4-star WR Jonathan Paylor names top five schools

Burlington (N.C.) Hugh M Cummings four-star wide receiver Jonathan Paylor has narrowed his list of top schools down to five.

The list includes Maryland, NC State, North Carolina, Penn State and South Carolina.

The 5-foot-9, 170-pound pass-catcher is the No. 185 overall prospect and No. 29 wide receiver in the 2024 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He is also the No. 4 player in North Carolina.

According to the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine (RPM), one team has taken a significant lead in Paylor’s recruitment. That team is South Carolina as the Gamecocks sit with a 91.6% chance to land his pledge.

Paylor told GamecockCenral on Sunday that he has a tentative decision date of July 28, though that is not finalized. He is coming off of an official visit to South Carolina last weekend.

“It was amazing from start to finish,” Paylor told On3. “I got down here, first of all, we checked into the hotels, they had everything laid out — excellent, right? So got in there, had everything I needed. So after that, we checked out and got to the lobby. Vibes were excellent. All the guys got here, Mazeo Bennett, Kam Pringle, Dante Reno, just chopping it up, talking. And after that, we headed down to the facility and talked to the coaches.”

Paylor has also taken officials to the other schools who made his final five.

“So some key factors in my recruitment right now, (one that is) big for me is family,” Paylor said. “One thing is getting my parents involved with all types of recruitment and all types of anything that’s going on with me. That, and really right now, for me, it’s academics. What school can graduate with me the fastest. Like, for me, it’s a big deal in my family to get a college degree. And I’ll be the first.”

Paylor currently has an On3 NIL Valuation of $78K. The On3 NIL Valuation is the industry’s leading index that sets high school and college athletes’ projected annual value (PAV). The NIL valuation does not act as a tracker of the value of NIL deals an athlete has completed to date. It rather signifies an athlete’s value at a certain moment in time.

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