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Florida commits, SEC targets stand out at The Opening Miami
By Andrew Olson
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Two Florida pledges and some potential SEC signees stood out at Sunday’s The Opening Regionals competition camp in Miami.
Gators QB commit Jake Allen earned an invitation to the Elite 11 camp for quarterbacks in Los Angeles this July.
Jake Allen, see you in LA. #Invited #Elite11Finals #whosnext pic.twitter.com/5SbPfgnPNq
— Elite11 (@Elite11) March 6, 2016
#Gators verbal QB Jake Allen back out at a Regional #Elite11 Miami #TheOpening pic.twitter.com/QEg1aci6xI
— Craig Haubert (@CraigHaubert) March 6, 2016
The four-star pro-style quarterback should be well protected in orange and blue, with fellow UF commit Kadeem Telfort earning the Offensive Line MVP honor at the camp.
Four uncommitted SEC targets made the list of invitees to The Opening finals, also in July, at Nike headquarters in Beaverton, Ore..
Congratulations to the six newest invites to #TheOpening Finals from #TheOpening Regional Miami. #GOTOPEN pic.twitter.com/RE0uplJkX5
— ALL22 (@TheOpening) March 6, 2016
Congrats on earning a spot in the premier football experience of the year. Welcome to #TheOpening Finals. #GOTOPEN pic.twitter.com/dkDZ9UlB1J
— ALL22 (@TheOpening) March 6, 2016
Five-star WR Trevon Grimes is a current St. Thomas Aquinas teammate of Allen and could be following him to Gainesville. Grimes’ recruitment looks to be a battle between Ohio State and Florida.
Four-star CB Stanford Samuels is noted as a Florida State lean by 247Sports’ Luke Stampini, but has yet to commit and has offers from Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina among other conference teams. Stampini also describes three-star OT Kai-Leon Herbert as leaning toward Florida. Herbert, however, has also shown interest in Ole Miss and Tennessee.
Alabama is the leader over Miami for four-star WR Jerry Jeudy according to SBNation’s Bud Elliot.
The next stop for The Opening Regionals is Dallas on March 13.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
