Florida basketball recruiting: John Bol, four-star prospect in 2024 class, commits to Gators

John Bol, a four-star middle within the 2024 recruiting cycle, dedicated to Florida on Saturday over Connecticut, Michigan, Missouri, Texas, USC and Wake Forest. Bol additionally contemplated skipping the school basketball route and becoming a member of Additional time Elite, which is a developmental skilled basketball league for 16–20-year-olds primarily based in Atlanta. 

“I will the College of Florida,” Bol told 247Sports. “It is a good program and it is a actually good match for me. In the end, my purpose is to make it the NBA and I really feel like me being at Florida is the perfect match for me. The SEC, how they play there, the fashion of play is one which I really feel like if I’m going there, I shall be profitable and in the end make my purpose. Florida is a program the place I additionally suppose we are able to make a run. I believe that we are able to make a run and win a championship too.”

Bol, who performs at Dawn Christian in Wichita, Kansas, is ranked because the No. 29 prospect total and the No. 3 middle within the 2024 recruiting cycle. He’s the highest-ranked prospect Florida coach Todd Golden has landed since he joined the Gators program from San Francisco final season.

“Coach Todd, he is a younger coach however actually skilled, a very good man and a very good coach too,” Bol instructed 247Sports. “There are loads of issues that I appreciated about him. I like the way in which that he talks and I actually like the way in which that he coaches. I used to be there for a few practices and he is on the market with the fellows and energetic. He is not simply on the bench shouting out what to do. He is additionally displaying them what to do and the right way to do it. He is a very good dude and I believe he’ll have the ability to assist me.”

The 7-foot-1 huge man helps Florida leap to No. 26 total within the 247Sports 2024 crew rankings and third within the SEC behind Texas A&M and Auburn. Florida’s different dedication within the class is four-star guard Isaiah Brown, who dedicated to this system final month.