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Recently Offered DB Ja’Keem Jackson Sets Visit With Florida Gators
Picture: Ja’Keem Jackson; Credit score: Zach Goodall
Lately supplied Osceola (Fla.) cornerback Ja’Keem Jackson is about to unofficially go to the College of Florida on Tuesday, he confirmed to AllGators Friday.
He has drawn a plethora of presents from the likes of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Auburn, Florida State, Iowa, Ole Miss and different applications previously month.
Showcasing fascinating size, pace, physicality and aggressiveness in protection at 6-foot-1, 180 kilos throughout Osceola’s intra-squad scrimmage on Could 12, Jackson proved that his late stand up the ladder of 2023 prospects is warranted.
Talking with AllGators following that spring scrimmage, Jackson was elated to see the arduous work he had put in repay with committable presents starting to roll in.
Nonetheless, at that time, Florida hadn’t prolonged its hand to the gifted in-state protection man. He made it identified that a proposal from the Gators could be a substantial accomplishment that he would give appreciable consideration to, memorably sporting orange and blue gloves for the follow.
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“That is one of many colleges I favored once I was a bit of child, so yeah,” he mentioned when requested in the event that they have been a crew he was preserving a watch out for on his supply sheet.
Florida got here by on Could 20.
Now, Jackson seems to capitalize on the chance to take a look at the UF program by making the simply over two-hour trek to Gainesville on June 1.
Receiving the vast majority of his Gators-related curiosity from cornerbacks coach Corey Raymond as properly safeties and co-defensive coordinator Patrick Toney, Jackson is about to proceed rising his relationship with the facility duo and different coaches.
That may proceed a busy summer time for the Kissimmee-based prospect — who has already taken journeys to Georgia, Ole Miss and Miami since Could 21.
He’s scheduled to formally go to Penn State from June 17-19 and Tennessee from June 24-26.
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