Florida football recruiting: 2024 OL Mike Williams commits to Gators after weekend visit

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The Florida Gators started June with a pair of star-studded recruiting weekends featuring some of the best players in the nation visiting Gainesville, Florida, to learn about the program and staff helmed by head coach Billy Napier. While those weekends appear to have created a ton of positive momentum for the Gators, they have not yet resulted in the big-name commitments many fans expected.

Florida’s efforts paid off at least when it comes to three-star offensive lineman Mike Williams (Baltimore, MD), who committed to the program on Monday. Williams (6-foot-6, 325 pounds) was first offered by the Gators in April and decided to pledge soon after taking his official visit to UF, marking his first time on campus.

Once a South Carolina commit, he also had scholarship offers from Miami, Michigan State, Tennessee and USC, among others; however, it’s not quite known how many of those offers were committable. Williams’ parents living in Orlando appears to have made Gainesville an easy decision for him.

Now the lowest-rated prospect in Florida’s Class of 2024, his commitment did not shift the program up from 23rd in the 247Sports Composite team rankings. This despite the Gators holding four top-50 commitments, including five-star quarterback DJ Lagway (Willis, TX) and five-star safety Xavier Filsaime (McKinney, TX). Florida’s ranking took a hit last week when four-star running back Chauncey Bowens flipped to Georgia.