4-Star 2025 Safety Jontae Gilbert (6’1″/180) confirmed with me that he has locked in an Official Visit to NC State for the weekend of September 27-29, and he plans for it to be his last Official Visit.
Back in July of 2022, Gilbert committed to Ohio St., but last July he decommitted from the Buckeyes.
Gilbert also has Official Visits scheduled for UCF, South Carolina and USC.
At one point, Gilbert was a 5-star prospect, but now he is a consensus 4-star prospect, and a consensus Top-275 player. Rivals ranks him as the #70 overall player nationally in the 2025 recruiting class, and the #8 player in the state of Georgia.
NC State offered Gilbert in April of last year.
Recently, he has taken unofficial visits to, or been visited by Louisville, Auburn, Tennessee, Georgia St., Oregon, Clemson, Texas and South Carolina.
While he doesn’t have an Official Visit set up with Georgia, the Bulldogs are obviously a big player in Gilbert’s recruitment.
Gilbert plays for Douglass High School in Atlanta, Georgia.
That ranking is going to rise a little more tomorrow when the flip that is coming is announced. It’s going to be a good day tomorrow Pack fans!
It will be curious to see if State and other P5 schools will settle on a ratio of traditional recruits versus transfers. As of today, it’s nearly a 3:1 ratio of traditionals to transfers. My guess is that you’d want that ratio to be lower, like 2.5 or even 2.0
While you’ll likely get the traditional guys for longer periods of time, you get more certainty with the transfers. Porter Rooks was a 4-star recruit but there hasn’t been that type of production on the field from him. Grimes will likely be a big upgrade.