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3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Rivals250 OL Reed Ramsier sky high on Texas after earning offer at camp
Orlando (Fla.) The First Academy offensive lineman Reed Ramsier kicked off an ambitious camp tour with a stop in Austin Monday. The four-star worked with offensive line coach Kyle Flood all day and came away with a Texas football offer before leaving the 40 Acres. Advertisement "Coach Flood offered me by the pool," Ramsier told Rivals. "Said he only offers guys that he wants to help win national championships for the program. Loves my feet and my hands. He's excited to have a reason to come down to Florida to recruit me. "I wouldn't say I was surprised but at the same time I wasn't guaranteed an offer just for being there, I still had to compete and ball out." The work and overall impression at Texas, combined with the offer, shoots the Longhorns pretty high on Ramsier's list of early contenders despite more than 20 offers to his name. "They are near the top on my list, no question," he said. "I'm excited to see where the relationship with Coach Flood and Texas goes. He is the best in the business. He would coach me up every time after a drill or rep of 1on1." Advertisement Each side talked about the Floridian getting back to town for a game in the fall, something the rising-junior says should be settled sooner rather than later. CLASS OF 2026 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS OF 2027 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State TRANSFER PORTAL: Full coverage | Player ranking | Team ranking | Transfer search | Transfer Tracker RIVALS CAMP SERIES: Rivals Five-Star heading back to Indy | Rivals Five-Star roster | Schedule/info Going forward, Texas will remain in the thick of this recruiting race. "UT was awesome," Ramsier said. "Just a great camp and visit. Talked to the coaches for 45 minutes. Overall great time and I can't wait to get up to a game in the fall!" Advertisement The big blocker isn't sitting back despite the new offer. He will camp at Clemson Tuesday before a trek to Ohio State Thursday of this week. He will work out at Alabama and Georgia -- each already on the offer list -- on June 10 and 12, respectively. Ramsier has been on quite the offer run this spring, with much of the SEC jumping in with scholarship offers. Visits to Clemson, Miami, Florida State and Oklahoma also went down in recent months.
USA Today
18-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Blue-chip 2026 safety recruit Devin Jackson decommits from Florida football
Blue-chip 2026 safety recruit Devin Jackson decommits from Florida football The Florida Gators lost a member of their 2026 football recruiting class on Thursday with the departure of four-star safety Devin Jackson out of Orlando (Florida) First Academy, who decommitted and reopened his recruitment after the end of the spring practice season. The 6-foot-1.5-inch, 195-pound defensive back had been all-in on the Orange and Blue since 2023, when he was still playing for Winter Garden (Florida) West Orange, also located in the Orlando area. He has made frequent trips to Gainesville over the past couple of years and made his verbal commitment to the program last summer. Jackson had recently stood out at the Golden Ticket Tournament of OT7 (Overtime's 7-on-7 league) in Dallas, Texas, last Sunday before he made his decision to leave Gainesville. 'Devin Jackson was a guy this weekend—he was playing for 24k—and was playing corner primarily for them," offers On3 national recruiting analyst Cody Bellaire. "I know he's a safety prospect for the Gators and his film is at safety and I think that's what he projects to at the next level. But Devin was playing outside corner in this 7-on-7 setting for both days of work.' Bellaire continues, 'I was glad I got to see him move around and attack the football, play some coverage in both off and man coverage. All in all, pretty impressed with Devin Jackson this weekend. Very excited to dive back into the tape for our next 2026 update and see if I see a little bit more of that on the second go around.' It was not made immediately clear why Jackson chose to seek greener pastures, but it is hard to ignore his 7-on-7 performance as a contributing factor. Recruiting summary Jackson is rated at four stars and ranked No. 355 overall and No. 28 at his position nationally according to the 247Sports composite, while the On3 industry ranking has him rated at three stars and ranked at Nos. 381 and 33, respectively. "Based on our conversation with Cody Bellaire, we believe Jackson will be strongly considered for a fourth star during this recruiting cycle if he continues to perform well," On3's Keith Niehbur notes. "He currently is the No. 36 safety in the country for On3 and carries an 88 rating. A player becomes a 4-star when their rating hits 90. Jackson is every bit of his listed 6-foot-2 and he continues to grow. The fact he played corner over the weekend in Texas speaks to his versatility." Follow us @GatorsWire on X, formerly known as Twitter, as well as Bluesky, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Florida Gators news, notes and opinions.
