Lake Gibson Running Back Announces Date For College Decision

LAKELAND, FL —Running back Jaylon Glover, who will be a senior at Lake Gibson High in Lakeland, announced on Twitter Friday that he will make a college decision on August 6.

"August 6 I decided that will be my commitment date. GOD BE THE GLORY," Glover tweeted.

According to the recruiting site Rivals.com, Glover is a four-star prospect who has received over 40 scholarship offers, but has narrowed his list of schools to five: Florida, Florida State, South Carolina, Georgia Tech and Utah.

Rivals ranks Glover as the No. 16 running back in country, the No. 31 player in Florida and the No. 223 player in the nation in the class of 2022.

Corey Bender, who covers Florida for Gator Territory, said the 5-foot-9, 190-pound Glover received a scholarship offer from Florida during a visit and private workout in Gainesville earlier in the summer.

Glover had reportedly planned to make a decision in early July, but he pushed back the date when he received an offer from the Gators.

Bender said Florida is planning to sign two running backs in the class of 2022 "with Glover being one of the most likely additions."

In fact, Glover to Florida currently is predicted by 83 percent of experts in the Rivals FutureCast predictions.

Glover, who plans to return to Gainesville for a Friday Night Lights camp before he makes his decision, said Florida is high on his list.

"(Florida is) definitely a dream offer for me and I'm just excited to see how this thing rolls out," Glover told Gator Territory. "Just being here (in Florida) and having guys from my area go there made them more fun to watch. When I was growing up, all I saw was the Florida Gators."

But in June, Glover did tell Gator Territory that despite growing up a Gator fan, he would be making a college decision based on the school he thinks is the best fit.

"A dream school and a school that's fit for you are two different things," Glover said. "I don't want to rush into something just because I like the school. If UF is that, then that's where I'll go. I just want to see how things play out.”