5-star safety KJ Bolden locks in five official visits, sets commitment timeline

While the plan for Buford (Ga.) Five-Star Plus+ safety KJ Bolden may originally have been to commit during the summer, those plans have changed. Bolden will instead commit during the season after he’s taken his official visits.

Bolden’s family confirmed to On3 that his current list of official visits include Clemson (June 2), Georgia (June 9), Ohio State (June 17), Alabama (June 23) and Auburn (September 29). Other schools could receive an official from Bolden but he won’t commit until after all of his officials are fully finished.

Schools like Arkansas, Florida and Florida State could be in the mix for one of those officials as Bolden has taken taken multiple visits to each school.

Growing up Bolden’s said that he was a Florida State fan and having visited the school multiple times already, knows what the school has to offer.

“A lot of schools keep communicating with me,” Bolden told On3 in March. “Who gets the other official visits is really up in the air. Whatever I feel like is the best, I’m just gonna go with it.”

Bolden is the No. 5 overall prospect and No. 1 safety 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. 1 player in Georgia.

The race for Bolden’s pledge in the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine is a close. Georgia remains at the top at 29.5% while Ohio State and Clemson aren’t far off.

“I feel like a priority, but they’ve always been recruiting me the same, as one of their top guys,” Bolden told On3. “… Georgia, they’re down the road. I could always go down there any time I want.

Bolden also said in that interview that he liked how Ohio State’s players bond. He also said that uckeyes head coach Ryan Day is a great guy.

He noted that the same could be said about Clemson and the way they’ve approached him in their recruitment.

“They don’t really recruit a lot of people,” Bolden said. “They keep it small, they only recruit like two or three guys at your position. They’re waiting for me to commit… They’ve been showing a lot of love to me. They text me every day.”

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