii\">ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Gators, who had the second-worst recruiting class in the SEC heading into the weekend, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/rankings\/industry-team\/football\/2025\/?conference=sec\">are now ranked No. 13 in the conference<\/a>. 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