{"id":3798,"date":"2023-01-02T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/priority-db-prospect-charles-lester-iii-gators-placed-in-top-5\/"},"modified":"2023-01-02T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T13:30:00","slug":"priority-db-prospect-charles-lester-iii-gators-placed-in-top-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/priority-db-prospect-charles-lester-iii-gators-placed-in-top-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Priority DB Prospect Charles Lester III Gators Placed in Top 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><!-- tml-version=\"2\" --><\/p>\n<p>The Florida Gators had a lot of fireworks this year, with several top contenders narrowing down the offer list to pick the top schools.<\/p>\n<p>As Gators shift focus to the 2024 hiring cycle as the 2023 class fades away, Billy Napier and Co. leverage the long-term connections they&#8217;ve made since arriving in Gainesville I&#8217;m trying<\/p>\n<p>When the new administration took over in Florida, one of the top prospects they recruited in bulk was the defensive back at Riverview High School (Sarasota, Florida). <strong>Charles Lester III<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\"\/>\n<p>On New Year&#8217;s Day, Leicester included the Gators in their top five list, alongside Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>Lester has traveled to Gainesville on multiple occasions since the new staff took over, including a trip to Swamp during Florida&#8217;s 2022 campaign for contests with South Carolina and USF.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<section class=\"m-in-content-recommendation m-detail--in-content-recommendation h-isolated-styles mm-component-stack--is-body-item\">\n<p><span>scroll to continue<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>Lester is positioned as a top cornerback prospect on the Gators&#8217; Board with his hire led by position coach Corey Raymond. Florida State hopes he can pull the Gators to the top spot in Leicester&#8217;s mind by pulling in one of college football&#8217;s most established assistants from a recruiting and development standpoint. .<\/p>\n<p>He will provide the 6-foot-1, 171-pound elite piece for the marginal cornerback position in the Gators Secondary, newly removed from a versatile and skilful haul in 2023.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"\/>\n<p>Gators now have three commits in the 2024 class, including elite quarterback prospects <strong>dj ragway<\/strong>Top 100 Legacy Linebackers <strong>Miles Graham<\/strong> and run back <strong>Chauncey Bowens<\/strong>They hope to add Leicester to the fold in the future of a class with high expectations inside and out.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>looking forward to <\/strong><strong>all gator<\/strong><strong>    Ongoing coverage of Florida Gators football, basketball and recruiting. Follow us on social media at @<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AllGatorsOnFN\" onclick=\"return phoenixTrackClickEvent(this, event);\" target=\"_blank\">AllGatorsOnFN<\/a> Follow All Gators on Twitter and on Facebook at FanNation-Sports Illustrated.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"\/>\n<p><strong><em>Tickets for Gators football, basketball and other sporting events are available here at SI Tickets.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMidWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnNpLmNvbS9jb2xsZWdlL2Zsb3JpZGEvcmVjcnVpdGluZy9mbG9yaWRhLWdhdG9ycy1yZWNydWl0aW5nLWNvcm5lcmJhY2stcHJvc3BlY3QtY2hhcmxlcy1sZXN0ZXItdG9wLTUtMjAyNNIBemh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnNpLmNvbS9jb2xsZWdlL2Zsb3JpZGEvLmFtcC9yZWNydWl0aW5nL2Zsb3JpZGEtZ2F0b3JzLXJlY3J1aXRpbmctY29ybmVyYmFjay1wcm9zcGVjdC1jaGFybGVzLWxlc3Rlci10b3AtNS0yMDI0?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The Florida Gators had a lot of fireworks this year, with several top contenders narrowing down the offer list to pick the top schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-sports","two-columns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/charles-lester-iii.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}