Four-star defensive end Antonneous Clayton verbally committed to Florida on Wednesday morning.

Clayton, a 6-foot-4, 215-pound pass rusher from Vienna, Ga., was rated the No. 1 defensive end in the country by rivals.com and the No. 42 player overall for the Class of 2016. He had 16 sacks and six forced fumbles as a junior at Dooly County High School, as well as 72 total tackles.

Clayton runs a 4.75-second 40-yard dash, and has a 35-1 inch vertical leap. He had offers from most of the Power Five schools in the Southeast, including Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Tennessee, Ole Miss, Missouri, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Kentucky, Florida State, Michigan, Michigan State, Notre Dame and Oregon.