Don’t glance now, however the 2023 recruiting magnificence of UCF and Gus Malzahn is beginning to select up steam. In a five-day stretch during the last week, the Knights picked up 4 commits, together with three-star quarterback Dylan Rizk and a four-star edge rusher Isaiah Nixon.
Along with Rizk and Nixon, offensive take on Jamal Meriweather and three-star tight finish tight finish Jayvontay Conner dedicated to the Knights.
Rizk used to be the most recent of the highschool gamers to decide to UCF. As a junior, he helped lead Castle Lauderdale, Fla. powerhouse Cardinal Gibbons to a championship, marking the varsity’s 2d name in a row and 3rd within the remaining 4 seasons. He handed for 1,971 yards, 17 touchdowns and 10 interceptions and rushed 58 occasions for 456 yards and 8 touchdowns, consistent with the Daytona Seaside Information-Magazine.
Indexed at 6-foot-2, he’s ranked at the 247Sports Composite because the No. 53 QB within the nation.
Nixon is up to now heralded as the most productive participant within the magnificence. Ranked because the No. 25 EDGE rusher and No. 266 participant total within the magnificence of 2023, he’s the only four-star that has dedicated to UCF right now. Every other dedicate out of Florida, the Lakewood (Saint Petersburg, Fl.) junior dedicated on April 16.
Conner, who performs for East Forsyth (Kernersville, N.C.), dedicated on Wednesday. The 6-foot-4, 230-pound tight finish had 43 provides, consistent with his 247Sports web page. In his junior season, he had 24 receptions for 405 yards and 6 touchdowns, in step with Pokes Document.
Meriweather, who dedicated on April 17, used to be unranked through 247Sports. Hailing from Brunswick (Ga.) Top College, the offensive lineman is indexed at 6-foot-6.5 and 259 kilos.
With the ones 4 additions, UCF has moved as much as No. 19 total on 247Sports recruiting scores. It’ll be immensely tough for the varsity to stick within the most sensible 20, given as nearly all of five-star potentialities haven’t begun to dedicate and Alabama and Clemson handiest have 3 commits apiece — and are subsequently ranked beneath UCF — however it’s a very good get started after emerging incrementally every 12 months from 2020 (No. 78) to 2022 (No. 40, as of April 23).
