Elite CB prospect flips commitment from South Carolina to Florida
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Elite cornerback prospect Aamaury Fountain has decided to change his commitment for the 2027 season while still remaining in the SEC.
On3’s Chad Simmons reported on Saturday afternoon that the 4-star stud out of Warner Robins, Ga., has flipped his commitment from South Carolina to SEC rival Florida, with new Gators head coach Jon Sumrall gaining a huge recruiting victory for the 2027 season on the day his 2026 team plays its spring game.
Fountain’s stunning flip in mid-April comes 4 months after he committed to South Carolina in December. But Sumrall didn’t stop recruiting Fountain despite his commitment to the Gamecocks, and now Fountain has officially changed his address for the 2027 season after making 4 visits to Gainesville this calendar year alone.
Besides being a 4-star recruit, the 247Sports Composite rankings has the 6-foot-3, 190-pound Fountain rated as the 195th-best player in the Class of 2027. The Composite rankings also have Fountain as the 26th-ranked cornerback in the class as well as the 23rd-ranked talent from the state of Georgia.
Fountain will join a Florida 2027 recruiting class that currently ranks 17th in the country, according to the 247Sports Composite rankings. The Gators now have 6 commits in their 2027 class, and the Fountain get is particularly sweet as it comes at the expense of an SEC rival.
Florida will be trying to turn things around in Sumrall’s first season in Gainesville, and here is what the Kalshi market currently sees for the Gators’ chances to contend for the SEC championship come December:
Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
