Virginia gets QB commitment from Florida high school passer Colandrea

By Jerry Ratcliffe

Virginia has landed a quarterback dedication for the recruiting class of 2023 in Florida dual-threat prospect Anthony Colandrea.

A 3-star, rated a composite No. 72 QB prospect within the nation and No. 175 total prospect within the state of Florida by 247Sports, Colandrea is a 6-foot, 175-pound standout from Lakewood Excessive in St. Petersburg. He introduced his dedication to UVA through his Twitter account on Friday.

Colandrea had 19 complete gives, having decommitted from Center Tennessee and selecting Virginia over Kentucky, Hawaii, Bowling Inexperienced, Troy, Buffalo, Furman, Richmond, Utah State and Western Kentucky.

A bit undersized in some analysts’ views, Colandrea has patterned a few of his sport after Kyler Murray, the previous Heisman winner from Oklahoma and now a star with the Arizona Cardinals. Colandrea has been on faculty radar for a couple of years now due to his passing ability.

Final season as a junior, he handed for 3,252 yards and 27 touchdowns, finishing 63 %  of his makes an attempt, whereas being intercepted 10 occasions. Sixty of these passes have been to his tight finish, Amari Niblack, who signed with Alabama.

Main Lakewood to a 10-3 file and the third spherical of the state 3A playoffs, he shined in opposition to a few of the state’s high groups. In opposition to Cardinal Gibbons (4A state champs), he threw for 285 yards, and handed for 223 yards vs. Chaminade-Madona (3A champions).

Virginia provided him June 13 after he visited Charlottesville.

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