Dan Mullen and the Gators coaching staff have signed one of the top commits in their recruiting class. All-American safety Corey Collier has signed his NLI to the University of Florida.
This is a great signing for Florida as Collier is one of the top safeties in the country. Mullen loves Collier’s skillset and projects to make a monumental impact on the Gators defense in the future.
Collier is one of two safeties that will be signing on Early Signing Day. Additionally, Four-star Donovan McMillon is also expected to sign with Florida on Wednesday.
Who is Corey Collier?
Corey Collier is a five-star safety out of Miami Palmetto High School in Miami, Florida. Furthermore, this Gator commit is one of the top-ranked safeties in the country. Collier was a major coup for the Gators as he held offers from most of the elite college football programs.
It is important to realize during his recruitment, Collier received 35 plus offers. Mostly from the top tier college programs. For example, Collier had offers from schools like Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, LSU, Miami, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and USC.
In fact, on Rivals, Collier is the 22nd ranked recruit, as well as the third-ranked safety in the country. While on ESPN, Collier is the 89th ranked recruit and the third-ranked safety in the country.
Notably, the Gators have added an elite safety that every college football program wanted in their recruiting class. At 6’2” 180 pounds, Collier has great size with a high football IQ. Collier will also enroll early at Florida thus he will get a chance to compete for playing time in the spring.
