FLORIDA GATORS HEAD COACH 2024 NEW SING Florida 5-star quarterback DJ Lagway impresses during practice for the Under Armour All-America Game.
After two practice days this week, Lagway has emerged as the team’s best quarterback.
Orlando, Florida — DJ Lagway, a quarterback for Willis (Texas) and a signee to Florida, had a successful week at the Under Armour Next All-America Game this week, capping off a quite stressful finale to his recruitment. Lagway had a fantastic last year that significantly raised his profile. According to Top247, he is ranked as the second signal caller and the fourth player in the country.
Lagway has shown his remarkable skill set and been the starting quarterback through two of this week’s practices in Orlando. With just a flick of the wrist, he can generate plenty of juice on the ball since his arm has always been active.
Takeaways from check-in at the 2024 All-American Bowl
On Monday, the nation’s premier football prospects checked-in at the 2024 All-American Bowl. 247Sports spent hours with the prospects, as they came through the meeting room to get their photos taken, get their height and weight updated, and go through the interview process one more time now that they have signed.
SAN ANTONIO — On Monday, the nation’s premier football prospects checked-in at the 2024 All-American Bowl. 247Sports spent hours with the prospects, as they came through the meeting room to get their photos taken, get their height and weight updated, and go through the interview process one more time now that they have signed their letters-of-intent.
On Tuesday, 247Sports National Analysts Blair Angulo, Brandon Huffman and Tom Loy teamed up to share their takeaways from the day. In the video at the top, check out what they had to say regarding top prospects such as five-star safety and Georgia signee KJ Bolden, five-star defensive tackle and Miami signee Justin Scott, four-star defensive lineman and Auburn signee Amaris Williams, four-star edge-rusher and Miami signee Marquise Lightfoot, uncommitted four-star receiver Gatlin Bair, and others.
All-American Bowl: Top performers from Day 1 of East practice
Day one of West team practice for the All-American Bowl on NBC started Tuesday morning in the Alamodome in San Antonio. In a practice setting loaded with blue-chip prospects, here are the players that stood out to the 247Sports scouting staff in attendance.
Texas’s San Antonio The East squad’s first practice for the All-American Bowl (Sunday, 1 p.m. ET) got underway at the Alamodome on Tuesday morning. There was a significant amount of offensive and defensive drills as well as several special teams sessions. We did witness a good number of 1-on-1, 7-on-7, and team run games, which provided us with a wealth of information about the more than 50 prospects competing.
After spending the day exploring the Alamodome’s sidelines and surviving the intense rain in San Antonio, we’ve included more thoughts and a list of the top performers below.
TJ MOORE, WR (CLEMSON SIGNEE) is the Alpha Dog.
Although special teams and installation work typically take up the first day of practice, the future Clemson Tiger had a number of impressive plays, including a contested one-handed catch on Jeremy Hecklinski’s over 40-yard pass. It’s no secret that Clemson has had difficulty fielding the same caliber of outstanding wide receivers that helped the team win numerous national titles in recent years, but Moore, along with five-star Bryant Wesco, gives Dabo Swinney’s Tigers a lot of optimism going forward.
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JEREMIAH SMITH, WR (Signee from Ohio State)
The East’s defensive backs battled to cover Smith at all three levels on almost every rep, so there was a lot of competition for Alpha Dog honors that day. Smith runs routes with exquisite smoothness at
KJ BOLDEN, S. (Signee for Georgia)
The standout defensive player of the day was the No. 1 safety in the nation, according to 247Sports. He had an incredible rep against speedy Oklahoma WR signee Zion Ragins, in which he flipped his hips and ran stride for stride with the small wideout on a double move that almost produced a highlight-worthy interception. Bolden is an extremely proficient technician who has demonstrated his versatility by flawlessly returning punts and kickoffs.
Kevin Heywood, OT (Signee from Wisconsin)
Heywood’s 6-foot-6.5, nearly 300-pound bulk drew our eye when he arrived at check-in yesterday. The future Badger impressed all day long while playing right tackle for the East’s first team. Heywood’s stature enabled him to