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Justin Watkins, the No. 3-ranked athlete from the 2018 recruiting class, has narrowed down his college choices to five — and there’s a 60 percent chance he ends up picking an SEC school.
On Saturday morning, Watkins tweeted out a top-five list that includes Florida, Alabama, and LSU as potential favorites.
https://twitter.com/laamar_05/status/723874083784527873
In February, Watkins (5-foot-11, 165 pounds) decommited from LSU to re-open his recruitment. The Tigers are still in the running for his services, but trail a handful of other power programs, including Florida State, which is less than 175 miles away from his hometown.
As a sophomore in 2015, Watkins accumulated 1,920 all-purpose yards and finished with 19 total touchdowns.
There’s still a lot of time between now and the 2018 National Signing Day, so expect this competition between five elite programs to continue heating up and go down to the wire.
Tyler Waddell is a member of the Saturday Down South news team. He brings over five years of professional journalism experience and is closing in on a Bachelor's in sports management. Follow him on Twitter (@Tyler_Waddell).
