CELEBRATION, Fla. - It’s our job at Rivals.com to cut through all the noise and zero in on where the nation’s top players will end up playing their college football. Sometimes when it comes to searching for information, the best intel comes from fellow elite prospects. At Sunday’s Orlando stop of the Rivals 3 Stripe Camp Series presented by adidas event, we surveyed several prospects about where four elite prospects will eventually land. Here are the results.
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The pick: Clemson
Why: I just feel like he’s going to Clemson.” – Rivals100 Alabama commit Brendan Gant
The pick: Miami
Why: “ He looks like a Miami guy to me. Miami usually recruits tall receivers and he fits that.” – Three-star running back Treshaun Ward
The pick: Florida State
Why: “It’s hard to explain. I just think he fits.” - 2021 defensive end Bryce Langston
The pick: Miami
Why: “I just think that’s where he’s gonna go” – Three-star linebacker James Gordon
The pick: Florida State
Why: “They have Willie Taggart.” – 2019 defensive back Solomon Brown
The pick: Nebraska
Why: “They have Coach (Scott) Frost. The new coaching staff will be running a high-paced offense and one of our former players, Justin McGriff, he went there to Nebraska and I know Coach Frost likes big receivers so Goolsby will fit right in.” – 2019 athlete Dontavius Smith
The pick: Clemson
Why: “He used to be committed to Florida but the coaching staff left so now I feel like Clemson is the No. 1 school for him.” – 2020 wide receiver Leonard Manuel
The pick: Florida
Why: “I want to say them because that’s where he was committed before. I think he goes back to them.” – 2020 defensive back Desmond Dailey
The pick: Alabama
Why: “He likes OJ Howard a lot and he thinks he could be like him at Alabama. He likes the place and he can catch and block in their offense.” – 2019 defensive back Demarcus Governor
The pick: Alabama
Why: “I feel like Zipp is gonna come to ‘Bama. I feel like we’re gonna get him. He says he liked it up there.” – Gant
The pick: Florida
Why: “Maybe Oklahoma, too, but Florida is going to put him in space and that’s his game. Keon isn’t going to be blocking huge defensive ends.” - Class of 2020 running back Demarkcus Bowman
The pick: Miami
Why: “He has talked about Miami and I think he fell in love when he visited them.” – Three-star linebacker/defensive end Raymond Cutts
The pick: Alabama
Why: “ I feel like he’s going to commit back to Alabama. He’s just gonna look around first.” – Ward
The pick: Alabama
Why: “I don’t really know why. I just see him committing there … again.” - Bowman
The pick: Miami
Why: “He went to go visit Miami and then he decommitted from Alabama.” – Manuel
The pick: Alabama
Why: “Lloyd is just enjoying the process right now, so I really don’t know I feel like Alabama has a chance – a good one.” - Gant
The pick: Georgia
Why: “He told me he likes Georgia. I talked to him about it. He straight told me.” – Bowman
The pick: Alabama
Why: “Probably. I don’t know. I just see him going there.” – Three-star linebacker/defensive end Rian Davis
The pick: Miami
Why: “Because of me.” – Manuel
